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Taryrn Brown
Assistant Professor
University of Florida
Education/Degree:
1 Educational Theory and Practice, Critical Studies in Education Educational Theory and Practice, Critical Studies in Education (University of Georgia)
About
Dr. Brown’s program of research has three major foci: the intersection of gender, race, and class in the lives of Black women and girls in and out of school settings; amplifying Black women and girls’ voices in prevention science; and the role parents, schools, and communities play in Black girls’ socialization, literacies, and identity construction. With research at the nexus of Black girlhood Studies and Black feminist thought, her work leverages various theoretical foundations (e.g., Black feminist theory, ecological systems theory; Black girl literacies; and Black girl cartography) and critical qualitative methodologies (e.g., youth participatory action research; photovoice; and photo elicitation).
Current Work
Dr. Brown examines the interpretive, normative, and critical perspectives of education, both inside and outside of schools. With emphasis on the experiences of minoritized individuals and communities, much of her work emerges from the intersections of issues of race, social class, and gender. Her research is broadly focused on racial justice and educational equity and examines issues of racial justice in P-12 learning environments, with an attention to identity development, and critical race praxis with key stakeholders in education. Dr. Brown's interdisciplinary work seeks to promote critical questions that challenge the standard assumptions about the purposes of schools in a democratic society.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Black girlhood, Black feminism, Black Mothering, visual methodologies