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About Rhianna Thomas, Ph.D.
Rhianna Thomas, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of early childhood education at New Mexico State University. She studies critical pedagogy in early childhood education using antiracist, culturally sustaining, and critical literacy approaches. Rhianna earned her doctorate at the University of Missouri Kansas City. Her dissertation work explored how her own two white children learned about race and racism as she attempted to implement antiracist curriculum at home. Rhianna also examines child guidance and classroom management practices in early childhood, especially in regard to equity. She often employs arts-based methodologies including poetic inquiry.
Show Highlights
- What led Dr. Thomas to researching Antiracist teaching
- Transitioning into an Antiracist parent
- A story about colorism and reaffirming a student’s skin color is beautiful
- Can I touch your hair
- The N word
- Antiblackness
- Creating student advocates
- Strategies for White teachers
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Pedagogy to Deconstruct Anti-Blackness: Three Conversations With White Children About a Racial Slur
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