Critical Participatory Action Research in Higher Education

Orkideh Mohajeri is Associate Professor of Higher Education Policy & Student Affairs at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA.Roshaunda L. Breeden is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development at North Carolina State University, USA.Mia Ocean is Associate Professor of Social Work at Wichita State University, USA.

“This book is an integral contribution for helping scholars understand and practice critical research methods for, by and with the communities they deeply care about. The chapters guide readers in exploring the contours of CPAR and its incredible usefulness in higher education research. I am most appreciative of how this book, a love letter to current and future scholars, represents a commitment to both illuminating marginalized communities, while simultaneously upsetting the centrality of whiteness, so often embedded in CPAR research.” Lori Patton Davis, Heyman Endowed Chair and Educational Leadership Program Faculty Director, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. "Critical Participatory Action Research in Higher Education not only explains and demonstrates PAR methodology effectively but also invites a deeper reflection within yourself, the participants, the research process, and most importantly, the research topic — resulting in transformative outcomes and valuable resources.” Aniya Willis, CPAR Student Co-researcher, University of Georgia, USA.

• Introduction: A Love Letter For Us By Us Part 1: Critical Participatory Action Research: Philosophy, Challenges, and Necessity 1. For Us By Us CPAR: Making the Case for a New Era of CPAR in U.S. Higher Education Contexts 2. Anti-Oppressive Critical Participatory Action Research and Ethics in U.S. Postsecondary Education Part 2: Methodology in Action 3. Indigenous Participatory Action Research as Indigenous Research Protocol 4. Endarkened PAR Buildings Relationships, Shares Power, and Centers Spirit in Research With and For Black Communities: “You Couldn’t Have Done This Without Us” 5. Sharing Power in Participatory Action Research With Undocumented College Students 6. Power-Conscious Collaborative Research: A Framework for Developing CPAR Projects with Hypermarginalized Communities 7. Centering the Expertise and Black Undergraduate Science Students in Critical Participatory Action Research 8. Governance PAR: How Critical Participatory Action Research Works in the Hallowed Halls of University Governance Part 3: Applying the Methodology 9. Coding through the Tenets of Critical Race Theory 10. Developing a Qualitative Survey Instrument through CPAR to Support Prospective Health Science Majors at a Community College 11. Photovoice and Critical Participatory Action Research: Choices and Challenges of Using an Arts-Based Method as a Research Team 12. Engaging Youth as Change Agents through YPAR as a Critical Qualitative Methodology 13. Writing and Dissemination of Critical Participatory Action Research Insights 14. Epilogue: Teaching Critical Participatory Action Research in Higher Education