Honors Program Theses

Award Winner

Recipient of the 2024 Mary Ann Bolton Undergraduate Research Award - Runner-up.

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Year of Award

2024 Award

Award/Availability

Open Access Honors Program Thesis

First Advisor

Carissa Froyum

Abstract

In May 2023, Iowa passed Senate File 496, which restricts public educators from sending students social-emotional learning surveys, requires public educators to inform parents when students request a pronoun change, and bans any books depicting a sexual act from public schools (Iowa Legislature 2023). Iowa and other states’ recent educational diversity laws are part of a broader history of public school censorship. This study examines how state educational diversity laws affect Iowa public educators and how educators respond. This paper draws on data from eight interviews with Iowa public teachers, administrators, and counselors. The findings show that state educational diversity laws limit educators’ autonomy and compel educators to engage in additional labor beyond the scope of educating students. The findings also show that educators respond to state educational diversity laws by developing adaptations and communicating with students and families.

Year of Submission

2024

Department

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

University Honors Designation

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors

Date Original

4-2024

Object Description

1 PDF (40 pages)

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Language

en

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