Dr. Conner is a Professor of Education at Villanova University. She holds expertise in student voice, student engagement, and youth organizing and activism. The author of more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, she has published The New Student Activists (Johns Hopkins University Press) and co-edited Contemporary Youth Activism (ABC-CLIO).
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Jun. 22, 2021 8:00 am
3 important outcomes for young people who are taught critical race theory
Despite what some politicians have suggested, research shows that learning to apply a critical race theoretical perspective and think critically about society do not fuel a sense of divisiveness among youth, says Villanova professor Jerusha Conner.