Racial Bias and Blackness in teaching and higher education

In today's episode, Race Reflections podcast producer Dave talks to the newest team member Mel Green about her experiences and scholarship around racial bias in teaching and higher education. She covers her time working in pupil referral units, primary schools, online teaching and higher education and the systemic and personal challenges that has sometimes involved. And she shares tips and strategies for navigating, mitigating and combating these dynamics.

Some links to things mentioned in the conversation:

Mel Green's website: https://www.melalygreen.com/

Open University: https://www.open.ac.uk/

Leading Routes: https://leadingroutes.org/

Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks: https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-to-Transgress-Education-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom/hooks/p/book/9780415908085

Standpoint Theory/Sandra Harding: https://www.routledge.com/The-Feminist-Standpoint-Theory-Reader-Intellectual-and-Political-Controversies/Harding/p/book/9780415945011

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