RUME 28
2026
Alexandria, Virginia
Studying Solidarity Between Dalit Mathematics Faculty and Dalit Students: A Literature Exploration
Page: 1504
In this poster, I share a literature review describing the current state of research on the experiences of Dalit students and teachers in mathematical spaces and in higher education spaces in India, to motivate my work for my dissertation. Dalits in India are historically positioned as the lowest group of caste community in caste hierarchy. They have been subjected to severe forms of segregation by the so-called upper castes, with brahmins being on top of the hierarchy, controlling power, property and educational access. At present, there is hardly any research that discusses the caste questions in mathematics education, and no work that discusses Dalit mathematics teachers’ practices in and out of the classrooms that support Dalit students across grades. I aim to bridge this gap through my dissertation by studying how Dalit university mathematics teachers and students build solidarity and support each other in and out of the classroom to counter the brahmanical supremacy in mathematics spaces.