BOOKS
Book writing is hard. Soul-sucking, energy-depleting, scary hard. Yet also rewarding in ways I'd never imagined when I transitioned from mostly article writing to mostly book writing in 2020. So I'm keeping at it, one painful, magical page at a time.
Forthcoming...
Black Feminist Mothering Will Set Us Free
A Guide to Social Justice Parenting for Moms of Color
The swift dismantling of human rights and violent targeting of BIPOC activists in Trump 2.0 have amplified an age-old crisis for progressive moms of color:
How do we mother for liberation when the risks to our children are so high?
This book answers with real talk from two Black feminist scholars and besties in the mothering trenches.
Drawing on research and personal experience, we equip moms of color with a roadmap for navigating social justice parenting in these times that honors their fears and hopes, context and capacity.
Teaching Diversity Relationally
Engaging Emotions and Embracing Possibilities
A timely book that gives faculty process-oriented guidance for negotiating the psychological and relational challenges inherent in teaching about race, privilege, and oppression.
Grounded in the philosophy of Transformative Education and incorporating psychological theories, Drs. Suyemoto, Kim, and I present concrete strategies for effectively teaching diversity and social justice courses.
"The text is an invitation to a collegial conversation of care and connection framed around the developmental arc of the academic semester and the educator learning "how" to do this work well and with heart."
Dr. Wendi S. Williams, APA President-Elect
Unravelling Assumptions
A Primer for Understanding Oppression and Privilege
For university and community audiences, this primer offers an introductory exploration of power, privilege, and oppression as foundations of systems of inequality and examines complexities within meanings and lived experiences of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, and social class.
"This is a must book in courses related to social justice, multicultural education, human services, psychology, and almost any professional field that hopes to incorporate dialogue across difference and the pervasive injustice that has been part of each of us."
Dr. Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Professor, Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston
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