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RTE S2E3 - Sistah's Circle: Remembering bell hooks - Part 2 Race Through Education
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Episode 3: Sistah’s Circle: Remembering bell hooks with Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas & Dr. Aisha Haynes
“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren’t that many who’ve gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us".” - bell hooks
In this week’s episode of Race Through Education, we bring you a Sistah’s Circle of Black women scholars who discuss just what bell hooks meant to them - academically and personally. Co-host Fawziah speaks with fellow New York University scholars, Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas and Dr. Aisha Haynes about how the works of hooks have impacted their understanding of their existence as Black women in educational spaces.
Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas is an Assistant Professor at Queens college in educational leadership. She studies issues of equity and access through the K - Professoriate level and also examines equity and access for high school students as it relates to college transition programs and persistence to and through college. She also studies Black women in the professoriate and readiness for the tenure track-level and persistence to and through tenure and beyond.
She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education, Culture and Human Development. Her research focuses on college readiness, distributed leadership, and community engagement. She has over 10 years of combined experience in secondary teaching (7-12), college and graduate-level teaching, nonprofit management, higher education administration, and research. Gray-Nicolas holds a BA in English from Cornell University and two MSEd degrees (English Education and Inclusive Special Education) from the Syracuse University Graduate School of Education. An avid volunteer, she mentors high school and college students.
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Dr. Aisha Haynes a director on the Prepared To Teach team. She co-develops and supports research, reports, and briefs that are written by and with local partnerships in our National Learning Network. Aisha most recently supported a college access program where she worked to strengthen academic enrichment activities to provide students with an effective academic bridge from high school to college. This work is an extension of her research, which focuses on the experience of historically excluded communities navigating public institutions. Her current research falls into several areas of focus, including neoliberal or market reform, school gentrification, school leadership, critical race theory, and interest convergence. She looks forward to extending that research to examining these phenomena in other public spaces. Aisha’s work ultimately aims to bridge the gap between academic research and the experience of practitioners. In addition to her professional work, she serves as the director of communications of C.O.O.L. Kids, a non-profit organization committed to cultivating the next generation to become socially conscious leaders.
Aisha earned her master’s degree in teaching at Fordham University and obtained her bachelor’s degree in English literature at Villanova University. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from New York University.
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Episode 3: Sistah’s Circle: Remembering bell hooks with Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas & Dr. Aisha Haynes
“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren’t that many who’ve gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us".” - bell hooks
In this week’s episode of Race Through Education, we bring you a Sistah’s Circle of Black women scholars who discuss just what bell hooks meant to them - academically and personally. Co-host Fawziah speaks with fellow New York University scholars, Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas and Dr. Aisha Haynes about how the works of hooks have impacted their understanding of their existence as Black women in educational spaces.
Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas is an Assistant Professor at Queens college in educational leadership. She studies issues of equity and access through the K - Professoriate level and also examines equity and access for high school students as it relates to college transition programs and persistence to and through college. She also studies Black women in the professoriate and readiness for the tenure track-level and persistence to and through tenure and beyond.
She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education, Culture and Human Development. Her research focuses on college readiness, distributed leadership, and community engagement. She has over 10 years of combined experience in secondary teaching (7-12), college and graduate-level teaching, nonprofit management, higher education administration, and research. Gray-Nicolas holds a BA in English from Cornell University and two MSEd degrees (English Education and Inclusive Special Education) from the Syracuse University Graduate School of Education. An avid volunteer, she mentors high school and college students.
Follow her on Twitter
Dr. Aisha Haynes a director on the Prepared To Teach team. She co-develops and supports research, reports, and briefs that are written by and with local partnerships in our National Learning Network. Aisha most recently supported a college access program where she worked to strengthen academic enrichment activities to provide students with an effective academic bridge from high school to college. This work is an extension of her research, which focuses on the experience of historically excluded communities navigating public institutions. Her current research falls into several areas of focus, including neoliberal or market reform, school gentrification, school leadership, critical race theory, and interest convergence. She looks forward to extending that research to examining these phenomena in other public spaces. Aisha’s work ultimately aims to bridge the gap between academic research and the experience of practitioners. In addition to her professional work, she serves as the director of communications of C.O.O.L. Kids, a non-profit organization committed to cultivating the next generation to become socially conscious leaders.
Aisha earned her master’s degree in teaching at Fordham University and obtained her bachelor’s degree in English literature at Villanova University. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from New York University.
Follow her on Twitter
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/racethrougheducation/support
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