FDU EdCast: Recent Episodes
Brian Mooney
A podcast about teaching, learning, and educational justice. We talk to faculty, students, alumni, and community members about current issues in education affecting K-12 schools and higher education.
FDU EdCast is produced by the School of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University and hosted by Brian Mooney. Executive producer is Allen Debren. The opinions expressed are those of the host and guests alone, and not the university or School of Education.
Season 1, Episode 7: Culturally Responsive School Leadership
Featuring Mrs. Nicole Adams, Assistant Principal, Hackensack High School Featuring Mrs. Patricia Lozano, Assistant Principal, Hackensack High School Featuring Dr. Josh Bornstein, Associate Professor Education, FDU
Hosted by Dr. Brian Mooney, Assistant Professor of Education, FDU Executive Produced by Allen Debren, Director of Instructional Technology Development
Listen to the Podcast:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fdu-edcast/id1524223300 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4EhdUd1xcmrIWRobmO29UJ
FDU School of Education:
Peter Sammartino School of Education - https://www.fdu.edu/academics/colleges-schools/education/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fdu_soe/
References & Resources:
23:52 - Winn, M. T. (2020). Justice on both sides: Transforming education through restorative justice. Harvard Education Press. https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781682531822/justice-on-both-sides/
40:05 - Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). An archaeology of self for our times: Another talk to teachers. English Journal. High school edition; Urbana Vol. 111, Iss. 5, (May 2022): 21-26. https://publicationsncte.org/docserver/fulltext/ej/111/5/englishjournal31819.pdf?expires=1714424925&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=4AF3533CDB59C422962185EFBA9E5525
44:12 - Emdin, C. (2021). Ratchetdemic: Reimagining academic success. Beacon Press. https://www.beacon.org/Ratchetdemic-P1703.aspx
Season 1, Episode 8: Latinx Voices, Stories, & Pedagogies in Education
Featuring Dr. Irene Oujo, Executive Director of the Hispanic Center, Becton College, FDU
Hosted by Dr. Brian Mooney, Assistant Professor of Education, FDU. Executive Produced by Allen Debren, Director of Instructional Technology Development.
Listen to the Podcast:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fdu-edcast/id1524223300 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4EhdUd1xcmrIWRobmO29UJ
FDU School of Education:
Peter Sammartino School of Education - https://www.fdu.edu/academics/colleges-schools/education/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fdu_soe/
About the Hispanic Center:
https://www.fdu.edu/academics/centers-institutes/hispanic-center/
References & Resources:
04:43 - Garcia, O., & Wei, L. (2014). Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism, and Education. Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137385765
04:45 - hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Routledge.
07:42 - Goings, R.B., Bianco, M. (2016). It’s Hard To Be Who You Don’t See: An Exploration of Black Male High School Students’ Perspectives on Becoming Teachers. Urban Review, 48, 628–646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-016-0371-z
45:00 - Lyiscott, J. (2014). 3 Ways to Speak English. TED Salon. https://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english?language=en
48:49 - Examples of Excelencia Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Latino Promise and HACER Programs - https://www.edexcelencia.org/excitings/examples-excelencia-fairleigh-dickinson-universitys-latino-promise-and-hacer-programs
Season 1, Episode 6: ESL Teachers are Heroes! Linguistic Justice for Multilingual Learners
Featuring Dr. Sora Suh, Associate Professor of Education, FDU Featuring Mr. Derek Sica, Supervisor of ESL, Jefferson Township Public Schools
Hosted by Dr. Brian Mooney, Assistant Professor of Education, FDU. Executive Produced by Allen Debren, Director of Instructional Technology Development
Listen to the Podcast:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fdu-edcast/id1524223300 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4EhdUd1xcmrIWRobmO29UJ
FDU School of Education:
Peter Sammartino School of Education - https://www.fdu.edu/academics/colleges-schools/education/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fdu_soe/
References & Resources:
06:49 - Developing Programs for English Language Learners: Lau v. Nichols (1974). U.S. Department of Education. https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/ell/lau.html
11:18 - Michener, C. J., & Suh, S. (2023). The Development of Collaborative Advocacy: Dialogic Engagements Over Time and Texts. Journal of Teacher Education, 74(4), 398-412. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00224871221142845?casa_token=ug7gd4K3xUsAAAAA:1RERUyoY8mlwphXDsx3ZMG7tUCqSAvi556XZeHhzIHTYwsvcV28rrW758nR3ADyvx2RiZjggGplhzA
13:56 - NJ Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/ NJ Bilingual Educators – NJTESOL/NJBE - https://njtesol-njbe.org
17:05 - Hansen-Thomas, H. (2008). Sheltered instruction: Best practices for ELLs in the mainstream. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 44(4), 165-169.
