1st Edition

Ecologies of Engaged Scholarship Stories from Activist Academics

126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

Story and auto-ethnography are study methods based on decolonizing and liberating research perspectives. Stories, auto-ethnographies, and other qualitative methodologies enable the researcher/educator to be both a research instrument and an object in their study. Stories allow for the examination of personal growth, its effect on practice, and their impact on community. The researcher/educator is... Read more

1. An introduction to ecologies of engaged scholarship: stories from activist-academics
Miguel A. Guajardo, Francisco J. Guajardo and Leslie Locke

2. La Universidad de la Vida: a pedagogy built to last
Miguel A. Guajardo and Francisco J. Guajardo

3. Breaking into public policy circles for the benefit of underserved communities
Stella M. Flores

4. Living the consciousness: navigating the academic pathway for our children and communities
Kaiwipunikauikawkiu Lipe and Daniel ‘Bubba’ Lipe

5. We help each other up: Indigenous scholarship, survivance, tribalography, and sovereign activism
Lee Francis IV and Michael M. Munson

6. I am, I am becoming: how community engagement changed our learning, teaching, and leadership
Matthew Militello, Marjorie C. Ringler, Lawrence Hodgkins and Dawn Marie Hester

7. Skipping toward seniority: one queer scholar’s romp through the weeds of academe
Catherine A. Lugg

8. Finding my critical voice for social justice and passing it on: an essay
Leslie Ann Locke

Biography

Miguel A. Guajardo is a Professor in the Education and Community Leadership Program and a member of the doctoral faculty in School Improvement at Texas State University, USA. His research interests include issues of community building, community youth development, race and ethnicity, university and community partnerships, and Latino youth and families.

Francisco Guajardo is Professor of Organization and School Leadership and the Executive Director of the B3 Institute at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA. His research interests include school and community leadership, Latino epistemologies, Borderlands studies, and the integration of the arts in community leadership.

Leslie Ann Locke is an Assistant Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies at the University of Iowa, USA, and a Director of the Research Initiative on Social Justice and Equity. Her research interests include leadership for social justice, schooling for students from marginalized groups, equity-oriented education policy, and qualitative methodologies.