DiveIn: Diving into Special Education's Most Complex and Pressing Debates

In this episode of DiveIn, host Federico Waitoller interviews Dr. Maya Kalyanpur about the term 'the Global South' and its importance for understanding inclusive education. Dr. Kalyanpur shares insights from her experiences teaching and conducting research in South Asia and translate her work into lessons for conducting education research in the USA that foregrounds equity and inclusion for students with disabilities and beyond. 

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 In this episode, we talked to Dr. Martínez Álvarez about how to best teach emergent bilingual students with disabilities so that their linguistic and ability repertoires are positioned as assets rather than deficits. We also discussed her latest book, Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students with Disabilities, in which Dr. Martínez Álvarez writes about what it means to adopt a humanistic approach to teaching and learning and how to train teachers to serve best emergent bilingual students with disabilities.

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In this episode, we talk to the new National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) commissioner, Dr. Nathan Jones.  We ask about how NCSER addresses equity, diversity, and inclusion issues, provide tips for those seeking funding in NCSER, and much more.  

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In this episode, I talk to Endia Lindo and Kathleen King Thorius, two of the new editors of one of the most important journals in special education research: Exceptional Children.  We discuss how the editorial team came together, their vision for the journal, and discuss advice for authors submitting papers, and much more.   

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In this episode of DiveIn, we converse with María Cioè-Peña about her research with BIPOC mothers of students with disabilities. We discuss the importance of centering these mothers' narratives in special education research and offer some guidance for designing research projects that privilege such narratives.  

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In this episode of DiveIn, I talk to LaRon Scott, William Hunter, and Jonte' C Taylor about their edited volume The Mixtape Volume 1: Culturally Sustaining Practices Within MTSS . We discuss how to use Hip-hop pedagogy in special education research to improve student learning and engagement. We also discuss the tensions that emerge from using culturally sustaining pedagogy with more traditional forms of special education research.  LaRon, William, and Jonte end the episode with great recomendations for future of special education research. 

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In this episode, Beth Harry talks about the evolution of how special education research has addressed, over time, issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Beth Harry shared her experiences and perspectives on DEI in special education research and gave advice to researchers engaging in DEI issues for students with disabilities. 

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In this episode, we discuss a topic much ignored in special education research: positionality. Who we are in relation to others, where we come from, how we see the world and the communities we work with, and the theories we subscribe to shape the ways we engage with research. Special education researchers are not the exception to this. To delve into this important topic, we talked to Mildred Boveda and Subini Annamma who recently published an article on the topic. Listen to our episode to learn how positionality and positioning shapes the way we generate questions, design studies, and interpret and communicate findings, and its implications for equity and justice in special education research. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT 

While special education students encompass a wide range of racial, cultural, linguistic, and gender backgrounds, the special education teacher force continue to be mostly White and female.  In this episode, we talked to Dr. Christohper J. Cormier about how to diversify the special education teaching force.  Dr. Cormier also talked about his experiences as a Black special education teacher in schools and provide recommendations for special education teacher preparation programs that can nurture and develop a justice-conscious special educators from minoritized background.  

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In this inaugural episode of DiveIn, we discuss the latest report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine providing guidance on the future of educational research at the Institute of Educational Sciences. We invited Dr. Alfredo Artiles, who was involved in the report, to discuss implications for equity and inclusion in special education research.

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