Includes bibliographical references and index.

Re-positioning power and re-imagining reflexivity: examining positionality and building validity through reconstructive horizon analysis / Meagan Call-Cummings and Karen Ross -- Considering positionality: the ethics of conducting research with marginalized groups / Laura Parson -- Flipping the paradigm: studying up and research for social justice / Elena Aydarova -- Framing critical race theory and methodologies / Kenzo K. Sung and Natoya Coleman -- Disentangling the complexities of queer theory and intersectionality theory: research paradigms and insights for social justice / Christian D. Chan, Sam Steen, Lionel C. Howard, and Arshad I. Ali -- Using critical theory in educational research / Kamden K. Struck and Jasmine S. Betties -- Viewing research for social justice and equity through the lens of Zygmunt Bauman's theory of liquid modernity / Danielle T. Ligocki -- Thinking critically about "social justice methods": methods as "contingent foundations" / Lucy E. Bailey -- Institutional review boards: purposes and applications for students / Leslie Ann Locke -- Typical areas of confusion for students new to qualitative research / Leslie Ann Locke -- Youth participatory action research: the nuts and bolts as well as the roses and thorns / Shiv R. Desai -- Advancing social justice with policy discourse analysis / Elizabeth J. Allan and Aaron R. Tolbert -- Through their eyes, in their words: using photo-elicitation to amplify student voice in policy and school improvement research / Jeff Walls and Samantha E. Holquist -- Using photovoice to resist colonial research paradigms / Susan Cridland-Hughes, McKenzie Brittain, and S. Megan Che -- Re-introducing life history methodology: an equitable social justice approach to research in education / James S. Wright -- Quantitative methods for social justice and equity: theoretical and practical considerations / Kamden K. Strunk and Payton D. Hoover -- Large-scale datasets and social justice: measuring inequality in opportunities to learn / Heather E. Price -- X marks the spot: engaging campus maps to explore sense of belonging experiences of student activists / Carli Rosati, David J. Nguyen, and Rose M. Troyer -- Propensity score methodology in the study of student classification: the case of racial/ethnic disproportionality in mild disability identification and labeling / Argun Saatcioglu and Thomas M. Skrtic -- Transformative mixed methods: a missed opportunity / Carey E. Andrzejewski, Benjamin Arnberg, and Hannah Carson Baggett -- Writing, race, and creative democracy / Timothy J. Lensmire -- Beyond white: the emotional complexion of critical research on race / Cheryl E. Matias -- I pulled up a seat at the table: my journey engaging in critical quantitative inquiry / Lolita A. Tabron -- Working with intention and in tension: evolving as a scholar-activist / Kristen A. Renn -- Collaboration, community, and collectives: research for and by the people / Erica R. Dávila.