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Donde Come Uno, Comen Dos: Two Can Eat From The Same Dish, Cynthia Carmina Gómez
Donde Come Uno, Comen Dos: Two Can Eat From The Same Dish, Cynthia Carmina Gómez
University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
This is a personal narrative and account of the stark learning conditions in a Latino-centric foster care home. From the author: "During my time as an Educational Advocate, more children were deported, incarcerated, or killed in gang violence than graduated from high school. I know of only one who made it to college. The vicarious trauma overwhelmed any fleeting success we occasionally experienced. Depressing, yet we were determined to see our programs continue. It took all of our effort to keep the space functioning, but eventually the home closed and so did La Escuelita. Today, Summer Academia is a part …
Dear Solitary Black Student, Mychel L. Estevez
Dear Solitary Black Student, Mychel L. Estevez
University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Teaching Note, a letter aimed at ways to avoid further marginalizing black students.
Ideas, Persons, And Objects In The History Of Ideas, Bennett Gilbert
Ideas, Persons, And Objects In The History Of Ideas, Bennett Gilbert
University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
The history of ideas is most prominently understood as a highly specialized group of methods for the study of abstract ideas, with both diachronic and synchronic aspects. While theorizing the field has focused on the methods of study, defining the object of study—ideas—has been neglected. But the development of the theories behind material culture studies poses a sharp challenge to this narrow approaches. It both challenges the integrity of the notion of abstract ideas and also offers possibilities for enlarging the scope of the ways we can study ideas historically. It is proposed here to regard ideas as mental relations …