Centering Women of Color in Academic Counterspaces offers a rich critical race feminist analysis of teaching, learning, and classroom dynamics among diverse students in a classroom counterspace centered on women of color. Annemarie Vaccaro and Melissa J. Camba-Kelsay focus on an undergraduate course called Sister Stories, which used counter-storytelling to explore the historical and contemporary experiences of women of color in the United States. Rich student narratives offer insight into the process and products of transformational learning about complex social justice topics such as: oppression, microaggressions, identity, intersectionality, tokenism, objectification, inclusive leadership, aesthetic standards, and diversity dialogues.

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This book offers a multidimensional account of teaching, learning, and classroom dynamics among diverse students in a classroom counterspace centered on women of color. It provides insights into learning outcomes, the process of transformational learning, and some of the challenges related to covering social justice topics in a college classroom.

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Table of Contents Series Foreword Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Sister Stories: "Not your typical class. Chapter 2: Microaggressions on Campus: "We still have a long way to go." Chapter 3: What Are Counterspaces and Why Do We Need Them?: "It's a refuge on campus." Chapter 4: Student Interactions in a Counterspace: "It's complicated." Chapter 5: Silence and Self-Censoring: "Telling my story, or not." Chapter 6: Learning about Identity: "Who Am I?" Chapter 7: My Body, My Looks: "I'm never gonna look like that." Chapter 8: Becoming an Inclusive Leader: "Everyone has a voice." Conclusion Appendix About the Authors