Dr. Awad Ibrahim

Dr. Osman Z. Barnawi

TESOL and Blackness: The Return of the Repressed

This session explores the antagonistic relationship between TESOL and Blackness. Using examples from across the globe, our aim is to see the impact of TESOL on Blackness, but also of Blackness on TESOL. From Hip-Hop to classrooms, we explore the cultural politics of Blackness in TESOL, thus making the invisible visible.

Listen to Dr. Ibrahim discuss his presentation with Lavette Coney here and Dr. Barnawi discuss his presentation with Lavette Coney here.

Lavette Coney is currently the co-editor for SRIS and an ELL co-chair at the Fessenden School in West Newton, Massachusetts, where she facilitates the learning of students from a variety of countries, including South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, and more. She also works with admissions, placement, and curriculum and founded an ethnic-based affinity group and race and gender focus group for students. Her research interests evolve around race and White privilege.