(A)Broad in Education

SHOW NOTES:
Before you listen to this episode, if you haven’t had a chance, go back and listen to Episode 39, an interview with TK McLennon about her idea to curate the book TrailBlasian: Black Women Living in East Asia. In that episode, TK and I talk a bit about her life and how the idea of the book came to fruition. The previous episode provides more context to this week’s episode, an interview with Kenya Evans, who authored one of the chapters in the book. Kenya is from Wisconsin and she talks about her past and present journey of being an international educator and discovering ways to begin and continue her journey as an EDpat. Without further delay, here is my conversation with Kenya Evans.

BRIEF BIO:
Kenya (she, her, hers) is a Milwaukee-bred writer turned world-traveling ESL teacher who loves to do the dougie and nene when she’s not breaking down phonics. Her career began in nonprofit marketing. Since then, she’s flown the coop, in 2013, to move to South Korea. She has also lived and taught in Saudi Arabia and currently lives in Colombia. Seven years and 30 plus countries later, she has learned a lot about herself, people, and the world.

RESOURCES:
EPIK: http://www.epik.go.kr/index.do
Qkids: http://teacher.qkids.net/ref?code=DAYHNK
VIPKID: https://www.vipkidteachers.com/mkt/landing/personal?referralToken=f12c90497e9ee78cc4fc7a0adafa23a2&refereeId=2084927


SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
Twitter: @thatwriterkenya
IG: @contentwriterkenya
Website: msha.ke/contentwriterkenya

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay. 
 
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SHOW NOTES:
This week’s episode is an episode swap with Carl Hill, the host of The Black Expat Podcast, along with his business partner Patrick, co-host of Six-Packs with Expats. In this episode, we mimicked somewhat of a modern-day version of James Baldwin and Margarette Mead’s discussion called A Rap on Race, which I briefly shared a snippet of in Episode 5 with Brian Cadogan. Rather than discussing race generally, we hone in on the notion of the blue passport privilege and our own interpretations of what it means to be Black and Abroad specifically from Carl and Patrick’s Taiwanese perspectives, and in the UAE, from my perspective. Without further delay, please enjoy my conversation with Carl and Patrick.

RESOURCES:
Margaret Mead and James Baldwin, A Rap on Race 1971 Youtube: https://youtu.be/3WNO6f7rjE0
Travel Noire: Here’s Why You Should Be Following These 5 Black Expat Podcasts. https://travelnoire.com/follow-these-5-black-expat-podcasts
The Black Expat: Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-black-expat/id1273596975
The Unexpected Perspective (Novel) http://store.bookbaby.com/book/The-Unexpected-Perspective
Haven Fundraiser - http://bit.ly/2ZcPycN

BRIEF BIO:
Carl (he, his) is a Chicago native whose passion for travel and new experiences began in college while studying abroad in Beijing. After graduation and with a degree in Chinese and Sociology from DePauw University, Carl moved to Taipei, Taiwan and has been living, working, and traveling since. During his ten years in Taiwan he visited more than 50 countries and is now the owner of the first and only Black-owned bar and art studio in Taichung, Taiwan.

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
www.facebook.com/ArtsAndCraftsBar
IG: @artsandcraftsbar and @theblack_expat
Twitter: @TheBlack_Expat

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music from Pixabay.com.
 
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SHOW NOTES:
This week on the podcast is TK McLennon, a Canadian-born writer and author of the book TailBlAsian, Black Women Living in East Asia. McLennon’s book, an anthology based on the voices of 17 women of color who decided to get out of the rat race, off the beaten path and blaze new trails in East Asia, is the 3rd within the series, The EDpat Literature Review. Without further delay, please enjoy my conversation with TK McLennon.

RESOURCES:
Purchase TrailBlasian and other books authored by TK at www.trailblasian.com

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES: @culturiousity.com

BRIEF BIO: TK McLennon (she, hers, her) works with students, faculty and staff at a university in the Niagara Region of Canada as an Intercultural Communications Coordinator and currently serves on her city's advisory committee for equity and inclusion. She is a former assistant professor in the School of International Studies at the University of Ulsan in South Korea and a former instructor of Global Management Studies at Ryerson University. Her experience traveling to 18 and living in five different countries allowed her to learn varying degrees of five languages, cultivate a passion for all things intercultural and nurture a deep commitment to equity and inclusion. She has a BA in Communications, an MBA, and a certificate in Adult Training and Development. She’s a Globesmart Certified Facilitator, a Flip The Script Campus Trainer, an ICedge Certified Trainer, a qualified IDI administrator, and a Certified Training and Development Professional (CTDP). TK is a proud AfroJamaiCanadian mom of one living on Turtle Island looking to be a good ancestor and leave the world a little better for future generations.
 
