Episode 14. Lean Semesters: How Higher Education Reproduces Inequality

Episode 22. Latinx Educational Pipeline, an Interview with Dr. Anita Tijerina Revilla

In this interview, Dr. Anita Tijerina Revilla shares her research and personal educational experience with colleague and friend Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson. Spanning a body of research on the Latinx educational pipeline, Dr. Revilla reflects on subjects such as the educational institution and elitism, inequality, student activism, immigrant and LGBTQ social movements, spirit murder, and loving mentorship. video link [https://youtu.be/AD2KEQWmRu4] References Revilla, A. & Luna, N. (2013). Understanding latina/o school pushout: Experiences of students who left school before graduating. Journal of Latinos and Education, 12(1): 22-37. Revilla, A. (2012). What happens in Vegas, Does not stay in Vegas: Youth leadership in the Immigrant rights movement in Las Vegas, 2006. Aztlan: Journal of Chicano Studies, 37(1): 87-115. Revilla, A. (2010). Are all Raza womyn queer?: An exploration of sexual identities in a Chicana/Latina student organization. National Women’s Studies Association Journal. 21(3), 46-62. Revilla, A. (2010). Raza Womyn—making it safe to be Queer: Student organizations as retention tools in higher education. Black Women, Gender and Families Journal, 4(1), 1-25. Revilla, A. (2005). Community organizing and direct activism: Raza Womyn mujerstoria. Villanova Law Review, 50, 799-821. Revilla, A. & Rangel-Medina, E. (2011). Las Vegas activist crew and the immigrant rights movement: How we transformed “Sin City.” In M. Avila, A. Revilla, and J. Figueroa (Eds.), Marching Students: Chicana/o Identity and the Politics of Education 1968 and the Present. (41 pp.) Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. Get full access to Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson at snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe [https://snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 21. Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire’s book, The Pedagogy of the Oppressed is overviewed by Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson in this video. His four chapters focusing on the Oppressor-Oppressed social context; the banking model of education; “the word” of language and education; and praxis are the focuses of each of the four chapters in the book. Beverly assigns this book in her sociology courses in order to see what insights this theory can provide for those of us currently living inside the educational institution. Is there any liberatory potential in the future o f the educational institution? video link [https://youtu.be/hYAGwC9ckgI] Get full access to Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson at snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe [https://snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 20. Tourism in Malaysia (Book overview)

n this video, I overview the book “Tourism in Malaysia: An Empirical Study on Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts,” written by A.H.M. Zehadul Karim, et al., in 2016. This is an academic study about the impacts of tourism in Malaysia and includes a literature review on tourism studies, quantitative and qualitative data based on surveys, focus groups and interviews with residents and tourists. I provide a close reading, overviewing each chapter, as listed below. Video link [https://youtu.be/-3s_pi_SsLg] Book link: https://irep.iium.edu.my/52605/1/BOOK_TOURISM%20IN%20MALAYSIA%202016.pdf Get full access to Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson at snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe [https://snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 19. Black American Refugee by Tiffanie Drayton

In this overview of the book Black American Refugee, written by Tiffanie Drayton, I provide a close reading of the chapters of the book (spoiler alert). Tiffanie Drayton was born in Trinidad and Tobago but arrived to NYC as a small child, making her a 1.5 generation immigrant along with her brother. The live in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, and she lives in Hawaii for a stint as well, thus experiencing many different parts of the United States. She learns through this coming-of-age story what it means to be Black in America, and what a confinement that becomes for personal development. As a sociology professor, I most appreciate the historical and sociological context she provides to each chapter, setting the context of the larger national happenings in which her personal life is evolving. She also immerses herself in Black history and provides the parallels of those lessons alongside her own learning. With trips back to the motherland, she debates where she belongs and if the U.S. can ever live up to its ideals of equality, or if a return to the motherland is the freest option for her family. video link [https://youtu.be/ZDskBKm8PDc] Get full access to Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson at snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe [https://snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 18. A Conversation on Teaching

In this episode, three teachers at three different levels of the educational institution discuss the sociological context of education in the U.S. and the profession of teaching. These three co-authors recently wrote an academic article on the topic of the teaching profession and this conversation reflects on the topics covered in the academic journal article. Morgan Craig is an art teacher in a Philadelphia public high school; Akello Stone is an adjunct sociology professor at a community college in California; and Beverly Thompson is a sociology professor at a small private, liberal arts college in upstate New York. Video link [https://youtube.com/shorts/AKlNOioLMpI] Get full access to Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson at snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe [https://snakegrrlsociology.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]