This was not an easy piece to write. The following is not easy to share. But out of respect for the folks in my circles (the people in my life who blur lines between scholar/colleague/friend/family), for the larger populations and greater goods that I am committed to, and for myself, I’m here to share my truths with criticality and humility.
Mia Hood, a friend and colleague from Teachers College, a fellow lover and aficionado of pop culture, and author of the blog Answer Me Soon, invited me to engage in a correspondence about Beyoncé: to… Continue reading
This summer I’ve been developing the conceptual framework for my pilot study–what I’m currently describing as a multimodal narrative inquiry that will examine the ways in which pre-service art educators in a master’s… Continue reading
On May 18, I had the opportunity to give my first TEDx talk, “The Power of Digital Storytelling,” at the Solebury School located in New Hope, PA. As I explain in the talk,… Continue reading
An Interwoven Audit Trail of My Explorations of/with Court-Involved Youth as Told Through Anzaldua’s Seven Stages of Knowing (conocimiento) * See [Love] Letter V: A Note to Self for the introduction/context to this piece * rupture,… Continue reading
September 16, 2014 I’m not gonna lie. I only skimmed through the piece. It’s the second week of the semester, I’m still settling in, getting back into ‘school-mode.’ Plus, I’ve read Gloria Anzaldua’s… Continue reading
Dear Abbie,* Well, it finally happened this morning… The coffee was brewing behind me, the blup blup pop of water percolating through the system felt comforting on an early Tuesday morning, warming my… Continue reading
This girl is so badass it’s blowing my mind. Don’t get me wrong. I’m so down with the Huffington Post contributor, Ryan Grenoble, arguing that Li Sa X is ‘breaking stereotypes’ for girls by… Continue reading
*This article and brief commentary was intended for the blog of the class I co-teach, “exploring [cultural] diversity: implications for art education,” at Teachers College. I accidentally published it on My[MEDIA]tedLife, and although… Continue reading
The third piece in my series of love letters dedicated to the experiences and people that have touched me over the course of the yearlong seminar entitled, “Youth, Media and Educational Justice.” The latest… Continue reading
