Blacktivism In the Academy

In our season 3 finale, Cherese and J.T. give out a few gold stars and highlight areas of improvement in report cards for the past semster. Find us on the socials: IG - @biapod Twitter - @bia_pod

Eavesdrop on our kickback as we talk with some very smart friends! Thank you again to Nate Williams, Candace Hall, Dominic Dorsey, Derek Houston, andTerry McTier for taking time to kick it with us on mic! 'Preciate ya! Notes: 03:02 - about 2% of U.S. public school teachers are Black men.  22:04 - If (like our producer) you've never seen "Lean On Me", this will make much more sense after you familiarize yourself with the story.

Cherese and J.T. have a conversation with Dr. Gilo Kwesi Logan. He's a man with such an expansive story to tell and there's no way we can fit it all into a podcast episode, but we tried our best to hear more about his experience with "Black Roses", reuniting with his former 6th grade student (Dr. Chezare Warren), finding his identity through world travel, and much more. Make sure you listen to part 1 for a more complete story! Find more on Dr. Logan: https://www.drloganconsulting.com Also, if you're curious about the Cherese's world travels, she traveled to Ghana through Om Noire: https://www.omnoire.com/ Find us on social media - IG @biapod - Twitter @bia_pod

J.T. sits down with Chezare Warren to talk about empathy in scholarship, finding harmony, and reconnecting with his 6th grade teacher. Keep up with Dr. Warren  - https://www.chezarewarren.com Order his book About Centering Possibility in Black Education Listen next week, for part 2 where we get the story from his 6th grade teacher!

We swing by for a discussion with Angel Jones about public scholarship. We get into the reach of public scholarship, the treasures and challenges, Dr. Jones' path to her current platform and even get into a little East coast West coast hip hop debate. It's a good time over here!  Find Angel Jones - @AngelJonesPhd EVERYWHERE Get in touch with BIA: @biapod on Twitter and @bia_pod on Instagram CW: This episode makes several brief comments involving eating disorders, sexual violence, and other threats of physical harm.

We're off this week but will be back very soon. In the mean time check us out on media. Instagram: @BIApod Twitter: @BIA_pod  

Cherese and JT have a conversation about the costs, financial and otherwise, of participating in higher ed.  Thank you to our featured voices from ACPA 2022. Keep the conversation going on social media. Twitter - @bia_pod Instagram - @biapod

Dr Robin Phelps-Ward joins Cherese for a conversation about the Action Research Collective she created. What does it look like to create academic communities while resisting the limited confines of traditional research methods.  BSU ARC: https://www.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/graduate-school/services-and-resources/pathways-project   Clemson ARC IG: @arc_clemson   See some of Robin's art: @ViolaLouStudio  

Join us for a relaxed and wonderful conversation with the hosts of the Scholar Tea Podcast, Shawna Patterson-Stephens and Cameron Beatty! Check out the Scholar Tea Podcast Love Letter To Blackness

We catch up with Don Abram to talk about his research centering queerness in the Black church. RESOURCES Donate to Pride in the Pews' active GoFundMe campaign now! https://gofund.me/031043b3 Attend the upcoming Black LGBTQ+ Christian Mingle event on March 17th, 2022 at 7pm CT. Sign up here.  Attend the Pastors Only training to learn more about the LGBTQ+ community within the Black Church. (Your presence at the event will be confidential). Sign up here. Visit www.Prideinthepews.com to learn more Interact with @PrideInThePews on social media ___________________________ Make sure you leave a review and rating wherever you can. We really appreciate it! Also, you can always follow us on the socials to see what we're up to and interact with the podcast: Twitter - @BIA_Pod Instagram - @BIApod

This episode is an origin story. You get to meet our new co-host, Cherese Fine, and learn about how JT and Cherese teamed up. We also get into our experiences with Black teachers and the kind of community we're hoping to foster.

Get ready for a new season and a wonderful new co-host coming March 3rd!

In our season 2 finale, the amazing Mary Howard Hamilton graces us all with her presence and we sit down with three scholars to talk about their academic lineage. Guests - Dr. Mary Howard Hamilton, Dr. Lori Patton Davis, Dr. Chayla Haynes Davison   Audience Survey - https://forms.gle/qCVnQocuGabmY4yb8

We sit down with Dr. Katrina Overby to talk about what it means to be “an activist in these streets AND on these sheets!” We dig into her scholarship about culture, Black twitter, and social media. Plus, Dr.Overby shares a few hot takes on current topics! More from Katrina Overby Doin' It For the Culture - Dissertation on Proquest RIT Bio  Twitter - @dr_ko_08 AACC #ScholarStrike Conference Panel RIT Faculty Highlight  Red Bottoms, Gold, and Ass: The Werk of Serena Williams on the cover of Harper's Bazaar More Resources Follow @BlackInTheIvory on Twitter or at BlackintheIvory.net

