Book Banning Across the Disciplines

Abstract

Book banning and censorship has increased in recent years, particularly in the United States, as conservative state governments target literature and wider discourse around various matters of diversity. The team of authors—an honors scholarship mentor and two honors students—engaged in a critical reflection around the issue of book banning and its impacts on their disciplines of teacher education, biology, and elementary education. Interviews with educators and authors from episodes of the lead author's podcast, some of which were facilitated by the honors students, are cited to illustrate the authors' individual reflections. Conclusions and implications for the authors' future lines of inquiry and, more broadly, future practice in honors education at postsecondary institutions are disseminated.