Adrienne D Dixson
Biographic Data
| ID | 107623 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrienne D Dixson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrienne D |
| FAMILY NAME | Dixson |
| SIGNATURE | DIXSON A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 668 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Blackademics as prophetic witnesses and the continuing struggle for racial justice in higher education
If I Ruled the World
But Be Ye Doers of the Word
Educational organizations have expressed an interest in Cultural Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) as the guiding pedagogical framework. The increased interest in CRP is promising and raises questions and challenges about implementation. Educational organizations must intentionally implement CRP. My approach to professional development is to ensure that educators have a substantive understanding to be doers of CRP and develop their dispositions and beliefs…
Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education
This handbook illustrates how education scholars employ Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a framework to bring attention to issues of race and racism in education. It is the first authoritative reference work to provide a truly comprehensive description and analysis of the topic, from the defining conceptual principles of CRT in the Law that gave shape to its radical underpinnings to the political and social implications of the field today. It is div…
The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
We know that the permanence of racism emanates from the determination of whites to dominate blacks and other colored peoples with little regard to the hidden, but no less real, costs of that domina
Where are We? Critical Race Theory in Education 20 Years Later
This article explores the territory that has been covered since the publication of Ladson-Billings and Tate's 1995 article, “Toward a Critical Race Theory in Education.” We organize our review of the CRT literature is organized around what we are calling CRT “boundaries.” We identify six boundaries for CRT and education: 1) CRT in education argues that racial inequity in education is the logical outcome of a system of achievement presided on comp…
What’s Going On?”
This article explores activism, education, and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Using critical race theory (CRT), I analyze what this emergence of primarily youth-led activism means in the context of decades of neoliberal education reform. I raise specific questions about how youth-led activism, which has its genesis in and is largely shaped by social media, not only reflects limited robust mainstream discourses on race but also a failure of educa…
Why Race Still Matters in Urban Education
Critical Race Theory in Education
Foreword: The Evolving Role of Critical Race Theory in Educational Scholarship Gloria Ladson-Billings Introduction: All God's Children Got a Song Section I: Critical Race Theory and Education in Context 1. Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education Gloria Ladson-Billings and William F. Tate, IV 2. And We Are Still Not Saved: Critical Race Theory in Education Ten Years Later Adrienne Dixson and Celia Rousseau Section II: Critical Race Theory Const…
Down by the Riverside
In this article, the authors utilize core ideas from Critical Race Theory (CRT) to examine the nature of education reform in two river cities. Similar to other cases of education reform in urban districts, the reforms in the two focal cities reflect at least four characteristics in common: (1) a form of portfolio management; (2) the growth of human-capital organizations; (2) the active involvement of philanthropic organizations; and (4) the role …
Introduction to the Special Issue
The Waters Stay Troubled
Ten years after the (un)natural disaster and despondent response to Hurricane Katrina by the U.S. federal government, the educational landscape of New Orleans has permanently shifted to one deeply steeped in the current neoliberal turn in K–12 schooling. The New Orleans Recovery District (RSD) currently operates as a district of 43 independent charter networks, which currently include 107 schools. Because RSD is the first of its kind in the natio…
The Color of Reform
This article will focus on both the racial implications of the charter school "movement" in New Orleans after Katrina and the resistance to it by local citizens. We argue that it is difficult to ignore the manner in which White supremacist ideology has been normalized in the reform as it has historically in U.S. public education. Drawing on separate but complementary research by the authors, this article will be multi-vocal and reflect our positi…
Critical Race Theory in Education
A four volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge writing in the field of critical race theory
A Discussion on Gender Equity and Women of Color
A Discussion on Gender Equity and Women of Color Cecilia Conrad (bio), Adrienne Dixson (bio), Clementine “Tina” Sloan Green (bio), Edited by Wendy Smooth and Anita Tijerina Revilla Establishing women’s equality took center stage of the Women’s Movement during the 1970s as women focused their attention on political institutions and the distribution of public resources to advance women’s equity. One significant achievement marking the period was th…
Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education
The above statement was taken from Hilliard’s (2003) chapter “No Mystery: Closing the Achievement Gap” in Young, Gifted and Black. We open with this quote because Hilliard’s problematizing the societal narrative concerning the “achievement gap” between blacks and whites draws attention to the way that racism functions in a conspicuous manner by, on the one hand, differentiating between whites’ and non-whites’ cognitive ability through a supposed …
Writing critical race theory and method
Using a critical race theory lens, the authors propose a way of writing race research using composite counterstories. Drawing on data from a yearlong study of school rebuilding in the time period immediately after Hurricane Katrina devastated the City of New Orleans, the authors examine the experiences of African-American educators in the school rebuilding efforts. Cook and Dixson look specifically at how composite counterstories speak back to ra…
Intersections, theories, and meanings of race, racism, and educational ethnography
