PO008: Shades of Discipline: Exploring Racial Dynamics in Disciplinary Referrals

  • PMD: 8
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. understand the relationship between faculty race, student race, and office student referrals;
  2. recognize the relationship between administrator race, student race, and disciplinary action; and
  3. understand the implications of racial inequities within our education system.

Description

This study investigated the relationship between teacher race, student race, and the likelihood of disciplinary referrals. Additionally, we examined the relationship between administrator race, student race, and disciplinary actions.

Presenter(s)

India M. Horn, Department of Psychology Appalachian State University
Jamie L. Yarbrough, PhD, Appalachian State University
Gracie C. Streeval, Appalachian State University
Emily E. Reigard, Appalachian State University

Contributor(s)

Sara Hehn, Hannah R. Schulze, Anhminh P. Nguyen, Nicole Iturbide

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