I had the pleasure of sitting down with linguistic anthropologist, Mike Mena to discuss issues mentioned in the title of this podcast, and how this all connects to teachers language practices. We also discussed ways in which we can begin to dec

Organizational Equity with Meredith White

Jan 5th, 2021 55m 12s

When thinking about equity and best practices for our students do you ever think about how your lessons are structured? Are your students present in your planning? Are your lessons and your LMS system clear and easy to navigate? Do you even thi

2020 Observations & Reflections.

Jan 1st, 2021 24m 39s

Quick sharing of my thoughts on the 2020 school year, and what it looked like. I also pondered questions like: where do we go? What have we learned? How can we re-envision our educational spaces? I discuss observations of inequities I have seen

Week Three Wrap Up

Sep 5th, 2020 25m 4s

I just wrapped up a week three of Virtual Learning and I decided to record my thoughts in a stream of consciousness type podcast. I discuss topics such as students needing to have their cameras on, a recent poll I took on twitter about teacher

Clarity is Equity

Aug 23rd, 2020 22m 17s

This is my first podcast in a while. I take some time here to share some of my reflections on my first week back to school. I am 100% all online for the first 9 weeks of school. In this episode I discuss online norms, what I see as important fo

A conversation with Strength of Soul Author, Naomi Raquel Enright

Jun 6th, 2020 1h 3m

Recently, I had the honor to sit down with author Naomi Raquel Enright about her book, Strength of Soul. During our conversation, we discuss topics she addresses in her book such as, issues pertaining to racial and social justice, equity work i

Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education. A conversation with J. Eik Diggs & Dr Cushing-Leubner

May 8th, 2020 59m 47s

In this episode, I sit down with J. Eik Diggs & Dr Jenna Cushing-Leubner to discuss their program(s) on Heritage language education.They discuss the program(s) in detail and share their personal stories and motivations for creating their "Grow

Mensajes Positivos en los tiempos extraños

Mar 24th, 2020 20m 42s

Hoy nos encontramos en tiempos únicos, donde todo parece estar al revés. La normalidad se ha ido, y nos quedamos con la creación de nuevos normales, como un barco en el mar en tiempo tormentoso. Pero no estamos solos, amigos, sino juntos en est

Beyond Febrero 4. Black History is more than just a month.

Feb 21st, 2020 31m 13s

I introduce the last episode in this series titled: Beyond Febrero. Black History is more than just a month. In this podcast, I had the pleasure to interview Kia London about this topic that white educators often ignore. As Kia states in this

Beyond Febrero 3. Black History is more than just a month.

Feb 19th, 2020 27m 42s

I had the opportunity to speak with Jennifer Saldaña Whyte for episode three in this small series titled: Beyond Febrero. Black History is more than just a month.Jennifer brings her #authenticvoices and perspective to this very important conve

Beyond Febrero 2. Black History is more than just a month.

Feb 17th, 2020 22m 48s

I had the opportunity to interview Françoise Thenoux for my second episode in this small series. Françoise speaks about the importance of zooming in on content, and really challenging ourselves as educators to do the self-work needed to talk a

Beyond Febrero 1. Black History is more than just a month.

Feb 16th, 2020 23m 4s

This is the first episode in a short series of conversations about Black History Month, and how Afro Latinx and Black stories are neither more than just a side note, nor a simple add on during the month of February.I had the pleasure of interv

Confronting our Whiteness with Jay Wamsted

Jan 17th, 2020 1h 3m

I had the opportunity to sit down with Jay Wamsted. Jay has been a math teacher at Benjamin E. Mays High School in southwest Atlanta for fourteen years. His writing has been featured in various journals and magazines, including “Harvard Educati

Mastery Grading & Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching

Jan 3rd, 2020 27m 17s

I had the opportunity to sit down during our planning period with teacher leader and educator Cece Tolliver, M.Ed, LAT,ATC. Ms. Tolliver has lead staff PD during our schools implementation of Mastery Grading over the past three years. Ms. Tolli

#ACTFL19 Noah Geisel (Take 2)

Dec 24th, 2019 18m 38s

Take 2 with Noah Geisel at ACTFL19 in Washington, D.C. We continue our conversation on issues of equity, social justice, target language use, ICC standards, culture and much more.I was fortunate to have Noah stop by the podcast booth for not o

#ACTFL19 Thomas Soth & Noah Geisel

Dec 22nd, 2019 15m 21s

I was lucky to grab these two guys as they wondered by on the convention floor. They were kind enough to lend their voices for a few minutes on the topic of social justice and equity, a theme that I visit with all the episodes I recorded on the

#ACTF19 LJ Randolph

Dec 13th, 2019 17m 4s

I had the pleasure of having LJ Randolph stop by for a moment while on the floor at the ACTFL 2019 convention in Washington, D.C. LJ and I discuss topics on equity and social justice in the world language classroom. We discuss in this short 1

#ACTFL19 Equity & Inclusion Panel Podcast

Nov 29th, 2019 37m 8s

I present to you a live, panel podcast, all the way from the convention floor in the exhibit hall at ACTFL 2019, in Washington DC. On this occasion, I had the honor to interview four extremely talented educators: Kia London, William Yepes, Abel

CI Midwest Conference Teacher Takeaways

Oct 13th, 2019 25m 35s

In this podcast I was invited to try something unique. I was asked to set up my podcasting equipment and gather teacher takeaways from the CIMW19 conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the end of September. Teachers were offered the chance to sh

We Are (Working to Extend Anti-Racist Education)

Sep 23rd, 2019 37m 29s

I traveled to Durham, N.C to attend and to interview, Dr. Ronda Taylor-Bullock at the NC Farm to School summit, where she presented on the topic of Racial Equity in Farm to School Curriculum.After her presentation to a packed house, I sat down

Deconstructing the White Lens (3). Teaching Heritage language classes as a non-native white Spanish teacher

Sep 18th, 2019 38m 4s

I interviewed Adrienne Brandenburg and Mary Beth Johnson about their experiences as Heritage Spanish language teachers, and about issues surrounding being a white, non-native Spanish teacher, and what that looks like in the classroom. This was

CI Mid West Conference 2019 Presenters

Sep 9th, 2019 28m 36s

In this episode I spoke with several presenters at the upcoming conference, CI Mid West at the University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI. September 27,28, 29. If you plan on attending, please listen to just a few of the presenters that will

Why So Fragile? Equity, Justice and deconstructing the White Lens. Disrupting the master narrative (part 2) with Dr. Krishauna Hines-Gaither

Sep 1st, 2019 40m 36s

I traveled to Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, to interview Dr. Krishauna Hines-Gaither. Dr. Hines-Gaither and I will discuss her upcoming publication “Reimagining World Languages Education: Equity, access, and Social Justice."Our conversat

Voces Invisibles: Disrupting the Master Narrative with Afro-Latina Counterstories.

Aug 24th, 2019 39m 46s

I had the pleasure to have a panel discussion with Dr. Krishauna Hines-Gaither, the Director for the Intercultural Engagement Center and the Associate Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Liz Torres Melendez the Immigrant St

Decoding Latinx

Aug 21st, 2019 21m 4s

What does "Latinx" mean and how is it different from "Latino/a"? Who can be considered Latinx? Do all Latinx people speak Spanish? Is Latinx a race or a homogeneous ethnic group? Are all Latinx immigrants?These and other questions will be disc