We're back for part two of the professionalism series. Let's zoom out a bit and talk about professionalism in a broader context. We hear from a couple of guests as they recount the lessons they've learned about what it means to be “professional” and what that word is code for. Interesting Links "Professionalism or Socialized White Supremacy" - 2019 NASPA piece by LaTecia Yarbrough and Ricky Urgo. "Blacksonian" piece about Whiteness - We recommend reading the section about "White Dominant Culture". That's the National Association of African American History and Culture. Losing My Language - An episode of the BBC podcast, The Comb, about the global dominance of English in the African diaspora. The podcast episode talks about the difficulties, resistance, and realities of being socialized to speak "more professionally" while rejecting your native ethnic language. Support the Show Take our 2 min listener survey - https://forms.gle/hppa8aJ7eZm4WNnZ9

This week we're talking about that ubiquitously vague word: “professionalism”. What does that word actually mean and is that meaning compatible with antiracism? We start a two-part series with this look at professionalism through the lens of the pandemic. Guest(s) - Jessica Krim, Candace Hall, Students of Dr. Hall's Contemporary Issues in Higher Education:Blacktivism in the Academy course Support Blacktivism in the Academy Rate and review us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Take our 2 min audience survey - forms.gle/DkCZu6cm7XP5WTFZ9

J.T. and fellow Dream Collective member, Nate Williams have a conversation about Critical Race Theory and the strange moment it's having right now in the news. They talk about the tenets of CRT, chop it up about society, and stumble onto the idea of Critical Race Artists.  RESOURCES Critical Race Studies in Education Association - crsea.org Cheryl I. Harris' 1993 Harvard Law Review piece - Whiteness as Property Cheryl I. Harris' 2020 follow-up piece - Reflections on Whiteness as Property Find Nate Williams on Twitter - @Dr_Nate Support Blacktivism in the Academy Take our audience survey - https://forms.gle/hpL2Twj4NDTfstay8

Hey fam! We're halfway through the season and cooking up 5 more episodes for you.  In the mean time, please take our audience survey. You can fill out in about 2 minutes. Your opinion is appreciated and will help us understand more about you so that we can keep producing a show that builds community. BIA Audience Survey - https://forms.gle/J7MFTxmfJ5r2gL7W9 We'll see you in your feed next week with a full-length episode. Follow the Dream Collective on the socials IG & FB - Dream Collective20 Twitter - @DreamCollect20 YT - Dream Collective Find the Dream Collective online www.dream-collective.org email - thedreamcollective@siue.edu

Host J.T. Snipes is joined by Nkosi Anderson, Hadya Sow, and Marcelle Mentor for a frank discussion about their experiences doing work in the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion space. We get into the joys frustrations, hopes, and realities of the profession and what has (or hasn't) changed in the past couple of years. www.InclusiveRoots.org - Learn more about the ROOTS project Nkosi is involved with. Contact our Guests Marcelle Mentor mm3128@tc.columbia.edu Nkosi Anderson nkosi@inclusiveroots.org 201-259-3889   Hadya Sow 317.603.9817 hadyasow@gmail.com

Dr. View is the hip-hop scholar/artist/organizer/DJ/producer/educator leading the Fire in Little Africa team. He joins our host, J.T. Snipes to talk about the project which brings together the top rappers, singers, musicians and visual artists in Oklahoma to commemorate the centennial of the 1921 Massacre and introduce Tulsa's hip-hop culture to a global audience. www.FireInLittleAfrica.com - Keep up with the FILA crew, get merch, and learn more about the artists. Black Wall Street Legacy  Festival - Taking place in Tulsa 05/27 - 05/31 www.JusticeforJulisJones.com - View the documentary, donate, and sign the petition for clemency here. Fire in Little Africa Podcast on Spotify - Learn about the artists and FILA project. Fireside Podcast with Dr. View on Spotify - Get deeper into the ethos and artistic mindset with Dr.View and his guests.   This episode does happen to have a spoiler for The Last Dragon so... we warned you.

How have colleges and universities worked (or not worked) to support students during the pandemic? Students from Dr. Candace Hall's Contemporary Issues in Higher Education course (AKA "Blacktivism in the Academy Class") discuss the realities of trying to learn during the pandemic. Student names have been omitted to protect student and staff privacy. Guest: Dr. Candace Hall episode artwork by Shelly Freund

We continue the story of the Great Eight as we learn how they are passing the baton and giving support to the next generation of Black women scholars. Idalia Wilmoth, the first recipient of the Great Eight Scholarship, joins us to speak on her experience. Guest(s) - Idalia Wilmoth, Nadrea Njoku PhD. To learn more and contribute to the Great Eight Scholarship, visit: education.iupui.edu/ways-to-support/ways-to-give/great-eight-scholarship.html Get your life and keep up with future projects at: www.blackgirloncampus.com/ Get your style together with Idalia by following her: @PrettyAuthenticated

