So-called “positionality statements” are a threat to scientific inquiry. A foundational principle of truth-seeking is the norm of universalism: the concept that work must be judged on its own merits. ...

Never heard of positionality statements? Neither had we until our instructor asked us to explore them in the context of educational leadership and instructional technology. Our research revealed that ...

P ositionality statements, in which scholars declare identity categories to which they belong and indicate how such categories might bias their research, have become commonplace in the social sciences ...