Emily Handsman
Biographic Data
| ID | 349672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Handsman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Handsman |
| SIGNATURE | HANDSMAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8405-1256 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Weaponized Color-Evasiveness: Analyzing the Parent Backlash to DEI in Suburban Schools
Over the past several years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in schools have garnered increasing backlash from right-wing parents. In this article, I analyze these school board meetings, paying specific attention to how racial ideology works in this context. I ask: What racial ideologies are at play in parent debates over DEI efforts in suburban schools? How are these ideologies leveraged to political ends in school board meetings?…
How Educational Leaders Sustain Equity Work in a Politically Hostile Environment
Beginning in 2021, legislation targeting Critical Race Theory was introduced and adopted across the United States. Over time, these efforts expanded to include banning books and dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in K-12 and higher education. While external pressure has led some educators to scale back their equity-oriented practices, less is known about how equity-focused efforts are maintained in this hostile environ…
Inhabited Ideology: Diversity Ideology and Approaches to Racial Equity Across Institutional Sectors
Sociologists study diversity as both the cornerstone idea of an emergent dominant racial ideology and an organizational strategy to address racial inequality. How do diversity workers adapt this ideology to the institutional demands of their organizational contexts? The authors bring research on racial ideology and inhabited institutionalism together to propose a theory of inhabited ideology by showing that institutional myths-cultural ideals tha…
Dynamics in District–University Partnerships Focused on Leadership for Equity
This paper discusses the development of district–university partnerships at the onset of a multi-year grant-funded initiative focused on leadership for equity. Using three illustrative partnership cases, we investigated district–university collaboration through the lens of mutualism, or the mutually beneficial nature of the relationship. Our data analysis revealed the following dynamics as important for the development of mutualism: shared commit…
Solving for X: Constructing Algebra and Algebra Policy During a Time of Change
The year students take Algebra I historically determines how far they progress in secondary mathematics, creating complex equity issues around access to this course. By examining a case study of one large, urban school district adjusting to the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSS-M), we demonstrate how district leaders' interactions, in combination with their organizational and institutional environments, led to an overhaul of the se…
From Virtue to Grit: Changes in Character Education Narratives in the U.S. from 1985 to 2016
Inhabited Ideology: Diversity Ideology and Approaches to Racial Equity Across Institutional Sectors
Sociologists study diversity as both the cornerstone idea of an emergent dominant racial ideology and an organizational strategy to address racial inequality. How do diversity workers adapt this ideology to the institutional demands of their organizational contexts? The authors bring research on racial ideology and inhabited institutionalism together to propose a theory of inhabited ideology by showing that institutional myths-cultural ideals tha…
From Virtue to Grit: Changes in Character Education Narratives in the U.S. from 1985 to 2016
From Virtue to Grit: Changes in Character Education Narratives in the U.S. from 1985 to 2016
Solving for X: Constructing Algebra and Algebra Policy During a Time of Change
The year students take Algebra I historically determines how far they progress in secondary mathematics, creating complex equity issues around access to this course. By examining a case study of one large, urban school district adjusting to the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSS-M), we demonstrate how district leaders' interactions, in combination with their organizational and institutional environments, led to an overhaul of the se…
Dynamics in District–University Partnerships Focused on Leadership for Equity
This paper discusses the development of district–university partnerships at the onset of a multi-year grant-funded initiative focused on leadership for equity. Using three illustrative partnership cases, we investigated district–university collaboration through the lens of mutualism, or the mutually beneficial nature of the relationship. Our data analysis revealed the following dynamics as important for the development of mutualism: shared commit…
Inhabited Ideology: Diversity Ideology and Approaches to Racial Equity Across Institutional Sectors
Sociologists study diversity as both the cornerstone idea of an emergent dominant racial ideology and an organizational strategy to address racial inequality. How do diversity workers adapt this ideology to the institutional demands of their organizational contexts? The authors bring research on racial ideology and inhabited institutionalism together to propose a theory of inhabited ideology by showing that institutional myths-cultural ideals tha…
Weaponized Color-Evasiveness: Analyzing the Parent Backlash to DEI in Suburban Schools
Over the past several years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in schools have garnered increasing backlash from right-wing parents. In this article, I analyze these school board meetings, paying specific attention to how racial ideology works in this context. I ask: What racial ideologies are at play in parent debates over DEI efforts in suburban schools? How are these ideologies leveraged to political ends in school board meetings?…
How Educational Leaders Sustain Equity Work in a Politically Hostile Environment
Beginning in 2021, legislation targeting Critical Race Theory was introduced and adopted across the United States. Over time, these efforts expanded to include banning books and dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in K-12 and higher education. While external pressure has led some educators to scale back their equity-oriented practices, less is known about how equity-focused efforts are maintained in this hostile environ…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · School Choice and Performance (2 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 works)