Understanding Critical Race Research Methods and Methodologies: Lessons from the Field

Despite the growing urgency for Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the field of education, the "how" of this theoretical framework can often be overlooked. This exciting edited collection presents different methods and methodologies, which are used by education researchers to investigate critical issues of racial justice in education from a CRT perspective. Featuring scholars from a range of disciplines, the chapters showcase how various researchers synthesize different methods—including qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods, and historical and archival research—with CRT to explore issues of equity and access in the field of education. Scholars discuss their current research approaches using CRT and present new models of conducting research within a CRT framework, offering a valuable contribution to ongoing methodological debates. Researchers across different levels of expertise will find the articulations of CRT and methods insightful and compelling.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Introduction Critical Race Theory, Racial Justice, And Education: Understanding Critical Race Research Methods and Methodologies. Part II: Critical Race Archival and Historical Analysis 2. Understanding the Why of Whiteness: Negrophobia, Segregation and, the Legacy of White Resistance to Black Education in Mississippi 3. CRT in Education: Historical/Archival Analyses 4. Can You Hear (and See) Me Now?: Race-ing American Language Variationist/Change and Sociolinguistic Research Methodologies Part III. Critical Race Qualitative Methods 5. A Match Made in Heaven: Tribal Critical Race Theory and Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies 6. Taking it to the streets: Critical Race Theory, Participatory Research and Social Justice 7. The Commitment to Break Rules: Critical Race Theory, Jazz Methodology and the Struggle for Justice in Education 8. Critical Race Perspectives on Narrative Research in Education: Centering Intersectionality 9. Not One, but Many: A CRT Research Team Approach to Investigate Student Experiences in Racially Diverse Settings 10. Bridging Theories to Name and Claim a Critical Race Feminista Methodology Part IV: Critical Race Quantitative and Mixed Methodologies 11. Quants & Crits: Using Numbers for Social Justice (Or, How Not to be Lied to With Statistics) 12. Expanding Educational Pipelines: Critical Race Quantitative Intersectionality as a Transactional Methodology 13. Critical Race Cartographies: Exploring Map-Making as Anti-Racist Praxis 14. Critical Race Mixed Methodology: Designing a Research Study Combining Critical Race Theory and Mixed Methods Research Part V: Future Directions in Critical Race Methods and Methodologies 15. "Where Do We Go From Here?A Future Agenda for Understanding Critical Race Research Methods and Methodologies.

About the Author :
Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby is Professor of Educational Psychology and University Faculty Scholar in the Teacher Education and Learning Sciences Department at NC State University. Thandeka K. Chapman is Associate Professor in the Department of Education Studies at University of California, San Diego. Paul A. Schutz is Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas, San Antonio.