“Hidden away from public scrutiny is where a Black woman who cherished respectability joyfully reminisces about her indulgence of feelings that she wishes not to forget.”1 So begins Tara T. Green’s exploration of Black women’s challenges and achievements in seeking...

Curiosity, yes, curious I was. That was me. I knew early on that my voice was dormant (having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period; in or as if in a deep sleep,) yet I was around situations that caused my laughter to celebrate like joy and...

As a social worker in a public elementary school, I see how deeply hip-hop is embedded in my students’ interactions and culture. I see it when they’re dancing or reciting lyrics to a hip-hop song, when they give each other a fist bump, when they use slang, and when...

This article original appeared Dr Kynard's blog, Education, Liberation & Black Radical Traditions for the 21st Century. To read the original article, click here. Odd as it sounds, I like to occasionally troll though websites and public documents that writing...

Influential figure in adult education Paulo Freire’s educational philosophies treat adults as complex human beings and critique educational standardization in favor of helping adult learners acquire the literacies most appropriate for their needs and goals.1 Freire...

On a late Summer evening in 2022, I finalized the syllabus for my first year writing class: roiling with both blind terror as a new graduate instructor of record, and inquisitive enthusiasm as a budding scholar so passionate about this work. I didn’t know what the...