May 22, 2019
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In The Dark Fantastic, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas asks what is really happening in fantasy worlds, and finds a mirror to our own

On the Office Hours podcast, Thomas remembers what it was like the first time she read Harry Potter, and how that sparked her investigations of race in children’s literature.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
April 30, 2019
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Questions of race follow on to “Game of Thrones”

Penn GSE’s Ebony Elizabeth Thomas’ forthcoming book explores race and representation in fantasy and science fiction.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
March 7, 2019
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Ethnography in Education Research Forum presents its inaugural book award

Gabrielle Oliveira’s nuanced and complex look at Mexican families, Motherhood Across Borders: Immigrants and Their Children in Mexico and New York, was awarded the first Ethnography in Education Book Award.

 

  • Global Initiatives
  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
March 5, 2019
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Ben-Porath: Trump’s campus free speech executive order would be a blunt tool against the wrong question

Writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sigal Ben-Porath said the president’s proposal drifts into “thought-police territory.”

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Higher Education
February 26, 2019
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Ebony Thomas in Classroom Pointing

More of the best children's books from 2018

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas highlights a few titles for young readers that didn't quite make her annual best-of list for 2018.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
December 13, 2018
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The Best Books of 2018 for Young Readers

Penn GSE's Ebony Elizabeth Thomas says 2018 saw a leap in realistic portrayals of diverse characters in books aimed at early independent readers.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
November 12, 2018
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Brian Burt opens 11th annual Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color series

The series will feature three more talks from visiting scholars in the spring semester.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Higher Education
November 5, 2018
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Penn GSE Gets HEARD

Penn GSE launches HEARD: The Hub for Equity, Anti-Oppression, Research, and Development.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
October 12, 2018
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Anita Hill, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Dorothy Roberts on inequality and sexual harassment

In a conversation co-sponsored by Penn GSE, Hill called Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing a "disservice to the American public."

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Higher Education
June 14, 2018
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Lean into student backgrounds for more effective teaching

Penn GSE’s Nelson Flores tells columnist Esther J. Cepeda that a narrow focus on English vocabulary has hurt children of color and immigrants.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Language, Literacy & Culture

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