Schooling for Critical Consciousness

Scott Seider is an associate professor of applied developmental psychology at the Boston College Lynch School of Education & Human Development. Dr. Seider’s research focuses on the civic development of adolescents, and he has reported on this work in more than seventy academic publications. He is also the author of two previous books, Shelter: Where Harvard Meets the Homeless (Continuum, 2010) and Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success (Harvard Education Press, 2012), both of which won the American Educational Research Association’s outstanding book award in moral development and education. Prior to joining the Boston College faculty, Dr. Seider worked as a teacher-educator at Boston University and as a secondary English teacher in the Boston Public Schools.

Daren Graves is an associate professor of education at Simmons University, where his research lies at the intersection of critical race theory, racial identity development, and teacher education. His work has been published in numerous academic journals including Developmental Psychology, Applied Developmental Science, and Youth & Society. He also coteaches Critical Race Theory in Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Graves currently serves as cochair of the AERA Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies Special Interest Group and as the liaison between Simmons University and the Boston Teachers Union Pilot School, a public K–8 school where he works closely with teachers and students.