CALL FOR PROPOSALS Race, Education, and Public Policy: Transdisciplinary Activism in Critical Race Studies

 Critical Race Studies in Education Association 

www.crseassoc.org 

2014 Critical Race Studies in Education 8th Annual Conference 

Vanderbilt University Law School 

Nashville, Tennessee 

May 28-30, 2014 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 

Race, Education, and Public Policy: 

Transdisciplinary Activism in Critical Race Studies 

The significance of critical race theory (CRT) and critical race studies include examining the systemic roles of race across multiple areas of academic disciplines, especially between education and legal studies, and advancing social justice activism across all segments of human interactions. We seek proposals that provide transdisciplinary perspectives interrogating dynamic issues including race, gender, cultural/social/political dynamics, and economic inequality that influence education (P-20) and the public good. CRT, critical race scholarship, and social equity praxis must inform all accepted proposals. We seek interactive presentations that address the theme and focus on one or more of the following strands: 

1) Community Organizing for Social Justice: This strand centers on community-based initiatives that challenge social structures, policies, and practices that (re)produce inequities within marginalized settings. 

2) Critical Race Theory Praxis: This strand focuses on the importance of praxis and the need to develop the skills and competencies of CRT in practice and in action. 

3) Health Care and Race: This strand explores the complexity of interrelated issues of health care as a human rights issue for students, educators, and society, and the fundamental importance of health care access and equity across all learning environments. 

4) Immigration, Citizenship, Language & Power: This strand examines the multiple discourses surrounding structures and policies that determine and design inequitable outcomes for the educational experiences of immigrant communities. 

5) Legal Studies and Social Justice: This strand examines a broad range of legal scholarship and issues shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces that affect education-related policy and practice. 

6) School to Prison Pipelines: This strand highlights theories, politics, policies, and practices that focus on the criminalization and expanding racialized school-to-prison dynamics that confront communities of color. 

7) Transdisciplinary and Intersectionality Approaches for Equity & Opportunity: This strand examines transdisciplinary approaches and intersectionality concepts for exploring and building increased equity, access, and opportunity across P-20 educational environments. 

Proposal Submission Guidelines 

We invite proposals for research papers, interactive workshops, or poster presentations of less than 500 words directly connected to the conference theme and at least one of the designated strands. Submit proposals through the designated link on the CRSEA website (www.crseassoc.org) by February 21, 2014. Accepted presenters will be notified no later than mid-March 2014. All participants on an accepted proposal must remit their conference registration fees before the creation of the final conference program or forfeit their presentation slot. Conference registration for accepted presenters must be paid by April 4, 2014. Find all registration information on CRSEA website. 

Proposal Criteria 

 Proposals must include a title page containing the following information: session title, type of session, intended strand, author(s) name(s), affiliation(s), and contact information for all presenters. Submitters should remove any identifying data from body of proposals, and the title and reference pages do not count against the word limit. 

 Formats for proposals include research papers, interactive workshops, or poster presentations. Please note that due to limited presentation slots, we cannot accept proposals for formats such as panels or symposia. We strongly recommend that no more than three co-authors appear on any individual paper proposal. 

 Workshop proposals should contain no more than three facilitators and each accepted workshop session will receive up to 75 minutes to work with their audience. All workshop proposals must include a description of collaborative and/or interactive elements and clearly focus on facilitating an engaged process with participants working on the specific issue or topic. 

 Accepted presenters will be notified no later than mid-March 2014. 

 All participants on an accepted proposal must remit their conference registration fees before the creation of the final conference program or forfeit their presentation slot. Conference registration for accepted presenters must be paid by April 4, 2014. 

Evaluation Criteria 

Each proposal must demonstrate: 

 Relevance/Importance to critical race theory (CRT) and critical race studies: Address one or more of the foundational tenets of CRT and is grounded in the transdisciplinary literature of critical race studies. 

 Technical Quality: Demonstrate clear ideas and arguments addressing theory, practices, and/or methods in critical race studies. Exhibit high quality writing and accurately cite relevant sources. 

 Innovativeness: Introduce and/or promote the development of new ideas, practices, and/or methods within a selected strand. 

 Engagement/Interactive: Provide interactive methods to increase engagement with and between audience members. 

 Intersectionality & Transdisciplinarity: Contribute to advancing notions of intersectionality (e.g., complexity of connections across race, ethnicity, disability, linguistic, sexual orientation, income inequality, and social class), and transdisciplinarity (e.g., complexities that bridge diverse academic disciplines such as health care, legal studies, legal systems, sociology, anthropology, and history) within the field of critical race studies in education. 

 Analysis: Analyze in such a way that rigorously engages with one or more core tenets of CRT evidenced from clear, relevant examples from the literature and/or real world events.