Research in the Name of Justice: Race and Revisiting the Purpose of Scholarly Inquiry

This session seeks to highlight challenges made to the research community regarding the realities of racism. As researchers and faculty members nationwide have dared to shift their approaches to scholarly inquiry, many of the attempts to address diversity, equity and inclusion concerns have been met with vitriol and retribution. Complicating notions of objective and value-free research, the presentation highlights tangible examples of research that are intentional and explicit in resisting the racist, colonial project of traditional academic inquiry