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens
Background/Context The current era of educational reform targets teacher education and aims to improve the performance of children who have traditionally underperformed and are underserved in public schools. Although educational policy has tried to address the ways in which “good teaching” contributes to improved student educational outcomes, research that examines such teaching must develop ways to make the tacit explicit. In doing so, the resea…
Brown in Black and White-Then and Now
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case was used as a point of reference to elaborate on the often divergent realities in education and sport for Black and White Americans. The impetus to integrate sport and the movement to integrate educational institutions in America were two separate yet often paralleled phenomena. It is typically argued that efforts to integrate educational institutions were about ensuring eq…
Tyranny of the majority
This article examines the tensions related to multicultural pre‐service teacher education for professors of color. Using two tenets of Critical Race Theory, counterstory and Whiteness as property, as their theoretical framework, the authors draw on personal and professional experiences working with pre‐service teachers in predominantly White institutions (PWI) as these relate to preparing them to teach in diverse settings and embracing notions of…
And we are still not saved
In 1995, Teachers College Record published an article by Gloria Ladson-Billings and William Tate entitled 'Toward a critical race theory of education'. In this article, the authors proposed that critical race theory (CRT), a framework developed by legal scholars, could be employed to examine the role of race and racism in education. Within a few years of the publication of the article by Ladson-Billings and Tate, several scholars in education had…
Extending the Metaphor
Portraiture, as a qualitative research methodology, challenges how we define objectivity and rigor in the social science research tradition. More recently, and in this "seventh moment" of qualitative research, scholars have begun to explore the impact of "racialized discourses" and "ethnic epistemologies" on both the process and content of qualitative research, particularly within communities of color. In this article, the author offers jazz as a…
Research as an Aesthetic Process
So When It Comes Out, They Aren’t That Surprised That It Is There”
J asmine,' an African-American 9thexamining the educational experiences of cluding areas that can be considered upper grade student, described the racial and African-American students. Critical Race class, middle class, and less affluent areas. cultural climate at Wells Academy, an Theory (CRT) is a useful perspective from Most of the African American students, elite, predominately White, independent which to explore such phenomena. In this howev…
So When It Comes Out, They Aren’t That Surprised That It Is There”
J asmine,' an African-American 9thexamining the educational experiences of cluding areas that can be considered upper grade student, described the racial and African-American students. Critical Race class, middle class, and less affluent areas. cultural climate at Wells Academy, an Theory (CRT) is a useful perspective from Most of the African American students, elite, predominately White, independent which to explore such phenomena. In this howev…
And we are still not saved
In 1995, Teachers College Record published an article by Gloria Ladson-Billings and William Tate entitled 'Toward a critical race theory of education'. In this article, the authors proposed that critical race theory (CRT), a framework developed by legal scholars, could be employed to examine the role of race and racism in education. Within a few years of the publication of the article by Ladson-Billings and Tate, several scholars in education had…
The Color of Reform
This article will focus on both the racial implications of the charter school "movement" in New Orleans after Katrina and the resistance to it by local citizens. We argue that it is difficult to ignore the manner in which White supremacist ideology has been normalized in the reform as it has historically in U.S. public education. Drawing on separate but complementary research by the authors, this article will be multi-vocal and reflect our positi…
Let's Do This
Historically, African American teachers have been actively involved in political movements that sought to improve the material conditions of African Americans. More contemporary examinations of African American teachers' pedagogy and, in particular, African American women's pedagogy, have found that these teachers have a decidedly political mission to their teaching. Some researchers have described these teachers' pedagogy as culturally relevant.…
Where are We? Critical Race Theory in Education 20 Years Later
This article explores the territory that has been covered since the publication of Ladson-Billings and Tate's 1995 article, “Toward a Critical Race Theory in Education.” We organize our review of the CRT literature is organized around what we are calling CRT “boundaries.” We identify six boundaries for CRT and education: 1) CRT in education argues that racial inequity in education is the logical outcome of a system of achievement presided on comp…
Writing critical race theory and method
Using a critical race theory lens, the authors propose a way of writing race research using composite counterstories. Drawing on data from a yearlong study of school rebuilding in the time period immediately after Hurricane Katrina devastated the City of New Orleans, the authors examine the experiences of African-American educators in the school rebuilding efforts. Cook and Dixson look specifically at how composite counterstories speak back to ra…
Research as an Aesthetic Process
Tyranny of the majority
This article examines the tensions related to multicultural pre‐service teacher education for professors of color. Using two tenets of Critical Race Theory, counterstory and Whiteness as property, as their theoretical framework, the authors draw on personal and professional experiences working with pre‐service teachers in predominantly White institutions (PWI) as these relate to preparing them to teach in diverse settings and embracing notions of…
What’s Going On?”
