Luz Mayancela
Pronouns: she/ella
Research Mentor(s): Camille Wilson
Co-Presenter:
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Educational Studies / Education
Presentation Date: April 20
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: Session 1 – 10am – 10:50am
Room: League Ballroom
Authors: Luz Mayancela, Dr. Camille Wilson, Dr. Tonya Kneff-Chang, Maggie Hanna
Presenter: 31
Abstract
As institutions and organizations continue to dedicate research efforts to understand the challenges communities face, researchers are engaging in research approaches such as Community-Based Research (CBR) that aim to dismantle traditional methods in academic research. Unlike traditional research methods, CBR makes community members and researchers equal partners throughout all phases of the research. CBR acknowledges that dismantling the traditional power dynamics can engender social justice. To perform social justice-driven research, it is crucial to consider the implications of researcher positionality throughout the research process. As an undergraduate research assistant, I have learned that attending to positionality helps subvert traditional hierarchical relationships, which helps build capacity and maintain the integrity of community-university partnerships. By engaging in qualitative methodologies and analysis in both the School Shuttering and Equitable Educational Access Study (SSEEAS) and the Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline (DSTOPP) research partnership, I learned that we have to address how our researcher identity can affect the process of dismantling power dynamics and building partnership.
Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
