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Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Jennifer Mueller, an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Intergroup Relations Program at Skidmore College. Jenni connects the history of inter-generational wealth transmission to contemporary racial wealth gaps.

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh is in conversation with Dr. B. Brian Foster, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi and the Director of the Mississippi Hill Country Oral History Collective. The two discuss his book, “‘I don’t like the blues’: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life.”

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh delves into the history of Black History Month and the legacy of Black intellectualism with Dr. Saida Grundy, a feminist sociologist of race & ethnicity and an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Boston University.

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh is in conversation with Dr. Aeriel Ashlee, Assistant Professor of College Counseling and Student Development at St. Cloud State University and co-founder of Ashlee Consulting. The two discuss how to foster vulnerability and create meaningful connections in order to hold difficult conversations.

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Melissa C. Brown, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. The two talk about Black feminism, digital media, and social change. Melissa also illuminates why shows like P-Valley are important to changing the narrative around Black women’s erotic labor.

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh sits down with Dr. Kaitland M. Byrd, a visiting scholar at the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan and the author of “Real Southern Barbecue: Constructing Authenticity in Southern Food Culture.” The two dive into the behind the scenes of creating food authenticity, particularly around BBQ. Kaitland also talks about how the...

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh is joined by Aisha Upton, whose research focuses on race and gender, social movements, and civil society. Aisha explains how Black Greek-Letter Organization sororities responded to the Black feminist movement and how these organizations are responding to the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement.

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh welcomes Dr. Brittney Dernberger, a Researcher at Insight Policy Research who studies, social inequality and mobility, examining who gets ahead in life and why. The two talk gender roles and gender attitudes from past to present, including whose attitudes are changing and whose gendered expectations are not.

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Nancy Yuen, a pop culture expert and author of “Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism” and co-author of “Tokens on the Small Screen: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime Time and Streaming Television.” The two talk about racial representation in mainstream media – how it’s progressed, how it hasn’t, and what is coming to a scre...

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh welcomes Dr. Jonathan Cox, an assistant professor in the department of sociology at the University of Central Florida. Jonathan shares his findings on racial attitudes among college students and millennials. He explains what it means to be “color-full” as an approach to race and racism versus “color-blind” and how these perspectives can shape our interactions,...

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh sits down with Dr. Louise Seamster, an assistant professor of African American Studies and Sociology and Criminology at the University of Iowa. Louise discusses her work on “predatory inclusion” in student debt and debt’s contribution to the racial wealth gap. She also dives into what makes student debt cancellation so controversial and how “the condition of de...

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh is joined by Domonique Anderson, a Social Impact Strategy Consultant. Dominique breaks down the differences between gentrification and community revitalization before explaining the importance of community land trusts for shaping the future of a city.

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh talks with Dr. Kati Barahona-Lopez, an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Kati discusses why how we talk about immigration matters and the expectations we have for immigrants to self-disclose trauma in order to access social services.

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh welcomes Mia Keeys, the Director of Health Equity Policy and Advocacy of the American Medical Association. Mia explains the differences between health inequalities and health disparities and then shares the policies and practices that are being implemented to advance health equity.

Episode Notes November is National Adoption Month, and on this episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Katie Bozek, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and Dr. Carla Goar, an associate professor of Sociology at Kent State University and adoption researcher. Katie provides insights into recent adoption headlines, giving context to our current cultural (mis)understandings of transracial adoption. Carl...

Episode Notes On this first episode of “Let’s Grab Coffee,” SunAh sits down with Dr. Rashawn Ray, a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution, a Professor of Sociology and Executive Director of the Lab for Applied Social Science Research (LASSR) at the University of Maryland, College Park. The two discuss some of the defining social issues of 2020 – health and p...