Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of Genealogy: Mixed and Contested Racial Identities
Special Issue: “Who Are We Really? Genealogical Deconstructions of Monoracialism through Mixed and Contested Racial Identities”
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2021
Final manuscript submissions due: 31 May 2022
Message from Guest Editors:
We are pleased to invite you to submit to a Special Issue of Genealogy entitled, “Who Are We Really? Genealogical Deconstructions of Monoracialism through Mixed and Contested Racial Identities”. Our aim is to provide an outlet for deconstructing notions of monoracial categorization by highlighting genealogically related writings of mixed (race, ethnicity, culture, etc.) and contested (liminal, borderland, hybrid, etc.) identities. We ask: What are the discourses extant in society that structure and order our understandings of (mono)racial difference? What family lore, national narratives, technologies of categorization (e.g., the Census, ancestry testing, educational tracking), or interpersonal dynamics (e.g., microaggressions, code switching, interracial relationships) help to police racial borders and perpetuate monoracialism? Together, the Special Issue will capture a sense of collective identities and experiences around mixedness and contestation toward better answering the question “who are we?” (rather than the common question of “who am I?”) when it comes to racial and ethnic demographics.
For consideration, please submit extended abstracts by October 31, 2021. Please submit your abstract to special issue editors, Dr. Marc Johnston-Guerrero (guerrero.55@osu.edu) and Dr. Orkideh Mohajeri (omohajeri@wcupa.edu).
Guest Editors:
Dr. Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero
Department of Educational Studies, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Dr. Orkideh Mohajeri
Department of Educational Foundations & Policy Studies, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA 19383, USA