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M.Ed. with Educating for Critical Race Theory (E-CRiT) Concentration

Informed by decades of student and community activism across college campuses, the Educating for Critical Race Theory (E-CRiT) concentration in the M.Ed. program aims to prepare educators to address the persistence of systemic & structural racism as an ongoing higher education practice. Students in particular, have been the central conscience of our educational institutions, drawing our attention to critical issues such as campus policing, the need for Ethnic Studies and anti-racist curricula, and community and campus racial violence, to name a few. Through the E-CRiT concentration we intend to honor and learn from this tradition.聽

This concentration is designed to prepare individuals to identify and confront the preservation and intersection of settler colonialism and white supremacist structures. It provides critical and applied tools aimed at challenging systemic racism, while centering student voice to strengthen culturally responsive and sustaining approaches that transform higher education.聽

While some students in our program may take their learning from this degree to improve their current educational practices, others might utilize their degree to begin new justice-oriented careers in higher educational institutions, community organizations, and K-12 systems.

Concentration Goals:

• Provide an applied, multidisciplinary foundation in critical race theory as it relates to higher education and higher education adjacent industries and institutions.
• Foster an anti-racist, decolonial, and practice-focused community for 56吃瓜网 graduate students and faculty, as well as for local, regional, national, and global higher education practitioners.
• Prepare and empower educators to disrupt and transform racially hostile higher education environments, in relation to the localized needs of Indigenous, Black, and minoritized communities.

This program is for:

• Those seeking career advancement and leadership roles within educational communities, and to make significant contributions to the future of Indigenous, Black and minoritized children, youth, families, and communities.
• Anyone interested in co-creating liberatory and humanizing educational spaces that are not bound by current systems that they work in. This may include community-based advocates, K-12 educators, or cultural workers.聽
• Students who are ready to engage in critical perspectives examining power and domination like ideologies of settler colonialism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, racial capitalism and coloniality, to name a few.聽

E-CRiT Concentration Highlights

• Tuition exemption for state and University of Washington employees
• Evening courses to support working professionals and caregivers
• Courses are offered online or in a hybrid model to maximize flexibility for our students聽
• Faculty who are current leaders in the field of higher education with deep understandings of critical race theory and its relevance and application to the work of higher education practitioners
• Courses are designed to support all students, ranging from recent undergraduates to experienced working professionals

Careers

Current students and program graduates go on to and advance in careers such as:

Credit Structure

The E-CRiT concentration within the Master of Education program requires students to earn a minimum of 37 credits. Students complete 35 credits of core courses and 2 credits of community-based fieldwork.