Episode Description Critical Whiteness Praxis
Suggested APA Citation Edwards, K. (Host). (2023, July 12). Critical Whiteness Praxis. (No. 160) [Audio podcast episode]. In Student Affairs NOW. https://studentaffairsnow.com/critical-whiteness-praxis/
Episode Transcript Zak FosteYeah, and I'm probably won't hold you to it, let's say your paraphrase, direct citation, but moving too fast, we risk not hearing anything at all. And I think about that a lot because of white person learning from close friends and colleagues like Tenisha, right? Like, in keep what you mentioned about sort of the workshops, like what do I do? What do I do now? You know, the title of Tenisha and my chapter is the enormity of whiteness, or on the enormity of whiteness on higher education. And so I know it felt like I dumped a ton on you in that first question. But our goal with those three guiding questions that guide critical whiteness practice is to get IT folks to think in in ways that move beyond individual white people or good and bad actors. And think more expansively about whiteness.
Keith EdwardsHello, and welcome to Student Affairs now I'm your host, Keith Edwards. Today I'm joined by the editors of the book Critical Whiteness Praxis in higher education considerations for the pursuit of racial justice on campus. We'll be discussing both theory and practice with these great folks. Student Affairs NOW is the premier podcast and online learning community for 1000s of us who work in alongside or adjacent to the field of higher education and student affairs. We release new episodes every week. On Wednesdays find details about this episode or browser archives, it's studentaffairsnow.com. Today's episode is sponsored by Symplicity. A true partner Symplicity supports all aspects of student life with technology platforms that empower institutions to make data driven decisions. As I mentioned, I'm your host, Keith Edwards, my pronouns are he him, his I'm a speaker, consultant and coach can find out more about me at Keithedwards.com. I'm broadcasting from Minneapolis, Minnesota at the intersections of the ancestral homelands of both the Dakota in the Ojibwe peoples. Let's get to our conversation. Thank you both for joining us today. Let's start off with some introductions and Tenisha. We're gonna start with you.
Tenisha L. TevisAnd good afternoon here on the West Coast. Tenisha L. Tevis . She her are my pronouns. I'm an associate professor of Adult and Higher Education here at Oregon State University, which resides in the lands of the people. And I have the pleasure of studying for my research my research agenda, I look at students transition to college and the relationship between leadership and identity to really address patterns of inequality and exclusion. I also used to be a scholar practitioner, I was an administrator and faculty member for a number of years. And so it was in that role where I had a chance to observe what I now know as whiteness, and then all roads in academia lead to a conference and particular hotel, where you meet great people like Zak and so I had an opportunity to co edit this book, and other projects.
Keith EdwardsAwesome. Well, Zak, you've got already got a compliment, which we know you're a big fan of so tell us more about you.
Zak FosteSure thing. Hi, everyone. My name is Zak Foste. I use he him pronouns, assistant professor at the University of Kansas, here in Lawrence, which resides on the ancestral lands of the Osage and Shawnee people. I've been at University of Kansas now for going on my sixth year. A lot of my research explores issues of whiteness and higher education largely from two different angles, both which I think come through in the book and how the book unfolds. But the first being sort of how whiteness structures and underwrites can racially hostile, unwelcoming campus environment. And the second being sort of white students relationship to race and whiteness,