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"WHEN BLACK GIRLS UNITE"Monique Lane is thrilled to be featured in the Purposeful Teaching and Learning in Diverse Contexts: Implications for Access, Equity, and Achievement. Dr. Lane's contribution, "When Black Girls Unite: How Critical Teacher Reflection Can Lead to a Pedagogy of Power" is a testimony of her journey as an aspiring social justice teacher. One unintended consequence of Dr. Lane's professional training was a lack of ideological clarity early in her teaching career, resulting in a misinterpretation of the cultural and academic sensibilities of Black girl learners. This scholarly self-narrative illuminates Monique's trajectory through critical self-reflection, and provides a framework that practitioners may utilize to suture the disconnect between critical theory and classroom practice. Grab a copy for yourself and gift one to a valued colleague!
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VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH PANELIST:
INVESTING IN THE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS OF BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS
Dr. Mo was honored to join co-editors Lori Patton Davis, Charlotte E. Jacobs, and Venus Evans-Winters as they celebrated the release of their newest book, Investing in the Educational Success of Black Women and Girls. The virtual book launch included conversations with the co-editors and a few of the book contributors, including Dr. Monique Lane, Dr. Janice A. Byrd, Dr. Christa J. Porter, Dr. Dorothy E. Hines, Dr. Tiffany Steele, Dr. Tykeia Robinson, and Founder and Executive Director of EveryBlackGirl Vivian Anderson. Check out the #BlackExcellence, #BlackGirlJoy, and #BlackGirlMagic in the video, and purchase the book for gems about improving Black women and girl learners' educational well-being!
Dr. Lane Featured on the cohort sistas podcast!
Monique Lane was featured on an episode of the Cohort Sistas Podcast to discuss her journey to and through her doctoral program and her experiences in the academy. Dr. Lane addressed the violence of white supremacy and imposter syndrome, navigating infertility as a graduate student, the fortification of intention, and #BlackGirlJoy as a liberation practice. She also commiserated about the generosity of Black women mentors, Drs. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and Venus Evans-Winters, who have been absolute blessings throughout Monique Lane's evolutionary journey. It was a genuine and inspiring conversation. If your spirit moves you, take a listen and tell a friend!
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Teaching at one of the most underserved urban high schools in the country has afforded Monique Lane tremendous insight into the challenges that many of today’s educators encounter in their efforts to engage Black girl learners. Her 2021 publication with former student Dr. Kendra Carr, a Bay Area scholar-practitioner, offers guidance to educators seeking to create transformative learning spaces for these youth. Pick up your copy of Teaching Beautiful, Brilliant, Black Girls today, and peep the insights that Drs. Carr and Lane share in their chapter titled: Listen to Her!: Black Girls Constructing Activist Identities in a School-Based Leadership Program.
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MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING LEADERSHIP ~ CLASS OF 2020
The class of 2020 scholars have completed their rigorous action research projects! In one short year, MATL candidates explored the personal beliefs that guide their practice, conducted a formal action research study, and expanded their development as teacher leaders committed to promoting educational equity. Our teachers are excited to share the fruits of their labor with other practitioners via the Kalmanovitz School of Education's Action Research Conference.
Interested in learning more about SMC's innovative Master of Arts in Teaching Leadership program? Read student testimonials at the following link, and click here for additional information!
Interested in learning more about SMC's innovative Master of Arts in Teaching Leadership program? Read student testimonials at the following link, and click here for additional information!
Schoolin’ Black girls:
Politicized caring and healing as pedagogical love
In 2019, Monique Lane published an article in a special issue of The Urban Review with her colleague, Dr. Sherell McArthur. Through an explicit focus on love as a central tenet of authentically caring and healing pedagogies, this article promotes a more complex understanding of how entangled social identities influence learning. Specifically, the authors highlight two qualitative research studies that applied Black feminist praxis to non-traditional urban classroom contexts to facilitate young Black women’s social and intellectual empowerment. By situating the analysis of Black girl learners at the center of each study, the research described in this article positions youth as experts of their sociopolitical location, and empowers them to push conversations around educational equity forward in the service of all marginalized youth within the public education system. The full citation is listed here.
"For real love":
How Black girls benefit from a politicized ethic of care
Check out Monique Lane's (2018) article in the International Journal of Educational Reform (full citation here). The article examines the concept of a politicized ethic of care, a teaching philosophy that is commonly rooted in the pedagogies of exemplary Black women teachers. Data from a more extensive study of a girls’ empowerment program at a public high school are used to argue in favor of this pedagogical tradition, which has been proven to facilitate African American girl learners' development of positive social identities and improved educational persistence. Dr. Lane challenges Western and gender-neutral approaches to caring for urban Black girls through an inductive analysis of curricula, in-class video footage, student artifacts, and interviews with former participants. Implications for teacher education research are also presented.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2018!
