Race
As much as we want to see a university as a neutral space for all students, it’s probably a more “Racialized Space” than you might think it is. See this activity for teaching about race and space in higher education.
Victor Ray contextualizes recent events in Minnesota in this piece “America’s ‘dual state’ is a racial state.”
Are you teaching a class on Inequality or Race & Ethnicity? If so, this article by Annalena Oppel on meritocracy and race in South Africa might be of interest to you!
Check out this TSP article, which discusses how conversations around race have changed in online spaces, focusing on colorblind nationalism.
Looking to incorporate Du Bois into your teaching pedagogy? This article provides an overview of Du Bois’s teaching philosophy. The author points out that a Du Boisian pedagogy would be reflexive, caring, focused on decolonial ways of knowing, and place-based.
While most current literature focused on implementing anti-racist pedagogy examines the instructor-undergraduate student dynamic, this article highlights the crucial role of graduate teaching assistants in implementing this pedagogy in the classroom.
See Cambrice’s piece on the need to bring attention to sociology programs and foster community among sociology students at HBCUs, particularly in a post Floyd-era.
Teaching about whiteness, gender, or intersectional inequality in higher education? Consider this interview with public sociologist extraordinaire, Tressie McMillan Cottom, on the #BamaRush phenomenon or her NYT op-ed on the enduring power of blond.
A Conversation with Prudence Carter
In advance of the 2023 ASA Annual Meeting we at First Publics were thrilled to chat with ASA President Prudence … Read More
In a major victory for Native American rights, the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld key provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a law enacted 45 years ago to remedy decades of past government abuse. Megan Krausch (2019) provides a model for discussing this timely issue with students without overburdening them.
As much as we want to see a university as a neutral space for all students, it’s probably a more “Racialized Space” than you might think it is. See this activity for teaching about race and space in higher education.
Victor Ray contextualizes recent events in Minnesota in this piece “America’s ‘dual state’ is a racial state.”
Are you teaching a class on Inequality or Race & Ethnicity? If so, this article by Annalena Oppel on meritocracy and race in South Africa might be of interest to you!
Check out this TSP article, which discusses how conversations around race have changed in online spaces, focusing on colorblind nationalism.
Looking to incorporate Du Bois into your teaching pedagogy? This article provides an overview of Du Bois’s teaching philosophy. The author points out that a Du Boisian pedagogy would be reflexive, caring, focused on decolonial ways of knowing, and place-based.
While most current literature focused on implementing anti-racist pedagogy examines the instructor-undergraduate student dynamic, this article highlights the crucial role of graduate teaching assistants in implementing this pedagogy in the classroom.
See Cambrice’s piece on the need to bring attention to sociology programs and foster community among sociology students at HBCUs, particularly in a post Floyd-era.
Teaching about whiteness, gender, or intersectional inequality in higher education? Consider this interview with public sociologist extraordinaire, Tressie McMillan Cottom, on the #BamaRush phenomenon or her NYT op-ed on the enduring power of blond.
A Conversation with Prudence Carter
In advance of the 2023 ASA Annual Meeting we at First Publics were thrilled to chat with ASA President Prudence … Read More
In a major victory for Native American rights, the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld key provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a law enacted 45 years ago to remedy decades of past government abuse. Megan Krausch (2019) provides a model for discussing this timely issue with students without overburdening them.