Vitae Scholasticae Special Issue on
The Pedagogies of Black Educators
Guest Editors:
Donyell L. Roseboro, University of North Carolina Wilmington & Sabrina N. Ross, Georgia Southern University
The editors of this special issue of Vitae Scholasticae seek manuscripts on the lives of Black educators in the U.S., with a focus on their pedagogies. Pedagogies are influenced by historical, social, and economic contexts, hence our key questions are: What does it mean to be a Black teacher in the U.S. and how has that meaning changed over time? What are the philosophical orientations that shape the teaching of Black educators? To what extent have changes in the pedagogies of U.S. Black educators occurred as a result of a post-civil rights colorblind context where entrenched racism is believed to be eliminated?
While we are interested in studying the broad historical and contemporary context of Black educators, we are also keenly interested in doing so through the lives of teachers. Some work has been done on the lives of Black educators (e.g. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Mary McLeod Bethune, Anna Julia Cooper, Booker T. Washington, Carter G. Woodson). We seek manuscripts that extend our understanding of these public intellectuals as well as manuscripts that investigate the instructional practices and/or educational philosophies of lesser known Black teachers working in the U.S. How did/do they navigate intersecting and, at times, competing, raced, classed, gendered, and sexed discourses? What did/do they specifically believe to be their role in the education of Black children? What, if anything is distinct about Black teachers teaching Black children? How might we explore these distinctions without essentializing Black teachers? Possible topics are included below:
- Biographies, ethnographies, or autoethnographies that examine the work of Black educators.
- Historical or comparative analyses of multiple Black educators.
- Examinations of the work of informal Black educators (e.g. those who worked or work in informal educational sites).
- Studies of the evolution of Black educators as a professional group in the U.S.
- Investigations of the work of Black school leaders.
Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the journal’s style guidelines and should be submitted no later than February 1, 2011. Manuscripts will be peer reviewed and notifications sent by May 1, 2011. This special issue of Vitae Scholasticae will be published in the fall of 2011. Direct all inquiries to Donyell Roseboro at roseborod@uncw.edu or Sabrina Ross at sross@georgiasouthern.edu