Category: Podcast
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Issues in Cybercrime, Conversation 3 – Racist Dialogue on Facebook
In this episode I speak with Irfan Chaudhry, Director, Office of Human Rights, Diversity, and Equity and Sessional Instructor in Sociology at MacEwan University. We will focus our discussion on the article he co-wrote entitled: Expressing and Challenging Racist Discourse on Facebook: How Social Media Weaken the “Spiral of Silence” Theory.
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Issues in Cybercrime, Conversation 2 – Teen Cyberbullying and Sexting
I spoke with Dr. Justin Patchin of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, an internationally recognized scholar on teen use and misuse of technology – http://www.justinpatchin.com/
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Issues in Cybercrime, Conversation 1 – Gangs and Social Media
In the first conversation in this series, I speak with Michelle Lyttle Storrod of Rutgers University about how gangs use social media for expressive and instrumental purposes.
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Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Conversation 9 – Korean Adoption and Racial Identity
My discussion with Dr. Jae Ran Kim was very informative, and I believe we explored a topic that is quite unfamiliar to many people – Korean children adopted by American parents and the identity issues they may face. We also touched briefly on Asian stereotypes, including the “model minority myth”.
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Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Conversation 8 – Free Speech and Viewpoint Diversity
This discussion is with Professor Ilana Redstone Akresh from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Akresh and I are two sociologists with an interest in preserving viewpoint diversity and free speech.
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Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Conversation 7 – Maroonage and Black Educational Institutions
Dr. Amari Johnson of Temple University talks about his research. We talk about maroons in Jamaica and Brazil, we talk about Brown v. Board of Education, and black professionals living in black communities
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Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Conversation 6 – Whiteness Studies and Fields of Struggle
Dr. Lee Bebout is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the Department of English. Dr. Bebout and I spoke about whiteness and whiteness studies.
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Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Conversation 4 – Microaggressions and the Purpose of the University
This is an interview with Heather Mac Donald about portions of her new book, The Diversity Delusion.
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