What are the privileged – hegemonic – ways of knowing and being underlying our public educational system? In contrast, what are the students’ ‘alternative’ expressive skills, often overseen or disregarded in the educational setting? How do these questions relate to the problem of perpetuating inequality in our society? Join Professors Christopher Emdin, Angela Reyes and Debangshu Roychoudhury along with Julio Marquez, and Chante Reid for a conversation about the developmental and pedagogical repercussions of inviting or dismissing students’ alternative discursive skills.
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Angela Reyes
Angela Reyes (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2003) is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at Hunter College, and Doctoral Faculty in the Ph.D. Program in Anthropology at The Graduate Center. She works on theories of semiotics, discourse, stereotype, and racialization. Combining ethnographic fieldwork and discourse analysis, her research examines how ideologies of race and ethnicity are formulated through spatiotemporal scales of communicative context, particularly in informal educational sites for Asian American urban youth. Her books include, Beyond Yellow English: Toward a Linguistic Anthropology of Asian Pacific America (co-edited with Adrienne Lo, Oxford University Press, 2009), and Language, Identity, and Stereotype Among Southeast Asian American Youth: The Other Asian (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007). She has a forthcoming book, Discourse Analysis Beyond the Speech Event (co-authored with Stanton Wortham, Routledge, expected 2015). Her current research is on conceptions of mixed race/language in the Philippines.
Chante Reid
Chante Reid is a Liberal Arts major in her final semester at Bronx Community College. She is also the President of the Creative Writing Club and the Editor in Chief of Thesis, the literary journal at Bronx Community College. Chante writes poetry and short stories and was a finalist in the 2013 CUNY Labor Arts Contest.
Christopher Emdin
Christopher Emdin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University; where he also serves as Director of Science Education at the Center for Health Equity and Urban Science Education. He is currently a Caperton Fellow and Hip-Hop Archive Fellow at the WEB DuBois Institute at Harvard University.
Dr. Emdin is a social critic, public intellectual and science advocate whose commentary on issues of race, culture, inequality and education have appeared in dozens of influential periodicals including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
Dr. Emdin holds a Ph.D in Urban Education with a concentration in Mathematics, Science, and Technology; Masters degrees in both Natural Sciences and Education Administration, and Bachelors degrees in Physical Anthropology, Biology, and Chemistry.
He is the co creator of the #HipHopEd social media movement, and a much sought-after public speaker on a number of topics that include hip-hop education, STEM education, politics, race, class, diversity, and youth empowerment. He is also an advisor to numerous international organizations, school districts, and schools where he delivers speeches, and holds workshops/ professional development sessions for students, teachers, policy makers, and other education stakeholders within the public and private sector.
Dr. Emdin writes the provocative “Emdin 5” series on a number of contemporary social issues for the Huffington Post. He is also author of the award winning book, Urban Science Education for the Hip-hop Generation.
Debangshu Roychoudhury
Debangshu Roychoudhury, MA, PhD student in Psychology. As a rapper, Debangshu has opened up for Immortal Technique, The Grits, Kanye West and performed for Reverend Run and with feminist artist Judy Chicago. His work has been featured on NBC, Fox News, The Tennessean and CNN Newsroom and he has performed nationally and internationally in venues including Madison Square Garden Theatre, Riverside Church, Opryland Hotel and The Whitney Museum. He is currently a doctoral student in Psychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York studying Hip Hop and Human Development, discourse analysis and Africana Studies; He also holds a Masters in Counseling from New York University. Debangshu is the co-founder and primary researcher of Hip Hop Psychology
Julio Marquez
Julio Marquez is a writer and a poet and the former vice president of the Creative Writing Club at Bronx Community College and currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree. He has always enjoyed teaching and helping others to realize their own potential through creativity and expressive writing. Being involved within the college community at BCC as a student leader and FYS Peer Mentor has allowed hm to provide assistance and guidance to those who benefit most from it.