The historic summer of 2020 in the United States was described by many as a “racial reckoning.” In the weeks following the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police, polling showed up to 26 million U.S.-Americans taking to the streets to support Black Lives Matter and to …
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This dissertation is a critical performance ethnography about public school desegregation in Longview, Texas. This dissertation to asks: How does understanding the process of public school desegregation in Longview, Texas from the perspective of students, parents, and administra…
This thesis calls on White Italian-Canadians to recognize and re-structure their allegiance to White supremacy. It will draw from Critical Anti-Racist Theory (Dei & Lordan 2013; Omi & Winant 2002), Italian-Canadian Studies (Alba, 1985; Dickie, 1996; Guglielmo & Saler…
The marketing of DNA ancestry tests plays a major role in circulating ideas about how the public should interpret DNA test results, the way DNA connects us to people around the world, and the connections between race, ethnicity, nationality, genetics, and ancestry. This thesis c…
In “A Talk to Teachers” (1963), James Baldwin underscored the importance of critically examining how society functions and “trying to change it and to fight it.” Taking heed of Baldwin’s advice, in Bold Truths and Uncomfortable Insights, I theorize that both the fiction and nonf…
As student demographics in K-12 public schools continue to change and include more students of color, the education community is currently facing an opportunity to create equitable, sustainable systems that serve the needs of students from all backgrounds. The dire need for equi…