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by Thomas Albright (Editor), Gretchen Brion-Meisels (Editor)
This book draws together insights on the past, present, and future of youth participatory action research (YPAR) through interviews with ten scholars whose work has been central to the field. This timely book will be crucial reading on Research Methods and Education for Participatory Action Research programs and related courses.
Author Biography
Thomas Albright is an Assistant Research Professor in Middle and Secondary Education at Georgia State University, USA. Albright's scholarship is steeped in Black Studies, Ethnic Studies, youth participatory action research, posthumanism, post-qualitative, critical qualitative methodologies, and social justice education. Albright's current research includes exploring youth inquiry as a form of resistance to schooling, a posthumanism accounting of schooling, and examining issues of racial and social justice within teacher education.
Gretchen Brion-Meisels is a Senior Lecturer on Education and Faculty Co-Chair of Identity, Power, and Justice in Education concentration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA. Brion-Meisels is also a former middle-school educator. Her research seeks to explore partnerships between youth and adults that support collective well-being. She is particularly interested in intergenerational, critical participatory action research that investigates issues of educational justice in school settings.
