Who am I to Talk About Race? White Allies, Universal Design for Learning, and Antiracism in Higher Education Today

Book: Implementing Transformative Student-Centered Pedagogies in the Neoliberal Academy: Constraints and Opportunities by CSMFL Publications

Tracy Galvin1 , Eric Moore2 , & Hillary Goldthwait Fowles3
1Glasgow Caledonia University, Scotland, UK; 2Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA; 3Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Galvin, T., Moore, E. & Fowles, H. G. (2026). Who am I to Talk About Race? White Allies, Universal Design for Learning, and Antiracism in Higher Education Today. In F. Fovet, Implementing Transformative Student-Centered Pedagogies in the Neoliberal Academy: Constraints and Opportunities (pp 1-31). CSMFL Publications. https://dx.doi.org/10.46679/9789349926912ch01

Abstract

There are perceptions that Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practitioners in neoliberal Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are not doing enough to address systemic barriers affecting people of color. While UDL is recognized as a framework for providing options, choices, and flexibility to learners, it must go further to dismantle inequities affecting marginalized and minoritized communities. Events such as the CAST UDL Symposiums (2017, 2020) and works like Fritzgerald’s Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning (2020) have highlighted the potential of UDL to address systemic racism and other barriers to equity. This chapter explores how white allies and accomplices can advance UDL through an antiracist lens, reflecting on lessons from a Community of Practice (CoP) established in 2021. It underscores the role of collaborative engagement in deepening the intersection of UDL and antiracism and offers insights for dismantling systemic barriers in HEIs.

Keywords: Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Antiracism, Higher Education, Systemic Barriers, Community of Practice, Educational Equity, White Allyship

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