This seminar will examine the foundational tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) as an analytic framework to study of inequities in P-EDUC 20 education. Each week will examine how CRT tenets developed in law and were taken up in education via epistemology, methodology, and axiology. Consequently, the course will move temporally, spatially, and pedagogically across fields and siblings of Critical Race Theory. We will use the course content as a vehicle to understand the theoretical and analytical power and limits of CRT. Finally, we will explore CRT's focus on identifying and disrupting white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and interlocking inequities (re)produced in education.
2-5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
This seminar will examine the foundational tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) as an analytic framework to study of inequities in P-20 education. Each week will examine how CRT tenets developed in law and were taken up in education via epistemology, methodology, and axiology. Consequently, the course will move temporally, spatially, and pedagogically across fields and siblings of Critical Race Theory. We will use the course content as a vehicle to understand the theoretical and analytical power and limits of CRT. Finally, we will explore CRT's focus on identifying and disrupting white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and interlocking inequities (re)produced in education.
Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.