#  "These Classes Equip Me": The Development of Complex Understandings of Race in College Classrooms 

 



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 **March 29, 2018** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **William James Hall Room 105, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 02138**  



 

 



 

Sort    What is the relationship between classroom experience in academic courses on race, and students’ understanding of race? To explore this question, I analyzed data from two college courses—one focused on narratives by enslaved people, and one focused on black political thought. I found that students drew from the new knowledge they gained and the experiences they had in the courses to develop a critical and nuanced understanding of race. Students also reported that the courses “equipped them” to better engage with issues of race in their lives. I argue that this relationship between students' classroom experiences and their framing of race has implications for both contemporary higher education and the larger society.

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