An Exploration of Power, Race, and Higher Education: A Cross-Cultural Parallel Narrative, Book Review

Authors

Kathleen Rose McGovern, University of GeorgiaFollow

Abstract

Power, Race, and Higher Education: A Cross-Cultural Parallel Narrative by Kakali Bhattacharya and Norman K. Gillen (Kent) provides readers with scenarios from the authors’ personal and academic lives through which they explore the major themes of the book (2016). These themes include researcher positionality, presenting research through ethnodrama, navigating academia, and pedagogical approaches to examining privilege. This review recommends the book for professors working with Master’s students or undergraduates to facilitate reflection on their positionality in relation to their students (in the case of pre-service teachers) or research participants.

Keywords

Race, Positionality, Arts-Based Research, Critical Pedagogy, Post-Colonialism

Author Bio(s)

Kathleen Rose McGovern is a doctoral student and College of Education Research Award Scholar in Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. Correspondence regarding this article can be addressed directly to: kathleen.mcgovern25@uga.edu or kmcgover@gmail.com.

Publication Date

3-19-2018

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3450

Recommended APA Citation

McGovern, K. R. (2018). An Exploration of Power, Race, and Higher Education: A Cross-Cultural Parallel Narrative, Book Review. The Qualitative Report, 23(3), 659-662. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3450