4月20日, 2022 — Three bet亚洲365欢迎投注 professors within the School of 社会与行为科学 have received prestigious Spencer Education Grants to enhance their research focused on social justice and equity.

Dr. Carol 林可和Dr. Christina 赖特字段 were together awarded a Spencer Education Grant to conduct their research entitled, The Storied Experiences of Teachers of Color through Photovoice. Dr. Vanessa 林恩 also received the grant to study the undergraduate education and faculty experience of criminology and criminal justice programs and the curriculum surrounding race. Dr. 林恩的研究题目是， 刑事司法/犯罪学中的种族教学法.

The Storied Experiences of Teachers of Color through Photovoice

Dr. 林可, who is Assistant Dean for the School of 社会与行为科学 and Associate Professor of Education, Dr. 赖特字段，教育学助理教授, are partnering with researchers from Rutgers University - Newark, including Dr. 林克之前的研究伙伴，博士. 林恩ette就任.

这项工作将继续下去，并扩大. 林克博士. 马嵬尼合著的书， There Has to be a Better Way: Lessons from 为mer Urban Teachers该片于2019年上映. “在之前的研究中, we found that teachers of color were subject to microaggressions in many educational workspaces. This project is an effort to dig deeper into the particular experiences of teachers of color in P-12 schools, using their own perspectives to shape counter-narratives of schooling,”医生说。. 林可.

The research will utilize the Photovoice methodology in partnership with three groups of 20 educators to capture their experiences with visual findings. This methodology allows research participants to capture their everyday realities and visually provide valuable insights and data to the investigators.

“We selected this methodology and applied it to P-12 teachers because we valued the way it encouraged participants to capture their own realities, rather than an outside researcher doing so on their behalf – we found it to be an empowering approach,”医生说。. 林可.

This research's motivation stems from the frequent experiences of educators challenged by a system that is resistant to change and adaptability, 导致行业内部人员流动增加. Dr. 林可,博士. 赖特字段, the researchers at Rutgers University - Newark aim to understand the disillusionment for educators of color. “这个项目是与教师直接接触的一种努力, understand what may be some sources of this disillusionment for teachers of color in particular, engage educators in a collective effort to challenge those experiences,”医生说。. 林可.
 
刑事司法/犯罪学中的种族教学法: Influence of 教师 Habitus and Education on Racial Pedagogies in Criminal Justice Programs

Dr. 凡妮莎·林恩，刑事司法助理教授, 以及爱达荷州立大学的研究人员, will conduct research over the next three years on how faculty learned how to discuss race in Criminal Justice and Criminology courses. 

“Our study aims to examine how the educational experiences of faculty who teach in criminology and criminal justice programs shape the pedagogical practices related to race within their classes,”医生说。. 林恩.

Dr. 林恩博士和他的同事. 爱达荷州立大学的Deirdre Caputo-Levine说, will interview faculty across the nation and examine professors' syllabi in undergraduate-level courses. “Our study will allow us to investigate the relationship between graduate school experiences and the ways that faculty members construct race as an object of knowledge within courses in criminology and criminal justice programs,”医生说。. 林恩.

在她的研究中. 林恩 hopes to understand how academic departments educate on bias within the criminal justice system.

With three faculty members being awarded grants from the Spencer Education Research Foundation across two different studies, Dr. 林可 highlights the importance of their social justice and equity focus.

“It’s quite significant that three faculty members from within 社会与行为科学 have been awarded grants from the Spencer Educational Research Foundation for projects focused on issues of social justice and equity,”医生说。. 林可. “The long-standing efforts of our faculty to engage with the local community around topics of mutual importance are now being recognized externally and supported in their application and expansion.”