19:45 -Comprehensible Input Demonstration, by Valentina Gonzalez (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7c429g-cu8
20:30 - Krashen, S. (1982). Principles and practice in second language acquisition. Prentice-Hall International; Krashen, S., & Terrell, T. (1983). The natural approach. Alemany. Press.; Krashen, S.D. (1985). The input hypothesis: Issues and implications. Longman.
23:24 - WIDA Consortium - https://wida.wisc.edu
27:42 - ELLevation - https://ellevationeducation.com/home/default
31:43 - Suh, S. (2023). “I don’t want her to lose our mother tongue”: A multiple case study of the family language policies of Korean American families. Journal of Language Teaching, 3(10), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.54475/jlt.2023.030
32:43 - Fishman, J.A. (1966). Ed. Language Loyalty in the United States. Mouton.
44:44 - Yosso, T. J. (2005). Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth. Race Ethnicity and Education, 8(1), 69-91.
51:52 - Moll, L. C., Amanti, C., Neff, D., & Gonzalez, N. (1992). Funds of knowledge for teaching: Using a qualitative approach to connect homes and classrooms. Theory into practice, 31(2), 132-141.
Season 1, Episode 5: 50 Years of Hip Hop: A Talk with DJS on Media, Technology, & Writing in the 21st Century
Live from the Metro Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, recorded in November 2023
Featuring Dr. Todd Craig, Associate Professor of English, CUNY Graduate Center.
Hosted by Dr. Brian Mooney, Assistant Professor of Education, FDU. Executive Produced by Allen Debren, Director of Instructional Technology Development.
Listen to the Podcast:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fdu-edcast/id1524223300 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4EhdUd1xcmrIWRobmO29UJ
FDU School of Education:
Peter Sammartino School of Education - https://www.fdu.edu/academics/colleges-schools/education/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fdu_soe/
About Dr. Todd Craig:
Website - https://www.drtoddcraig.com
Dr. Craig's Book:
"K for the Way:" DJ Rhetoric and Literacy for 21st Century Writing Studies. Utah State University Press (2023). https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/6420-k-for-the-way
References & Resources:
1:14 - Craig, T. (2023). “K for the way:” DJ rhetoric and literacy for 21st Century writing studies. Utah State University Press.
7:17 - Chang, J. (2005). Can’t stop, won’t stop: A history of the hip hop generation. St. Martin’s Press.
20:55 - Morrell, E., & Duncan-Andrade, J. (2002). Promoting academic literacy with urban youth through engaging hip hop culture. English Journal, 91(6), 88–92. https://doi.org/ 10.2307/821822
21:51 - Smitherman, G. (1977). Talkin and testifyin: The language of black America. Houghton Mifflin.
21:56 - Lyiscott, J. (2019). Black appetite, white food: Issues of race, voice, and justice within and beyond the classroom. Routledge.
21:57 - Baker-Bell, A. (2020). Linguistic justice: Black language, literacy, identity, and pedagogy. Routledge.
22:23 - Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Continuum.
35:03 - Denise, DJ Lynnée. The afterlife of Aretha Franklin’s ‘rock steady’: A case study in DJ scholarship.” Black Scholar 49.3 (2019): 62–72. Print.
39:40 - Baker, H. A. (1995). Black studies, rap, and the academy. University of Chicago Press.