Congratulations to the Master of Arts in Teaching Leadership graduating class of 2018! I have had the immense pleasure of growing with our Teacher Leader candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. Over the course of twelve months, MATL candidates explored the personal beliefs that guide their practice, conducted a formal action research study, and expanded their development as teacher leaders committed to promoting educational equity. Completing our rigorous program is an outstanding achievement, and I wish you a very bright future!
Interested in learning more about SMC's innovative Master of Arts in Teaching Leadership program? Click here for additional information.
Interested in learning more about SMC's innovative Master of Arts in Teaching Leadership program? Click here for additional information.
SMC's Women of African Descent Luncheon
The Women's Resource Center at Saint Mary's College hosted a Tribute to Women of African Descent luncheon! A panel of women (students and alums) from the SMC community shared their stories of negotiating struggles associated with their intersectional identities. SMC faculty, staff, and students had the opportunity to learn from these brilliant scholars, who challenged our constructions of contemporary Black femininity and reified the importance of Black women's presence on campus.
PEOPLE'S EDUCATION MOVEMENT
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Reclaiming our queendom
Check out Dr. Monique Lane's (2017) article in Equity & Excellence in Education.
new beginnings!
Monique Lane is an Assistant Professor at Saint Mary’s College of California, in the Department of Leadership. The university's mission and core principles - primarily the "concern for the poor" and social justice - was an important determinant in choosing Saint Mary's as an academic home. Below, Monique is pictured advancing the school mission of inclusive excellence with Saint Mary's colleagues, Dr. Michael Viola (left) and Dr. Clifford Lee (far right). Learn more about the Kalmanovitz School of Education and the graduate programs in Educational Leadership here.
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dirp at teachers college
Monique Lane had the great pleasure of serving on a panel at the 2016 Diversity in Research and Practice Conference, organized by the Black Student Network at Teachers College.
and still we rise conference 2016!Dr. Monique Lane inaugurated And Still We Rise Conference on Black Girls and Women in Education in 2016. Commencing at Columbia University's Teachers College, this daylong professional development drew scholars, K-12 youth, and stakeholders from across myriad disciplines—social sciences, life sciences, public health, and public policy—to share current research findings on Black women and girls in educational contexts. And Still We Rise Conference 2016 was critical and celebratory, as participants engaged in dialogue around the injustices burdening Black women and girls in the realm of education, as well as highlighted current healing practices, policies, and political movements that advance tangible interventions on behalf of this population. And Still We Rise Conference 2016 was a home run for Teachers College and an important step in advancing educational justice for Black women and girls! Click here for more information about this important event.
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peril & promise:
black female education and literacy in u.s. schools
In the summer of 2015, Dr. Lane taught a highly anticipated seminar on the educational experiences of African American female youth in K-12 schools. The course, entitled "Peril and Promise: Black Female Education and Literacy in American Schools", was offered by the Arts & Humanities Department at Teachers College, and available to Masters and Doctoral students across numerous programs of study. Critical race feminism, postmodernism, and Black feminist theory provided an important lens through which students explored African American girls' race-gender stigmatization, agency, and resilience in traditional educational contexts. By critically illuminating the schooling patterns of African-American female youth, this course challenged students to rethink dominant narratives around Black femininity and the notion of equal opportunity in U.S. K-12 education.
2015 penn summit on black girls and women
Monique Lane was honored to participate as a panelist at the Penn Summit on
Black Girls and Women in Education in April 2015.
Black Girls and Women in Education in April 2015.
YPAR WITH CYPHERS FOR JUSTICE!
In the spring semester of 2015, Dr. Lane co-facilitated a youth workshop with U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassador, emcee Hired Gun, entitled, "Ladies First: Hip Hop and Gender." Hosted by the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College, this 16-week course assisted students in conducting youth participatory action research projects (YPAR), while using hip hop to articulate their findings. Connecting scholars to the oral and social justice traditions that co-exist within hip-hop culture - from a female perspective - empowered individuals to identify the art form as a useful tool for inspiring social activism.
janrah: education, entrepreneurship, & empowerment!
Dr. Lane serves on the founding board of directors for JANRAH, a girls empowerment program of the Social Justice Learning Institute in Inglewood, California. The organization is a feminist response to the inequity of supports for young women of color in urban communities. This unique organization offers numerous resources for these youth as they pursue their educational and life goals. Click here to access the JANRAH website directly.
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truth tellin' at usf!Monique Lane was an invited speaker at the University of San Francisco on April 15th, 2014. Her lecture, entitled " When Black girls unite: How critical teacher reflection can lead to a pedagogy of power", provided a framework that educators could utilize to bridge the gap between critical theory and classroom practice. Monique would like to thank the Urban Education and Social Justice (UESJ) Program, the Teacher Education Department at USF, and the Center for Transformative Teacher Training for hosting this phenomenal event.
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