My key texts and my theoretical framework(s): Broadly, my theoretical commitments are situated in cultural studies, with specific investments in Black and women of color feminisms and queer of color critique. In […]
In this presentation, trans studies scholar Susan Stryker speaks in a personal as well as analytical manner, in this historical moment of crisis, about the […]
This post was written by Contributing Authors Karen Zaino (Secondary Education and Youth Services, Queens College), Azreen Hasan, Emily Ram, Maria Sultana, and Ahmad Zeidieh.
Hi Jess, thanks for highlighting this section from Moten and Harney! I’m so interested in their idea of the “social” and “institutionalized” being: I’m thinking of Moten’s quote, from I think a different text, […]
Keshia, thanks for this post! I think about this a lot because many of my students in the Queens College Education program are Caribbean or Caribbean origin, either Black or Indo-Caribbean, and when we talk about […]
I appreciate this historical point about Howard University, Lucien – a Black university is not (only) about demographic composition, but (also) about centering Blackness is all areas of university life – but that […]
Hi Matt, I’m not actually sure I *can* walk through the idea that diversity/representation can be weaponized – one of the reasons I want to discuss it is because I’m unsure of its implications and what it might […]
Thanks, Lucien! I I appreciated your mention of “abolition university studies: an invitation” in class this week–as you can probably tell from some of the questions I’ve asked here, a lot of my thinking around […]
At the beginning of this class, we talked about reducing harm–colonial harm in particular, and especially harm done to marginalized, racialized, and otherwise vulnerable young people in schools. I have been […]
This week, after our small group check ins, I’m thinking about the challenges and possibilities for building community during the pandemic. Many of you expressed concern for your students: their well-being, both […]
Hi everyone, it was so lovely to check in tonight! Per the results of your survey, we will host these brief check-ins once per week. Here are some options for this week’s blog. Feel free to respond to one, two, or […]
Hi all, as I stated in the contingency plan, all due dates are approximate, and I understand that you may be working on slightly different schedules depending on your work/personal situation right now. You will […]