42:28 - Alim, H. S., Chang, J., & Wong, C. P. (2023). Freedom moves: Hip Hop knowledges, pedagogies, and futures. University of California Press.
49:13 - Spady, J. (2013). Mapping and re-membering Hip Hop history, hiphopography, and African diasporic history. Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 126–157.
50:40 - Durkheim, E. (1915). The elementary forms of the religious life: A study in religious sociology. Allen & Unwin/Macmillan.
51:14 - Hutson, S. R. (1999). Technoshamanism: Spiritual healing in the rave subculture. Popular Music and Society, 23(3), 53–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007769908591745
Season 1, Episode 4: The Educational Philosophy of W.E.B. Du Bois
We sit down with Dr. Randall Westbrook to discuss the educational philosophy of W.E.B. Du Bois and consider its implications for schools today.
Featuring Dr. Randall Westbrook, lecturer in the School of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Hosted by Dr. Brian Mooney, Assistant Professor of Education. Executive Produced by Allen Debren, Director of Instructional Technology Development.
Listen to the Podcast:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fdu-edcast/id1524223300 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4EhdUd1xcmrIWRobmO29UJ
Watch the Podcast:
YouTube - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiB2qBVWj8zQp962xg-Go_PZ_C9zqEBaI&si=5ghEWgWxgTIH_p7H
FDU School of Education:
Peter Sammartino School of Education - https://www.fdu.edu/academics/colleges-schools/education/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fdu_soe/
About Dr. Randall Westbrook:
Bio- https://www.fdu.edu/profiles/randall_westbrook/
Rutgers Alumni Spotlight- https://gse.rutgers.edu/alumni-spotlight-dr-randall-westbrook/
Dr. Westbrook's Book:
Westbrook, R. (Ed.) (2013). Education and Empowerment: The Essential Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois. Hansen. https://hansenpublishing.com/titles/education-and-empowerment/
References:
05:21 - X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. (1965). Malcolm X: The ballot or the bullet. Pacifica Foundation. https://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/mx.html
07:13 - Muhammad, G. (2020). Cultivating genius: An equity framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy. Scholastic. https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/cultivating-genius-an-equity-framework-9781338594898.html
08:56 -Du Bois, W. E. B. (1903). Souls of Black folk. A. C. McClurg. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300195828/the-souls-of-black-folk/
13:51 - Burch, K. (2016) Platonic & Freirean Interpretations of W. E. B. Du Bois's, “Of The Coming of John.” Educational Studies, 52:1, 38-50, https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2015.1120209
2$:50 - Yosso, T. J. (2005). Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth. Race Ethnicity and Education, 8(1), 69-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/1361332052000341006
25:20 - Ladson-Billings, G. (1994). The dreamkeepers: Successful teachers of African American children. Jossey-Bass. https://www.amazon.com/Dreamkeepers-Successful-Teachers-American-Children/dp/1119791936/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1703099457&sr=1-1
27:10 - Du Bois, W.E.B. (1903). The talented tenth. In The Negro Problem: A Series of Articles by Representative Negroes of Today. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/the-talented-tenth/
35:47 - Lewis, D.L.(1994). W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a race, 1868-1919. Holt. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466841512/webdubois18681919
35:48 - Lewis, D. L. (2000). W.E.B. Du Bois: The fight for equality and the American century, 1919-1963. Holt. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466841505/webdubois19191963
38:02 - Coates , T. (2015). Between the world and me. Spiegel & Grau. https://ta-nehisicoates.com/books/between-the-world-and-me/
39:25 - Morrison, T. (1993). Playing in the dark: Whiteness and the literary imagination. Vintage. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674673779
40:17 - Engram, F. V. (2023). Black liberation through action and resistance. MOVE. Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780761874164/Black-Liberation-through-Action-and-Resistance-MOVE
Season 1, Episode 3: Hip Hop & Spoken Word Therapy
We sit down with Dr. Ian Levy to discuss Hip Hop and Spoken Word Therapy, school counseling, mental health, and healing-centered approaches in education.
