Visiting scholar to discuss school districts undergoing racial resegregation
“Resegregation as Curriculum: What the New Segregation in U.S. Schools is Teaching Children”
- Thursday, Oct. 27
- 12:30-1:30 p.m.
- Aderhold Hall Room G23
Jerry Rosiek will discuss his 10-year study of a school district undergoing a process of racial resegregation. He and his co-author examined the ways this “new racial segregation” was rationalized and the psychological and sociological effects it had on the children of all races in that community. Drawing on critical race theory, new materialism, and contemporary pragmatism, the authors expose how the policy of resegregation functioned as a hidden curriculum that has profound repercussions on the students’ identity formation, self-worth, conceptions of citizenship, and social hope. This important account of racial stratification of educational opportunity expands our understanding of the negative consequences of racial segregation in schools and serves as a critical resource for academics, educators, and experts who are concerned about the effects of resegregation nationwide.
Rosiek is a professor of education studies at the University of Oregon, where he teaches courses on the cultural foundations of education and qualitative research methodology. His scholarship examines the knowledge educators need to promote justice, equity, and care in educational institutions. His research has experimented with the use of narrative modes of representation, narrative inquiry, and theatrical representations of educational research. His writing has appeared in the journals Harvard Educational Review, Education Theory, and Educational Researcher. His most recent book “Resegregation as Curriculum: the Meaning of the New Segregation in U.S. Public Schools,” won the O.L. Davis Book of the Year Award from the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum.