Intersectionality in Education

Wendy Cavendish is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at University of Miami, School of Education and Human Development. Jennifer F. Samson is an associate professor of special education at the School of Education, Hunter College, CUNY.

Contents


Foreword  Sonia Nieto  vii


Introduction to Intersectionality-Based Analysis  1

Jennifer F. Samson and Wendy Cavendish


PART I: INTERSECTION OF SYSTEMS AND DISCIPLINES  7


1.  Delivery Systems and Intersectional Vulnerability  9

Leigh Patel


2.  Law, Identity, and Access to Education  16

Osamudia James


3.  Overlapping Interests: Contributions of Criminology for Schools and Education Policy  24

Amie L. Nielsen


PART II: APPLICATIONS OF INTERSECTIONALITY-BASED ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS AND POLICIES  41


4.  Toward More Effective Policy, Practice, and Research in Child Welfare and Education  43

Kele Stewart and Wendy Cavendish


5.  Legislative Blindness: Policy Considerations for Youth Experiencing Homelessness  60

Deborah Perez


6.  Teachers’ Responses to Policies Affecting Late-Entering Students With Interrupted Formal Education  78

Kristin Kibler


PART III: APPLICATION OF INTERSECTIONALITY-BASED ANALYSIS IN RESEARCH  93


7.  Advancing the Educational Equity Agenda: Identity Responsiveness as an Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Black Male Special Educators  95

Patrice Fenton


8.  Translating Research to Local Contexts: Voices of Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth 111

Wendy Cavendish


9.  Indigenous Learning Lab: Inclusive Knowledge Production and Systemic Design Toward Indigenous Prolepsis  122

Aydin Bal, Aaron Bird Bear, Dosun Ko, and Linda Orie


Conclusion  151

Wendy Cavendish and Jennifer F. Samson


About the Contributors  154


Index  158