QuantCrit

Nichole Garcia is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Rutgers. She is a critical race and feminist mixed methodologist who focuses on the differences and similarities between Latinx sub-ethnic groups, students, and families regarding their college readiness, retention, and completion. She received her Ph.D. in Social Science and Comparative Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. Nancy López is Professor of Sociology and co-founded/directs the Institute for the Study of "Race" and Social Justice at The University of New Mexico. Her inquiry and praxis are guided by intersectionality - the simultaneity of systems of power (oppression/resistance) and the importance of developing contextualized solutions that advance justice. Verónica N. Vélez is Associate Professor of Secondary Education at Western Washington University. Her research focuses on Latinx migrant mother activism, popular education, and (re)imagining cartographic methods for critical educational inquiry. She is currently collaborating with teachers, administrators, and community members to develop a framework for K-12 Ethnic Studies in Washington State public schools.

1. Introduction 2. QuantCrit: education, policy, ‘Big Data’ and principles for a critical race theory of statistics 3. Making the invisible visible: advancing quantitative methods in higher education using critical race theory and intersectionality 4. More than ‘papelitos:’ a QuantCrit counterstory to critique Latina/o degree value and occupational prestige 5. The threat of unexamined secondary data: a critical race transformative convergent mixed methods 6. Critical race quantitative intersections: a testimonio analysis