Creative Dissertation Inquiries into the Life in Schools, Families, and Communities in the U. S. South
Location
Boston 2&3
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
In this symposium, multiethnic researchers present their creative dissertation research projects on the life in schools, families, and communities in the U. S. South. Using Black woman speculative memoir, speculative essays, cross-cultural narrative inquiry, testimonios, histography, ethnography, culturally responsive/relevant/sustaining Montessori inquiry, critical disability narrative inquiry, multiracial/mixed race memoir, Black women generational narratives, and Black women writing about their lives as forms of inquiry, these researchers explore creative ways to push methodological boundaries and liberate academic writing by diving into life, writing into contradictions, and living against oppressions in schools, families, and communities in the U. S. South. Innovative writings engendered from the inquiries will be demonstrated. Potentials/challenges/future directions of creative forms of inquiries and modes of expression and representation will be discussed.
Individual Paper Presentations Within the Session:
Paper # 1: Creative Dissertation Inquiries into the Life in Schools, Families, and Communities in the U. S. South
Paper # 2: Stand Tall, Rise Up, and Speak Truth: A Black Woman’s Speculative Memoir
Paper # 3: “Releasing Imaginations” and Nurturing Dreams:
Invigorating Secondary School Curriculum for Minoritized Youth in the United States-Speculative Essays
Paper # 4: Developing Transcultural Curricula for Immigrant Healthcare Workers:
Cross-Cultural Narrative Inquiry
Paper # 5: Testimonios of Latina Mothers
Paper # 6: A Histography of the Education of Blacks in the South, 1935-1975
Paper # 7: Culturally Responsive/Relevant/Sustaining Montessori Curriculum and Pedagogy: Speculative Essays
Paper # 8: Testimonios of Latina/o Parents in the U. S. South
Paper # 9: Critical Disability Narrative Inquiry
Paper # 10: A Multiracial/Mixed Race Memoir
Paper # 11: “Have Our Say:” Black Women Generational Narratives
Paper # 12: “Their Highest Potential:” The Education of Blacks and Browns in the U. S. South
Keywords
Creative dissertation inquiries, pushing methodological and representational boundaries, liberating dissertation writing, diving into life, writing into contradiction, and living against oppression in schools, families, and communities in the U. S. South
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Recommended Citation
He, Ming Fang; Williams, Kanesha; Bright, Shaji; Agarwal, Lopamudra; Garcia-Diaz, Mayra; Rand, Eric; Smith, Shaina; Villicana, Carmen; Johnson, Janna; Hoenes, Nadine; Dyson, Alana; and Corbell, Jazmin, "Creative Dissertation Inquiries into the Life in Schools, Families, and Communities in the U. S. South" (2026). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 70.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2026/2026/70
Creative Dissertation Inquiries into the Life in Schools, Families, and Communities in the U. S. South
Boston 2&3
In this symposium, multiethnic researchers present their creative dissertation research projects on the life in schools, families, and communities in the U. S. South. Using Black woman speculative memoir, speculative essays, cross-cultural narrative inquiry, testimonios, histography, ethnography, culturally responsive/relevant/sustaining Montessori inquiry, critical disability narrative inquiry, multiracial/mixed race memoir, Black women generational narratives, and Black women writing about their lives as forms of inquiry, these researchers explore creative ways to push methodological boundaries and liberate academic writing by diving into life, writing into contradictions, and living against oppressions in schools, families, and communities in the U. S. South. Innovative writings engendered from the inquiries will be demonstrated. Potentials/challenges/future directions of creative forms of inquiries and modes of expression and representation will be discussed.
Individual Paper Presentations Within the Session:
Paper # 1: Creative Dissertation Inquiries into the Life in Schools, Families, and Communities in the U. S. South
Paper # 2: Stand Tall, Rise Up, and Speak Truth: A Black Woman’s Speculative Memoir
Paper # 3: “Releasing Imaginations” and Nurturing Dreams:
Invigorating Secondary School Curriculum for Minoritized Youth in the United States-Speculative Essays
Paper # 4: Developing Transcultural Curricula for Immigrant Healthcare Workers:
Cross-Cultural Narrative Inquiry
Paper # 5: Testimonios of Latina Mothers
Paper # 6: A Histography of the Education of Blacks in the South, 1935-1975
Paper # 7: Culturally Responsive/Relevant/Sustaining Montessori Curriculum and Pedagogy: Speculative Essays
Paper # 8: Testimonios of Latina/o Parents in the U. S. South
Paper # 9: Critical Disability Narrative Inquiry
Paper # 10: A Multiracial/Mixed Race Memoir
Paper # 11: “Have Our Say:” Black Women Generational Narratives
Paper # 12: “Their Highest Potential:” The Education of Blacks and Browns in the U. S. South
