The inaugural keynote of the Research Speaker Series will be delivered by Dr. Nichole A. Guillory.
Dr. Guillory is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Department of Secondary
and Middle Grades Education and an affiliated faculty member in the Interdisciplinary
Studies Department at Kennesaw State University. She currently teaches courses in
family and community engagement in teacher education and Black feminism in interdisciplinary
studies. Drawing on Black feminist theory and curriculum theory, her research focuses
on Black mothering as a form of justice work. She has co-edited two books with Denise
Taliaferro-Baszille and Kirsten Edwards entitled Race, gender, and curriculum theorizing:
Working in womanish ways (Rowman & Littlefield) and Black women theorizing curriculum
studies in colour and curves (Routledge). Her published articles have appeared in
various journals, including the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Journal of Curriculum
and Pedagogy, Curriculum Inquiry, Teaching Education, and Multicultural Education.
She also has published chapters in key texts, such as Curriculum Studies Handbook:
The Next Moment, Critical Studies of Southern Place: A Reader, and Oxford Handbook
of Hip Hop Music Studies. When she is not writing and teaching, she is mom to Nicholas,
who is the love of her life.
Title of the keynote: What’s Mothering Got to Do With It? Theorizing a Black Maternal Framework for Re-Imagining
Qualitative Research Methods
Date: Monday, October 24th
Time: 11.00 am to 12.15 pm
Location: Interactive Research Methods Lab (room BEB 403). Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Education
Building
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