Justin A. Coles
2023 Fellow, Public Engagement Project
Assistant Professor, Social Justice Education, College of Education
Director of Arts, Culture, and Political Engagements, Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research
Justin A. Coles collects multimodal, art-driven stories from Black urban youth as a method to understand their experiences with antiblackness in the US and how they leverage those experiences to exist beyond the confines of antiblackness. Dr. Coles believes youth stories can inform the ways antiracist and equitable schools and classrooms are built to create more equitable educational futures. As a PEP fellow, Dr. Coles will engage in a series of blogposts, social media postings, and short videos designed for educators, parents, community activists, and policy makers.