Restorative Justice Practices Within Higher Education and the Arts: Addressing Complex Legacies of Harm

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is informed by restorative justice practices, the scholarship of feminist decoloniality, and the histories of higher education and the arts, and we locate discussions of universities confronting their past within social movements for educational equity and the arts and the agency of creators and learners who demand their rightful place. Articles submitted to this Special Issue will examine the experiences of groups that have been marginalized in higher education and the arts, with authors exploring whether complex legacies of harm—along the lines of race, culture, citizenship, state and tribal sovereignty, globalization, and disability—require both personal and institutional reflexivity to unveil the multidimensional experiences of both perpetrators and survivors. We aim to provide guidance to those willing to move beyond acknowledgment to correcting harm in higher education and the arts.

Prof. Dr. Assata Zerai
Prof. Dr. Teresa Neely
Mariann Skahan
Dr. Kathy L. Powers
Pamela Agoyo
Guest Editors

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Publisher’s Notice

The Special Issue, together with its publications, has been removed from Section Crime and Justice on 16 January 2026. The publications remain available in the regular issues in which they were originally published. The Editorial Office confirms that these articles adhered to MDPI's standard editorial process (https://www.mdpi.com/editorial_process).