Featuring Dr. Ian Levy, Associate Professor of School Counseling and Chairperson of the Department of Counseling and Therapy at Manhattan College Hosted by Dr. Brian Mooney, Assistant Professor of Education. Executive Produced by Allen Debren, Director of Instructional Technology Development.
Listen to the Podcast:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fdu-edcast/id1524223300 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4EhdUd1xcmrIWRobmO29UJ
FDU School of Education:
Peter Sammartino School of Education - https://www.fdu.edu/academics/colleges-schools/education/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fdu_soe/
About Dr. Ian Levy :
Bio- https://ianplevy.com/biography/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ianplevy/
X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/Ianplevy
Dr. Levy's Book:
Hip-Hop and Spoken Word Therapy in School Counseling: Developing Culturally Responsive Approaches (2021). Routledge - https://www.routledge.com/Hip-Hop-and-Spoken-Word-Therapy-in-School-Counseling-Developing-Culturally/Levy/p/book/9780367903428
Dr. Levy's Podcast:
Lunchroom Cypher Podcast - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lunchroomcypherpodcast
Ian Levy's New Album:
Sometimes, I Forget Where I've Been - https://lnkfi.re/SometomesIForgetWhereIveBeen
Season 1, Episode 2: Social Media, Society, & Schools
Featuring Dr. Kara Alaimo, Associate Professor of Communication Hosted by Dr. Brian Mooney, Assistant Professor of Education. Executive Produced by Allen Debren, Director of Instructional Technology Development.
Listen to the Podcast:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fdu-edcast/id1524223300Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4EhdUd1xcmrIWRobmO29UJ
FDU School of Education:
Peter Sammartino School of Education - https://www.fdu.edu/academics/colleges-schools/education/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fdu_soe/
About Dr. Kara Alaimo:
Bio- http://www.karaalaimo.com/#post-21
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/karaalaimo/?hl=en
X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/karaalaimo?lang=en
Dr. Alaimo's Book:
Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls – And How We Can Take It Back - http://www.karaalaimo.com/#post-27
Pre-Order on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1639106685/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_NYRR6BFTVYKNGNNTJNRJ?linkCode=ml1&tag=karaa-20
Pre-Order on Barnes & Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/over-the-influence-kara-alaimo/1143622251;jsessionid=A341A3297CC6D26E25D85F286D8AA135.prodny_store02-atgap18?ean=9781639106684
References & Resources:
1:03 - Alaimo, K. (2024) Over the influence: Why social media is toxic for women and girls – and how we can take it back. Alcove.
2:20 - Sherman, N. & Clayton, J. (2023, October 24). Instagram sued over harm to young people's mental health. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67207829
6:29 - hooks, b. (2006). Outlaw culture: Resisting representations. Routledge.
6:47 - Flynn, H., Cousins, K., & Naismith Picciani, E. (2019, December 2). Tinder lets known sex offenders use the app. It’s not the only one. Columbia Journalism Investigations. https://www.propublica.org/article/tinder-lets-known-sex-offenders-use-the-app-its-not-the-only-one
11:52 - CCDH. (2022). Deadly by design: TikTok pushes harmful content promoting eating disorders and self-harm into young users’ feeds. Center for Countering Digital Hate. https://counterhate.com/research/deadly-by-design/#about
12:26 - Orben, A et al. (2022). Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29296-3
14:20 - Franco, Marisa G. (2022). Platonic: How the science of attachment can help you make - and keep - friends. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
17:15 - Fairleigh Dickinson University Announces New Academic Program in Social Media (2023, July 17) - https://www.fdu.edu/news/fairleigh-dickinson-university-announces-new-academic-program-in-social-media/
18:58 - Kellner, D., & Share, J. (2005). Toward critical media literacy: Core concepts, debates, organizations, and policy. Discourse: Studies in the cultural politics of education, 26(3), 369-386.
18:58 - Morrell, E., Duenas, R., Garcia, V., & Lopez, J. (2015). Critical media pedagogy: Teaching for achievement in city schools. Teachers College Press.
