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Introduction to the Special Issue: Emancipatory ProβBlack, Latinx and Indigenous Reading Research and Teaching
25 February 2025 at 08:29
The Reading Teacher, Volume 78, Issue 5, Page 256-257, March/April 2025.
Abstract
Research on adolescence occurs across a variety of disciplines, including education, psychology, sociology, public health, biology, and medicine, among other fields, each with its own definition of the most pressing problems, levels of analysis, and proposed solutions. There is widespread recognition that human development occurs across levels simultaneously from molecular changes to broader cultural systems. Yet it remains challenging to integrate across levels and scholarly disciplines. This article crystallizes a definition of interdisciplinary research, highlights examples of interdisciplinary career trajectories, and showcases a collection of interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical articles. This special collection serves as a call to action for the difficult work of breaking down scholarly and practical barriers to utilize interdisciplinary research in addressing critical scientific questions and societal needs to improve the well-being and developmental outcomes for all adolescents.
