Capturing Critical Whiteness: Portraits of White Antiracist Professors

<p>This study contains qualitative portraits based on the stories of three white university professors who are nominated by their students as white allies. Through the thick description of setting and context, white privilege is named as the researcher's experience and that of each of the participants. The researcher examines ways in which each participant strives to disrupt racism. Using a lens of critical theory applied through critical pedagogy and critical whiteness philosophies, the researcher highlights the following themes as they emerge: education, exposure, empathy, and engagement. This study contributes to the literature by providing examples of white professors challenging racism in a university setting.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Administration

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Stivers, Melanie Jane

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dilley, Patrick
• Hytten, Kathy

• antiracist allies
• critical pedagogy
• critical whiteness
• portraiture
• university professors
• white privilege

Repository record dc:identifier

https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1019

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:dissertations-2023