21:29 - hooks, b. (2000). All about love: New visions. William Morrow.
25:00 - Jarrett, K. (2016). Feminism, labour and digital media: The digital housewife. Routledge.
28:10 - Common Sense Media (2023). Constant companion: A week in the life of a young person's smartphone use. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/constant-companion-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-young-persons-smartphone-use
31:03 - Alaimo, K. (2023). Feminists to follow. http://www.karaalaimo.com/#post-19
Season 1, Episode 1: Antibias & Antiracist Teaching.
We talk to Dr. Khyati Joshi, professor in the School of Education and author of White Christian Privilege about the importance of antibias and antiracist teaching.
Featuring Dr. Khayati Joshi, Professor of Education. Hosted by Dr. Brian Mooney, Assistant Professor of Education. Executive Produced by Allen Debren, Director of Instructional Technology Development Listen to the Podcast: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fdu-edcast/id1524223300 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Lg276qKkW3XHtKNU7hvbu?si=e4870eeaafc94362
Watch the Podcast:
YouTube - https://youtu.be/7aoyXrcM-58
FDU School of Education: Peter Sammartino School of Education - https://www.fdu.edu/academics/colleges-schools/education/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fdu_soe/ About Dr. Khyati Joshi Bio- https://www.khyatijoshi.com/bio/about-khyati Joshi, K. (2020). White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in America - https://www.khyatijoshi.com/book/white-christian-privilege References & Resources: 09:26 - Givens, J. R. (2021). Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching - https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674983687
11:30 - Love, B. L. (2019). We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom - https://www.akpress.org/we-want-to-do-more-than-survive.html
12:13 - Sealey-Ruiz, Y. (2022). An Archaeology of Self for Our Times: Another Talk to Teachers - https://publicationsncte.org/content/journals/10.58680/ej202231819?crawler=true
22:52 - Hannah-Jones, N. et al. (2019). The 1619 Project. New York Times. - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
22:59 - Baldwin, J. (1955). Notes of a Native Son. Beacon Press. - https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Native-Son-James-Baldwin/dp/0807006238
26:17 - Nieto, S. (2009). Multicultural education in the United States: Historical realities, ongoing challenges, and transformative possibilities. In The Routledge international companion to multicultural education (pp. 79-95). Routledge.
36:51 - Ladson-Billings, G., & Tate, W.F. (1995). Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education. Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 97, 47 - 68.
36:53 - Ladson-Billings, G. (2021). Gloria-Ladson-Billings - Critical Race Theory. YouTube. - https://youtu.be/ufKusK6dQI8?si=pGdOG97Q3-cX5jxQ
38:27 - Amistad Commission. New Jersey Department of Education - https://www.nj.gov/education/amistad/about/
38:30 - Burns, L.B. et al. (2020) - The LGBTQ-Inclusive Lessons & Resources Pilot Program. Garden State Equality and Make it Better for Youth.- https://www.teach.lgbt/research/pilot-executive-summary/
44:46 - Kelley, R. D. G. (2002). Freedom Dreams. The Black Radical Imagination. Beacon. - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206173/freedom-dreams-by-robin-dg-kelley/
46:04 - Eagle Shield,, E. et al. (2021). Dreams, healing, and listening to learn: Educational movements in the Everyday. Equity and Excellence in Education, 54(1), 39–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2020.1863881
47:14 - Van der Kolk, B. A. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Tauma. Viking. - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score
47:51 - Love, B. L. (2023). Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal. Macmillan. - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250280381/punishedfordreaming
56:28 - Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Ensuring AAPI-Inclusive Curriculum is Taught in New Jersey Schools (2022) - https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562022/20220118c.shtml
56:30 - New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education. - https://www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/
59:15 - Teaching Asian American Stories - https://teachasianamericanstories.org
Episode 1 featuring Dr. April Baker-Bell of Michigan State University and young people from Jersey City, New Jersey. We discuss Dr. Baker-Bell's book Linguistic Justice, Anti-Black Linguistic Racism, white supremacy, abolition, hip hop, radical love, and self-care.