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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Critical Race Theory in Higher Education: 20 Years of Theoretical and Research Innovations: ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 41, Number 3

The Wabash Center

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Author
McCoy, Dorian L.; and Rodricks, Dirk J.
Publisher
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
ISBN
9781119111924
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Foreword
Acknowledgments

ch. 1 Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory in Higher Education
Critical Legal Studies
The Origins of Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory
Key Tenets of Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory in Higher Education: 20 Years of Theoretical and Research Innovations

ch. 2 Critical Race Theory in Higher Education
Tensions and Possibilities
Race and Racism on the U.S. University Campus
Engaging with Students of Color’s Experiences
Understanding Faculty of Color’s Experiences
Critical Race Theory, Higher Education Policy, and the Law
Conclusion

ch. 3 Critical Race as a Methodology
A Critical Race Methodology
Elements of a Critical Race Methodology
Providing Voice and Legitimizing People of Color’s Experiences
Master Narrative/Majoritarian Stories
Storytelling
Counterstories
Functions of the Counterstory
Types of Counterstories
Descendant Theories of Critical Race Theory
Growing the Counterstory?
Positionality
Conclusion

ch. 4 Critical Race Theory as a (Student) Development Theory
Centering Race in Student Development
Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality
Critical Race Theory and Campus Environments
The Ecological Perspective of Campus Space
Impact to Student Development
Toward a Critical Race Theory of (Student) Leadership
Conclusion: The Educator as Architect

ch. 5 Racial Microaggressions
Racial Microaggressions in Scholarship
Contextualizing Microaggressions
Types of Microaggressions
Research on Microaggressions
Microaggressions and Critical Race Theory
Decolonizing Microaggressions: A Concluding Thought

ch. 6 Critical Race Theory and the Next 20 Years
Reflexivity and Listening
Call to Praxis

Glossary
Notes
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
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Abstract: Critical race theory (CRT) was introduced in 1995 and for almost twenty years, the theory has been used as a tool to examine People of Color’s experiences with racism in higher education. This monograph reviews the critical race literature with a focus on race and racism’s continued role and presence in higher education, including:

• legal studies and history,
• methodology and student development theory,
• the use of storytelling and counterstories, and
• the types of and research on microaggressions.

The goal of the editors is to illuminate CRT as a theoretical framework, analytical tool, and research methodology in higher education. As part of critical race theory, scholars and educators are called upon to extend their commitment to social justice and to the eradication of racism and other forms of oppression.

This is the 3rd issue of the 41st volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication. (From the Publisher)