LibGuides: SCoE: Trauma-Informed Educational Practices: Truth and Racial Healing

Introduction

Truth and Racial Healing in K12 Education

From White Folks Who Teach in the Hood by Christopher Emdin; sam seidel
ISBN: 9780807006733

Publication Date: 2024-08-06

Progressive white educators on the challenges and reimagining's of anti-racist education, cultural responsiveness, and sustained liberatory learning practices.
Critical Race Theory and Classroom Practice by Daniella Ann Cook; Nathaniel Bryan
ISBN: 9781032000060

Publication Date: 2024-04-01

This edited book shows how critical race theory (CRT) can shape teacher practices in ways that improve educational outcomes for all children, especially those most marginalized in PreK-20 classrooms.
Crafting Homeplace in the Academic Borderlands by David Philoxene (Editor); Danfeng Soto-Vigil Koon (Editor); Emma Haydée Fuentes (Editor); Margo Okazawa-Rey (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780807786185

Publication Date: 2024-11-22

This volume highlights a case study of one diverse institution of higher education that was transformed to support faculty and students with varied cultures and identities.
Teach Truth by Jesse Hagopian
ISBN: 9798888902516

Publication Date: 2025-01-14

In the face of relentless attacks on antiracist education, a much-needed reckoning with the roots of this latest wave of censorship and an urgent call to action to defend education.
Reading, Writing, and Talk by Mariana Souto-Manning; Jessica Martell; Benelly Álvarez
ISBN: 9780807786307

Publication Date: 2024-12-24

This new edition of the bestseller Reading, Writing, and Talk responds to the urgent need for creating language and literacy pathways that are inclusive, intentional, and center wholeness and belonging.
True Inclusion with UDL by Nicole Tucker-Smith (Foreword by); Patti Kelly Ralabate
ISBN: 9781681257259

Publication Date: 2024-03-01

This book presents a bold new plan for bringing that vision to life in any learning environment, from kindergarten through post-secondary education.

The Promise of Racial Healing to Achieve Health Equity Through School-Based Prevention
Tan, K., Mahoney, J., Campbell, J., Laursen, T., Kemp, D., & Kim, B.-K. E. (2023). The Promise of Racial Healing to Achieve Health Equity Through School-Based Prevention. American Journal of Public Health, 113, S119–S123. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2023.307288
Healing racial trauma from public school systems
Collins, L.Y. (2023). Healing racial trauma from public school systems. Journal of Research Initiatives. 8(1).
Understanding and Addressing Racial Stress and Trauma in Schools: A Pathway toward Resistance and Healing
Saleem, F. T., Howard, T. C., & Langley, A. K. (2022). Understanding and Addressing Racial Stress and Trauma in Schools: A Pathway toward Resistance and Healing. Psychology in the Schools, 59(12), 2506–2521.
Racially Just, Trauma-Informed Care for Black Students
McAdoo, G., Williams, K., & Howard, T. C. (2023). Racially Just, Trauma-Informed Care for Black Students. Urban Education, 60(3), 672-699. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859231175668 (Original work published 2025)
Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Teacher Discrimination, and Black Youth’s School Engagement and Achievement
Lambert, S.F., Saleem, F.T., Liu, C. & Theda, R. (2024). Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Teacher Discrimination, and Black Youth’s School Engagement and Achievement. Prevention Science. 25, 56–67 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01551-z
Equipping School Counselors for Antiracist Healing Centered Groups: A Critical Examination of Preparation, Connected Curricula, Professional Practice and Oversight
Kara P. Ieva, Jordon Beasley, & Sam Steen. (2021). Equipping School Counselors for Antiracist Healing Centered Groups: A Critical Examination of Preparation, Connected Curricula, Professional Practice and Oversight. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 3(2), 64–78. https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc030207
Research as Healing: Reflections of a Teacher Educator of Color on Critical Race Praxis
Kohli, R. (2024). Research as Healing: Reflections of a Teacher Educator of Color on Critical Race Praxis. Qualitative Inquiry, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004241269995
The role of racial literacy in US K-12 education research: a review of the literature
Oto, R., Rombalski, A., & Grinage, J. (2023). The role of racial literacy in US K-12 education research: a review of the literature. Race, Ethnicity & Education, 26(1), 94–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2022.2047635
Addressing Anti-Blackness in Education Through Psychological Approaches to Racial and Radical Healing
Leath, S., Mims, L., & Butler-Barnes, S. (2025). Addressing Anti-Blackness in Education Through Psychological Approaches to Racial and Radical Healing. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 34(1), 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214241283182

