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100 1 Leung, Carolyn C
245 10 Intellectual landscapes: Asian American women living
social justice research|h[electronic resource]
300 233 p
500 Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-
11, Section: A, page: 4203
502 Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 2009
520 This study presents portraits of three Asian American
women in higher education who engage in social justice
research in education. These professors, Susan Lee, Maria
Rodriguez and Thuy Tran, are women at different points in
their academic career, but they share one thing in common.
They are committed to using the creation of knowledge in
Asian American education to further goals of social
justice in the community. This study examines childhood
moments with race and racism and how their professional
experiences as activists shape their identities as
scholars. It also interrogates the social justice research
projects that they are involved in. Finally, this study
documents their experiences in scholars in the academy as
Asian American women committed to social justice
520 The research questions that framed this study are: How do
three Asian American female scholars describe and
understand their experiences of doing social justice
research on race in education? Within this larger question,
I explored the following questions: (1) How, if at all, do
their autobiographical stories affect their motivations
and interest in doing social research? (2) How do they
describe and understand the successes and challenges, the
casualties and opportunities, in doing social research?
(3) How do they seek to make their work matter in the
academic community and the community being studied?
520 Portraiture, a genre of social science research, gave me
the tools to capture the complexity of my participants'
personal and professional experiences. Through portraits,
I have woven together the biography and personal
narratives of my participants, their professional
experiences in the university, their research experiences
in the field, and how they navigate the boundaries of race,
ethnicity, and gender. Through portraiture, I have sought
to capture this complicated story of how, why, and with
what tools these Asian American women practice social
justice research. In-depth interviews, observations, and
document review of their scholarship provide rich data for
this study
520 While the literature on ethnic scholars, social justice
research and Asian American studies points to specific
strategies in doing this kind of research, this study
argues that social justice research is more than a set of
strategies. Even more than the methods used, it is a way
of life for the scholars in this study. For these
participants, social justice research is a living, growing
process, one that has many dimensions. It involves who
does the research as well as how the research is being
done. This data revealed that social justice research also
involves where in the academic literature scholars focus
their work and what researchers decide to do their work
on as well. Also influencing decisions around social
justice research is why scholars do this work, and when in
the course of their personal and professional lives they
can pursue social justice work. Taking this perspective on
social justice research, that it is more than the methods
used, broadens the definition and understanding of social
justice research and how it is lived and practiced in the
academy
590 School code: 0084
650 4 Asian American Studies
650 4 Women's Studies
650 4 Education, Higher
690 0343
690 0453
690 0745
710 2 Harvard University
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