Critiquing Whiteness

The latest episode of the Colors of Influence podcast features my conversation with Cheryl Matias, Ph.D., professor at the University of Kentucky School of Education.

In our podcast convo, Dr. Matias shares lessons learned from her time teaching and conducting research as a tenure-line professor in Colorado.

Dr. Matias' research focuses on race and ethnic studies in education with a theoretical focus on critical race theory, critical whiteness studies, critical pedagogy and feminism of color. Specifically, she uses a feminist of color approach to deconstruct the emotionality of whiteness in urban teacher education and how it impacts urban education. Her other research interest is on motherscholarship and supporting woman of color and motherscholars in the academy.

Read Colors of Influence's 2019 interview with Dr. Matias.

Dr. Matias has published two books in recent years, "Feeling White: Whiteness, Emotionality and Education" and "Surviving Becky(s): Pedagogies for Deconstructing Whiteness and Gender." She has two forthcoming books — "Critical Theoretical Research Methods in Education" and "The Other Elephant in the Room: White Liberalism and its Barriers to Racial Justice." She was the 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Institute for the Study of (In)Equality Visiting Professor at the University of Denver and was recently awarded the 2020 American Educational Research Association Mid-Career Award for her work on racial justice in teacher education.

Listen to the Colors of Influence podcast episode featuring Dr. Matias. Follow or subscribe to Colors of Influence everywhere you listen to podcasts.

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