Online Resources
Title	Source	Year
Let's Talk: Facilitating Critical Conversations with Students	Learning for Justice	2022
100 race-conscious things you can say to your child to advance racial justice	Raising Race Conscious Children	2016
Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation: Implementation Guidebook	W.K. Kellogg Foundation	2023
What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack? Education Week	Education Week	2021
How can we transform schools into sites of racial healing?	Ed Post	2018

Truth and Racial Healing in Higher Education

Emotional Justice by Esther A. Armah; Brittany Cooper (Foreword by); Robin DiAngelo (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781523003389

Publication Date: 2011-04-11

Esther Armah argues that the crucial missing piece to racial healing and sustainable equity is emotional justice-a new racial healing language to help us do our emotional work.
Racial Equity on College Campuses by Royel M. Johnson (Editor); Uju Anya (Editor); Liliana M. Garces (Editor)
ISBN: 9781438487076

Publication Date: 2022-02-01

Offers insight into race-based disparities in higher education and practical tools for advancing racial equity on college and university campuses.
Reframing Diversity and Inclusive Leadership : Race, Gender, and Institutional Change by Seth N. Asumah and Mechthild Nagel
ISBN: 9781438495842

Publication Date: 2024

Shows how authentic diversity and inclusive leadership practices can promote anti-racist, equitable, and transformational change in institutions of higher learning in the United States and beyond.
Strengthening Campus Communities Through the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Framework by Tia Brown McNair
ISBN: 9781032581699

Publication Date: 2024-06-01

This edited volume encourages and informs the transformational steps needed for a better, more equitable future for all.
From Equity Talk to Equity Walk by Tia Brown McNair; Estela Mara Bensimon; Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux; Lynn Pasquerella (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781119237914

Publication Date: 2020-01-22

A practical guide for achieving equitable outcomes From Equity Talk to Equity Walk offers practical guidance on the design and application of campus change strategies for achieving equitable outcomes.

A New Way of Being a University: Higher Education and the Work of Reparations
Saltmarsh, J., Eatman, T. & Mills, N. (2024). A New Way of Being a University: Higher Education and the Work of Reparations. Change. 56(1). 23-30.
Critical Race Theory within Graduate Education: Connecting Theory with Practice
Yeung, M. (2022). Critical Race Theory within Graduate Education: Connecting Theory with Practice. NACADA Review: Academic Advising Praxis and Perspectives. 3(2). 45-57
Finding Our Common Humanity amidst 'The Fierce Urgency of Now
Pasquerella, L., McNair, T. B. & Saffold, J. R. (2019). Finding Our Common Humanity amidst 'The Fierce Urgency of Now' Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning. 51(1). 28-34.
Building the Racial Equity Ecosystem for Sustainable Change
McNair, T. B., Ford, E. N. & Smith, J. G. (2020). Building the Racial Equity Ecosystem for Sustainable Change. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning. 52(2). 63-67.
Reimagining Critical Race Theory in Education: Mental Health, Healing, and the Pathway to Liberatory Praxis.
McGee, E.O. & Stovall, D. (2015). Reimagining Critical Race Theory in Education: Mental Health, Healing, and the Pathway to Liberatory Praxis. Educational Theory. 65(5). 491-511.
Racism camouflaged as impostorism and the impact on Black STEM doctoral students
McGee, E. O., Botchway, P. K., Naphan-Kingery, D. E., Brockman, A. J., Houston, S., & White, D. T. (2021). Racism camouflaged as impostorism and the impact on Black STEM doctoral students. Race Ethnicity and Education, 25(4), 487–507. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2021.1924137
Healing-Centered Educator Activism in Mathematics Actualized by Women of Color Mathematics Teacher Activists
Kokka, K. (2023). Healing-Centered Educator Activism in Mathematics Actualized by Women of Color Mathematics Teacher Activists. Equity & Excellence in Education, 56(1–2), 172–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2022.2158391
We Wear the Mask”: Self-Definition as an Approach to Healing from Racial Battle Fatigue
Okello, W. K., Quaye, S. J., Allen, C., Carter, K. D., & Karikari, S. N. (2020). “We Wear the Mask”: Self-Definition as an Approach to Healing from Racial Battle Fatigue. Journal of College Student Development, 61(4), 422–438.
But that's just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy
Ladson‐Billings, G. (1995). But that's just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy. Theory into practice, 34(3), 159-165.

Title	Source	Year
Racial Healing. Insider Higher Education	Inside Higher Education	2020
Envisioning Higher Education as Antiracist. Inside Higher Education	Inside Higher Education	2020
Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center Videos	AAC&U	n.d.