In 2016 eight Black women made history as the largest group of Black women to earn their PhDs together at IU's school of Education. We hear from the Great Eight as they share their experiences and discuss what it could look like for institutions to support Black women. To learn more and contribute to the Great Eight Scholarship, visit: education.iupui.edu/ways-to-support/ways-to-give/great-eight-scholarship.html Guests - Jasmine Haywood, Demetrees Hutchins, Johari Shuck, Jada Phelps, Tiffany Kyser, Shannon McCullough, Nadrea Njoku, Juhanna Rogers   EDIT - An earlier version of this episode misattributed the voice of one of our guests

Season two of Blacktivism in the Academy is premiering on April 29! We've got some amazing episodes coming your way. Make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss an episode. Keep up with the Dream Collective by following DreamCollective20 on all the socials. Check out www.Dream-Collective.org to see some of the new stuff we have coming down the pipeline for you. Wanna contact The Dream Collective? Send us an email: thedreamcollective@siue.edu See you in season 2!

E, a scholar who works to destabilize the neo-colonial space and project of the academy, joins J.T. to talk about what types of knowledge are valued in higher education. We dive into the notions of ancestral knowledge and wisdom, how the academy may fail to recognize them, and why Big Momma would say to all the PhDs out there, “You don't know nothing!”.

We're joined by the talented trio of Reggie Blockett, Leonard Taylor and Steve Mobley Jr. for a conversation about queerness in the academy. We talked about the legibility of queer folx and whose gaze and experience are normalized when queer visibility is even questioned.

  Dr. Tomika Ferguson shares her experience as an all-American athlete, her path to her research, and the creation of BASC, the Black Athlete Sister Circle. We dive into the paradox of being hyper visible on the field, yet overlooked in the classroom. We also talk about black athletes being such a force for social and political change and having the responsibility to advocate and protest foisted on them. Whether you play, watch, or are completely out of the loop, chances are improving equity and dismantling racism in your athletics program will have far-reaching effects. If you want more information about the BASC framework, email Dr. Ferguson at TomikaFerguson@gmail.com    

Dr. Subini Annamma and Dr. David Stoval talk to us about their research and the school-prison nexus. If you want to understand how our current systems are criminalizing students and what you can do to combat that, keep listening.

Megan Segoshi and OiYan Poon join the conversation to share their experience and research when it comes to combating racism in higher education. We talk about racism-conscious admissions, attitudes towards affirmative action, and what a future of solidarity and racial justice looks like. Guest(s) - Dr. Megan Segoshi & Dr. OiYan Poon Action: Vote "yes" on prop 16 in California Demand action against anti-black racism on your campus Use your influence to advocate for racial equity for Indigenous folx, Latinx folx, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and Black folx when making any admin decisions.

  Jessica Harris and Jasmine Haywood joined DREAM Collective members Nate and Jennifer to discuss past research, personal experiences with multiraciality & Afrolatinidad, and how white supremacy aims to enforce a racial hierarchy.  Contributors - Nate Williams and Jennifer Hernandez     Visit LuminaFoundation.org to learn more about Dr. Haywood's work. Dr. Harris is currently researching the intersections of race, gender, and campus sexual assault. Music in this episode: Nana Kwabena - Six Feet Under Nana Kwabena - Aviated Brothers Records - Easy Trip Trap

Eavesdrop on a conversation between Dr. View, a new generation scholar activist with an artful understanding of how to use hip hop to educate, and Gloria Ladson-Billings, the highly exalted, highly experienced educator who has been the torchbearer for culturally competent pedagogy. Guests: Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings  Dr. Stevie Johnson AKA Dr. View  

We're working on bringing you more amazing episodes. And that takes a little bit of  time. Look out for a full episode next Thursday featuring hip hop scholar heavyweights  Gloria Ladson-Billings aka The Notorious GLB alongside  Stevie Johnson aka Dr. View.  And while I have your attention, here's a short peak at what's coming up the rest of  this season. Find us: Online www.Dream-Collective.org IG @dreamcollective20

DREAM Collective leader, Robin Hughes, and her long-time friend and co-author, Mark Giles have a conversation about Critical Race Theory in action. Learn what it means to “CRiT walk” in the academy. Host: J.T. Snipes PhD. Contributor: Robin Hughes PhD. Guest: Mark Giles PhD.

What is the role of faculty and staff when it comes to student activism? DREAM Collective member, Nate Williams interviewed 5 of the 6 student activists he supported through their action on Knox College's campus during academic year 19/20. Host: J.T. Snipes PhD. Contributor: Nate Williams PhD. Guests - Myla Boyd, Isaiah Simon, Rose Martines, Trevon Tyler, Dejah Kent

Meet the DREAM Collective and find out why we're working on dismantling racism in the academy. Keep listening.

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