Paris D. Wicker, Ph.D.

Higher Education Researcher | Comtemplative | Vocalist

We must build spaces that love us: Fostering healing through a critical quantitative collective


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Shanyce L. Campbell, Alexis Hunter, Claire L. Mackevicius, Sarah Peko-Spicer, Paris Wicker
Holistic Education Review, vol. 5(1), 2025, pp. 1-16

DOI: https://her.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/her/article/view/3331/3154

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Campbell, S. L., Hunter, A., Mackevicius, C. L., Peko-Spicer, S., & Wicker, P. (2025). We must build spaces that love us: Fostering healing through a critical quantitative collective. Holistic Education Review, 5(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/https://her.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/her/article/view/3331/3154


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Campbell, Shanyce L., Alexis Hunter, Claire L. Mackevicius, Sarah Peko-Spicer, and Paris Wicker. “We Must Build Spaces That Love Us: Fostering Healing through a Critical Quantitative Collective.” Holistic Education Review 5, no. 1 (2025): 1–16.


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Campbell, Shanyce L., et al. “We Must Build Spaces That Love Us: Fostering Healing through a Critical Quantitative Collective.” Holistic Education Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2025, pp. 1–16, doi:https://her.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/her/article/view/3331/3154.


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@article{shanyce2025a,
  title = {We must build spaces that love us: Fostering healing through a critical quantitative collective},
  year = {2025},
  issue = {1},
  journal = {Holistic Education Review},
  pages = {1-16},
  volume = {5},
  doi = {https://her.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/her/article/view/3331/3154},
  author = {Campbell, Shanyce L. and Hunter, Alexis and Mackevicius, Claire L. and Peko-Spicer, Sarah and Wicker, Paris}
}

Abstract: The quantitative research methods dominating educational policy were developed to serve whiteness and continue to reinforce racism and exclusion against marginalized communities. However, through collective (re)membering, these methods can be used for liberatory ends but must be engaged through a healing praxis rooted in (un)learning, refusing, and dreaming. We draw on African diasporic traditions of call and response through a collective autoethnographic epistolary to explore Quant for What?, a critical quantitative convening series, as an exemplar of community healing. We conclude with a community invitation, highlighting how convenings can provide deep healing, foster community, and manifest transformation