SSSP 2025 Annual Meeting

Date: Friday, August 8

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 019: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Doing the Work of Education
Room: Water Tower Parlor

Sponsors: Educational Problems
Labor Studies

Organizer: A. Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University

Description: 

This session explores the many ways that the work of higher education is evolving in a social and political environment that is increasingly challenging the opportunities and rights of historically marginalized populations.

Roundtable #1 Title: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Doing the Work of Education

Presider & Discussant: A. Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University

Papers:

“Exploring Graduate Students’ Understanding of Cultural Humility in the U.S. Higher Education,” Gizem Arat, Dominican University and Narine Nora Kerelian, University of San Francisco

“Induced Paranoia: The Panopticonness of Teaching in 2025 While Navigating the Possibility of Surveillance in a University Classroom When Teaching LGBTQ2S+-ness and K-12 Schooling,” Michael Bartone, Central Connecticut State University

“Paid Placements in Social Work: A Policy Brief Addressing Inequity and Student Well-being,” Alison Fedoris Leslie, Widener University

“Teaching Ethnic Studies during a Complex Context: Ethnic Studies Educators in Public High Schools,” Angeles Rubi Castorena, University of California, Irvine

“Title IX Under Attack and Fighting Back: How Colleges and Universities are Responding,” A. Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University