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Dr. Nikki Young - Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Religion at Bucknell University
3 Ways to Live a Life of Liberation
Thelathia "Nikki" Young is Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Religion at Bucknell University. Her research focuses on the intersection of ethics, family, race, gender, and sexuality, and she is specifically interested in the impact of queerness on moral reasoning. Nikki's first monograph, Black Queer Ethics, Family, and Philosophical Imagination, was published in 2016 (Palgrave Macmillan), and she is currently working on two collaborative manuscripts: Introducing Queer Ethics (with Robyn Henderson-Espinoza) and In Tongues of Mortals and Angels: A De-Constructive Theology of God-Talk in Acts and Paul (with Eric Barreto and Jake Meyers).
Three Ways to Work with Whiteness
Dr. Sam Tanner taught high school English and drama in the Twin Cities for nearly 15 years. Currently, he’s a professor of literacy education in the Penn State system. A white scholar, Sam is interested in engaging white people in considerations of white supremacy and racism. Sam has numerous creative and academic publications, and is a practicing improviser.
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I'm an Associate Professor of Literacy and Language, African American Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. I focus on dismantling supremacist patriarchies through research, teaching, and coaching. As a sociocultural literacist, I work to understand personal and public voices and stories to solve personal and public problems. I do this by researching the evolutionary nature and function of literacies and texts through the discourses of narrative research. My work exposes impetuses for various personal and social ills such as racism, sexism, and ableism.
I love to meditate way before dawn, work out like a soldier, and shop alone. I prefer rum to wine, jeans to skirts, and like my heels sky high (except when I'm wearing cowboy boots). Every year I ask my stylist to cornrow and bead my hair in homage to Patrice Rushen and Stevie Wonder (if you know of these artists and understand why demonstrating embodied respect for them is important, we can probably be friends). I believe in ghosts, fairies, and hobbits (for real). Musically, I vibe to old school everything (hip hop, R&B, jazz, rock, and classical) and especially dig Hildegard von Bingen. I trust children a little bit more than adults, respect teens for their fearlessness, admire elders for their tenacity, and occasionally prefer the company of dogs to people. I'm really getting into interior design and have a penchant for acquiring east coast real estate. I'm also a survivor of multiple terrors in love.
I invite you to learn more about me and the projects I am involved with at JeanineStaples.com.