This article explores activism, education, and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Using critical race theory (CRT), I analyze what this emergence of primarily youth-led activism means in the context of decades of neoliberal education reform. I raise specific questions about how youth-led activism, which has its genesis in and is largely shaped by social media, not only reflects limited robust mainstream discourses on race but also a failure of educa…
Down by the Riverside
In this article, the authors utilize core ideas from Critical Race Theory (CRT) to examine the nature of education reform in two river cities. Similar to other cases of education reform in urban districts, the reforms in the two focal cities reflect at least four characteristics in common: (1) a form of portfolio management; (2) the growth of human-capital organizations; (2) the active involvement of philanthropic organizations; and (4) the role …
Brown in Black and White-Then and Now
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case was used as a point of reference to elaborate on the often divergent realities in education and sport for Black and White Americans. The impetus to integrate sport and the movement to integrate educational institutions in America were two separate yet often paralleled phenomena. It is typically argued that efforts to integrate educational institutions were about ensuring eq…
Extending the Metaphor
Portraiture, as a qualitative research methodology, challenges how we define objectivity and rigor in the social science research tradition. More recently, and in this "seventh moment" of qualitative research, scholars have begun to explore the impact of "racialized discourses" and "ethnic epistemologies" on both the process and content of qualitative research, particularly within communities of color. In this article, the author offers jazz as a…
The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
We know that the permanence of racism emanates from the determination of whites to dominate blacks and other colored peoples with little regard to the hidden, but no less real, costs of that domina
Introduction to the Special Issue
The Waters Stay Troubled
Ten years after the (un)natural disaster and despondent response to Hurricane Katrina by the U.S. federal government, the educational landscape of New Orleans has permanently shifted to one deeply steeped in the current neoliberal turn in K–12 schooling. The New Orleans Recovery District (RSD) currently operates as a district of 43 independent charter networks, which currently include 107 schools. Because RSD is the first of its kind in the natio…
Let's Do This
Historically, African American teachers have been actively involved in political movements that sought to improve the material conditions of African Americans. More contemporary examinations of African American teachers' pedagogy and, in particular, African American women's pedagogy, have found that these teachers have a decidedly political mission to their teaching. Some researchers have described these teachers' pedagogy as culturally relevant.…
When Race Matters
One of the most profound questions plaguing those of us involved in public education is how best to make public schooling successful for all students. Just as important is making school a place where students of color, the ones who most often experience less success in public schools, can not only be successful, but also feel like they belong. A number of scholars have explored effective pedagogical strategies, curricular options, and educational…
So When It Comes Out, They Aren’t That Surprised That It Is There”
J asmine,' an African-American 9thexamining the educational experiences of cluding areas that can be considered upper grade student, described the racial and African-American students. Critical Race class, middle class, and less affluent areas. cultural climate at Wells Academy, an Theory (CRT) is a useful perspective from Most of the African American students, elite, predominately White, independent which to explore such phenomena. In this howev…
And we are still not saved
In 1995, Teachers College Record published an article by Gloria Ladson-Billings and William Tate entitled 'Toward a critical race theory of education'. In this article, the authors proposed that critical race theory (CRT), a framework developed by legal scholars, could be employed to examine the role of race and racism in education. Within a few years of the publication of the article by Ladson-Billings and Tate, several scholars in education had…
Extending the Metaphor
Portraiture, as a qualitative research methodology, challenges how we define objectivity and rigor in the social science research tradition. More recently, and in this "seventh moment" of qualitative research, scholars have begun to explore the impact of "racialized discourses" and "ethnic epistemologies" on both the process and content of qualitative research, particularly within communities of color. In this article, the author offers jazz as a…
Research as an Aesthetic Process
Tyranny of the majority
This article examines the tensions related to multicultural pre‐service teacher education for professors of color. Using two tenets of Critical Race Theory, counterstory and Whiteness as property, as their theoretical framework, the authors draw on personal and professional experiences working with pre‐service teachers in predominantly White institutions (PWI) as these relate to preparing them to teach in diverse settings and embracing notions of…
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens
Background/Context The current era of educational reform targets teacher education and aims to improve the performance of children who have traditionally underperformed and are underserved in public schools. Although educational policy has tried to address the ways in which “good teaching” contributes to improved student educational outcomes, research that examines such teaching must develop ways to make the tacit explicit. In doing so, the resea…
Brown in Black and White-Then and Now
