Aminah Raysor
Biographic Data
| ID | 8630830 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aminah Raysor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aminah |
| FAMILY NAME | Raysor |
| SIGNATURE | RAYSOR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Learning and Instruction University at Buffalo Buffalo New York USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-5339-7496 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“More than lo visible ”: Black world language teachers' use of identity to contest culturelessness
The limited presence of Black world language teachers (BWLTs) has been attributed to a lack of interest, ability, or access. In navigating societal forces that perpetuate anti‐Black stereotypes, BWLTs challenge these and similar narratives (e.g., the belief that they cannot be both Black and command the target language). We qualitatively analyze interviews with nine BWLTs, exploring how their identities and teaching practices mutually inform one …
Healing Justice Practice Professional Development Program for Black K‐12 World Language Educators
In this conceptual article, I present the Healing Justice Practice (HJP) Professional Development (PD) Program as a restorative model designed for Black K‐12 World Language (WL) educators working within predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Rooted in Afrocentric pedagogy and Healing Justice frameworks, this work addresses the racialized linguistic trauma, emotional labor, and professional isolation that Black WL educators experience in U.S. sc…
“ They is me!”: Redefining “traditional” students through narratives of Black world language teachers
Professional fragmentation in world language (WL) teacher preparation makes advancing in language study prior to pre‐service teachers’ certification difficult. For Black world language teachers (BWLTs), this challenge increases as they face unique structural blockades, including the lack of access to early formal WL study or fiscal resources to enter US higher education. With 4.2% of WL teachers identifying as Black, the intricacies of their path…
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“More than lo visible ”: Black world language teachers' use of identity to contest culturelessness
The limited presence of Black world language teachers (BWLTs) has been attributed to a lack of interest, ability, or access. In navigating societal forces that perpetuate anti‐Black stereotypes, BWLTs challenge these and similar narratives (e.g., the belief that they cannot be both Black and command the target language). We qualitatively analyze interviews with nine BWLTs, exploring how their identities and teaching practices mutually inform one …
Healing Justice Practice Professional Development Program for Black K‐12 World Language Educators
In this conceptual article, I present the Healing Justice Practice (HJP) Professional Development (PD) Program as a restorative model designed for Black K‐12 World Language (WL) educators working within predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Rooted in Afrocentric pedagogy and Healing Justice frameworks, this work addresses the racialized linguistic trauma, emotional labor, and professional isolation that Black WL educators experience in U.S. sc…
“ They is me!”: Redefining “traditional” students through narratives of Black world language teachers
Professional fragmentation in world language (WL) teacher preparation makes advancing in language study prior to pre‐service teachers’ certification difficult. For Black world language teachers (BWLTs), this challenge increases as they face unique structural blockades, including the lack of access to early formal WL study or fiscal resources to enter US higher education. With 4.2% of WL teachers identifying as Black, the intricacies of their path…
Critical Race Theory in Education (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Accreditation (1 works) · Certification (1 works) · CONTEST (1 works) · Cultural competence (1 works) · Cultural diversity (1 works) · Curriculum (1 works)