Melanie Jones Gast, PhD
@gastjones
Associate Sociology Prof @uofl | SOC PhD UC Davis | Sociology of racism racial ethnic class inequality education | she/her | @UofL_Sociology @ABIatUofL
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Last night karida.eth exemplified the power of storytelling in explaining how unequal worlds are built and how they can be dismantled-can’t wait to preorder her new book, The Battle for the Black Mind!! Thanks to A.A.Tichavakunda for putting together a phenom Sociology of Education Association program 🔥
More Sociology of Education Association 2024 pics! Come join us Feb 2025! Look how warm & sunny it was in Feb.! seassoc.wordpress.com
So honored to have A.A.Tichavakunda come to University of Louisville to speak in our timely UofL sociology & AnneBradenInstitute Rieger speaker series on “Achieving & Fostering a Sense of Belonging in Higher Education in a Changing Political World”!
This USC Race and Equity report is so important right now as, here in KY, legislators are spreading misinformation & are about to pass anti-DEI bills, which will initiate a bunch of lawsuits. race.usc.edu/wp-content/upl…
⬇️Re-upping this op-ed madebyhistory. "By seeing King as the saintly patron of colorblindness and peace...it becomes possible to create a cultural disdain for civil disobedience in the present." time.com/6555139/martin…
Excited to share our chapter (with Yohimar Sivira, PhD Trisha Douin & others) on “Multilingual Adolescent Mentors & Tailored College Knowledge…” in this wonderful volume on Supporting College Students of Immigrant Origin
Call for papers! Jessica Schachle-Gordon and I are co-editing an upcoming special issue of Work and Occupations entitled "Working for Social Change." The special issue will examine how workers enact their jobs in ways that contribute to social change. Abstracts due Sept. 1.
New in Sociology of Race & Ethnicity! "Racist Agnotology: How Myth-Making about Institutions and Knowledge Production Contributes to Racialized Ignorance" by Kushan Dasgupta, Dr. Nicole Iturriaga, and Aaron Panofsky. doi.org/10.1177/233264….