Race, Adolescence, and School Discipline (325-0-20)

Instructors

Christopher Javon Leatherwood

Meeting Info

Annenberg Hall 345: Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course presents sociological approaches to understanding school discipline in K-12 settings and how it matters for students' lived experiences, academic engagement, identities, politics, and meaning-making. The course will explore a range of topics, from how school discipline practices and policies reflect competing philosophies about school safety to how school discipline plays into peer processes of social evaluation, inclusion, and exclusion. This course has been redesigned for maximum flexibility in the remote learning environment.

The course covers three main areas of school discipline research, all with a focus on race and gender:

Disciplinary Moments
Exclusion & Criminalization
Evidence-based Remedies and Interventions, including "empathic discipline."