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case was used as a point of reference to elaborate on the often divergent realities in education and sport for Black and White Americans. The impetus to integrate sport and the movement to integrate educational institutions in America were two separate yet often paralleled phenomena. It is typically argued that efforts to integrate educational institutions were about ensuring eq…
Intersections, theories, and meanings of race, racism, and educational ethnography
Writing critical race theory and method
Using a critical race theory lens, the authors propose a way of writing race research using composite counterstories. Drawing on data from a yearlong study of school rebuilding in the time period immediately after Hurricane Katrina devastated the City of New Orleans, the authors examine the experiences of African-American educators in the school rebuilding efforts. Cook and Dixson look specifically at how composite counterstories speak back to ra…
Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education
The above statement was taken from Hilliard’s (2003) chapter “No Mystery: Closing the Achievement Gap” in Young, Gifted and Black. We open with this quote because Hilliard’s problematizing the societal narrative concerning the “achievement gap” between blacks and whites draws attention to the way that racism functions in a conspicuous manner by, on the one hand, differentiating between whites’ and non-whites’ cognitive ability through a supposed …
Critical Race Theory in Education
A four volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge writing in the field of critical race theory
A Discussion on Gender Equity and Women of Color
A Discussion on Gender Equity and Women of Color Cecilia Conrad (bio), Adrienne Dixson (bio), Clementine “Tina” Sloan Green (bio), Edited by Wendy Smooth and Anita Tijerina Revilla Establishing women’s equality took center stage of the Women’s Movement during the 1970s as women focused their attention on political institutions and the distribution of public resources to advance women’s equity. One significant achievement marking the period was th…
The Waters Stay Troubled
Ten years after the (un)natural disaster and despondent response to Hurricane Katrina by the U.S. federal government, the educational landscape of New Orleans has permanently shifted to one deeply steeped in the current neoliberal turn in K–12 schooling. The New Orleans Recovery District (RSD) currently operates as a district of 43 independent charter networks, which currently include 107 schools. Because RSD is the first of its kind in the natio…
The Color of Reform
This article will focus on both the racial implications of the charter school "movement" in New Orleans after Katrina and the resistance to it by local citizens. We argue that it is difficult to ignore the manner in which White supremacist ideology has been normalized in the reform as it has historically in U.S. public education. Drawing on separate but complementary research by the authors, this article will be multi-vocal and reflect our positi…
Critical Race Theory in Education
Foreword: The Evolving Role of Critical Race Theory in Educational Scholarship Gloria Ladson-Billings Introduction: All God's Children Got a Song Section I: Critical Race Theory and Education in Context 1. Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education Gloria Ladson-Billings and William F. Tate, IV 2. And We Are Still Not Saved: Critical Race Theory in Education Ten Years Later Adrienne Dixson and Celia Rousseau Section II: Critical Race Theory Const…
Down by the Riverside
In this article, the authors utilize core ideas from Critical Race Theory (CRT) to examine the nature of education reform in two river cities. Similar to other cases of education reform in urban districts, the reforms in the two focal cities reflect at least four characteristics in common: (1) a form of portfolio management; (2) the growth of human-capital organizations; (2) the active involvement of philanthropic organizations; and (4) the role …
Introduction to the Special Issue
Why Race Still Matters in Urban Education
The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
We know that the permanence of racism emanates from the determination of whites to dominate blacks and other colored peoples with little regard to the hidden, but no less real, costs of that domina
Where are We? Critical Race Theory in Education 20 Years Later
This article explores the territory that has been covered since the publication of Ladson-Billings and Tate's 1995 article, “Toward a Critical Race Theory in Education.” We organize our review of the CRT literature is organized around what we are calling CRT “boundaries.” We identify six boundaries for CRT and education: 1) CRT in education argues that racial inequity in education is the logical outcome of a system of achievement presided on comp…
What’s Going On?”
This article explores activism, education, and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Using critical race theory (CRT), I analyze what this emergence of primarily youth-led activism means in the context of decades of neoliberal education reform. I raise specific questions about how youth-led activism, which has its genesis in and is largely shaped by social media, not only reflects limited robust mainstream discourses on race but also a failure of educa…
But Be Ye Doers of the Word
Educational organizations have expressed an interest in Cultural Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) as the guiding pedagogical framework. The increased interest in CRP is promising and raises questions and challenges about implementation. Educational organizations must intentionally implement CRP. My approach to professional development is to ensure that educators have a substantive understanding to be doers of CRP and develop their dispositions and beliefs…
Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education
This handbook illustrates how education scholars employ Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a framework to bring attention to issues of race and racism in education. It is the first authoritative reference work to provide a truly comprehensive description and analysis of the topic, from the defining conceptual principles of CRT in the Law that gave shape to its radical underpinnings to the political and social implications of the field today. It is div…
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