Black Feminist Interventions to Decolonize the Westernized University:

Black Feminist Interventions to Decolonize the Westernized University: Epistemology, Research Methodology, and Pedagogy, Volume 1, is a scholarly work within the education category. Assata Zerai examines how feminist decoloniality serves as a tool for institutional transformation in higher education. By focusing on the social sciences, the text addresses the colonial foundations and neoliberal operations of universities in the USA and South Africa.

The book explores the intersection of scholarship, pedagogy, and praxis to center students who face racial and cultural exclusion. Zerai analyzes intersectional microaggressions, including queerphobic and ableist anti-Blackness, to argue for more humanizing research practices. This volume provides a framework for moving beyond modernist canons toward justice, equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion. It offers a critical perspective on how faculty can create supportive learning environments for minoritized communities.