Open AccessAn Exploration of Power, Race, and Higher Education: A Cross-Cultural Parallel Narrative, Book Review
Author(s) -
Kathleen R. McGovern
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3450
Subject(s) - privilege (computing) , narrative , race (biology) , sociology , autoethnography , power (physics) , narrative inquiry , ethnography , pedagogy , teacher education , psychology , gender studies , anthropology , computer science , art , computer security , physics , literature , quantum mechanics
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.