 (A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music from Pixabay.com.
 
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Show Notes:
This week’s episode on the podcast is an interview swap between myself and Dr. Marvette Lacy, who is a dissertation writing strategist. Dr. Lacy assists and supports doctoral students in pursuit of completing their doctoral degrees and she was my first writing coach. While I was writing for my preliminary exam, she was an amazing asset for breaking down the process. She also mentioned, “Tiffany was my second client ever. When I started my coaching business in the fall of 2017, we were working together on her exams and part of her exams was writing her literature review. We did that for a couple of months.”

In this episode, “Dissertation Research Abroad,” Dr. Lacy interviewed me about my current dissertation research about conducting data collection in the United Arab Emirates. This is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to share my work in this manner. Without any further delay, enjoy my conversation with Dr. Marvette Lacy.

Resources: Marvettelacy.com
You can access this episode at https://www.marvettelacy.com/blog/dlfs7wys9flck9gjkj2jgekbck6pta-kk7mk

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
IG: Marvettelacy

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music from Pixabay.com.
 
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SHOW NOTES:
This week on the podcast is Leah Ward, the community coordinator at the University of Dayton, Ohio. This is the second episode within the series the EDpat Literature Review and today, you’ll hear a conversation between Leah and I about her chapter titled Swiss Miss: A Story of Surviving Abroad.

Leah’s chapter is one of eleven chapters in the book The Table: Stories from Black Women in Student Affairs, which is a collection of Black women discussing their experiences within various roles at universities. I am so excited about this interview with Leah because the entire time I spoke with her I kept thinking about the quote that James Baldwin said to Nina Simone “This is the world you have made for yourself, now you have to live in it.” As Leah took me through her experience as a Black woman in Switzerland, I realized that the universe had brought Leah and I together because at that same time, I was reading Nina Simone’s autobiography and learned that after she left Liberia, she moved to Switzerland so that her daughter could continue her education.

In contrast to Nina Simone’s story, Leah applied for a position as a student life coordinator during her time at Virginia Tech. The position required that she assist a group of study abroad students in Switzerland. With the intention to assist the students, in actuality, she found herself within cultural and racial tensions which involved being an African American woman in a small Swiss village. Without any further delay, enjoy my conversation with Leah Ward.

RESOURCES FROM EPISODE:
https://www.thetablebooks.com/buy https://udayton.edu/directory/studev/housing_res_life/l_ward.php

Swiss Miss: A Story of Surviving Abroad- Purchase the book- The Table: Stories from Black Women in Student Affairs  thetablebooks.com

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
IG: LeahWard


(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music from Pixabay.com.
 
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On October 9, 2020, I read a post on Facebook written by Brian C. Cadogan II. At the time, he wrote, "I have been in the UAE for two months. The experience has been freeing but I am feeling anxious. An anxiety that I have not felt in a while. A tightness in my chest has had my eyes watery and my mind racing. Physiological I am uneasy. I am fearful. Fearful of returning to the US. You see, here in the UAE my skin color doesn’t matter. I am seen as an American, which is weird because in the USA I am Black first, male, and a close second and somewhere down the line, I may be looked at as an American. Being here in the UAE I feel safe physically and more importantly, mentally. I have not fit the description of someone who has committed a crime. I have not been followed while in the mall. I have not been asked if I was the security in the school I work in. I have not been asked what I’m doing while minding my business."

In this episode, Brian discusses not only his journey as a Black male in Abu Dhabi, UAE, but also his journey as a school counselor in Chicago and Maryland, USA. 

BRIEF GUEST BIO:
Brian Cadogan II (he, his) has been a school counselor for 17 years in both middle and high schools. His experiences led him to an international position in Abu Dhabi, UAE where he is the 8th and 9th-grade transitions counselor at a private school. Brian graduated from Hampton University with a Bachelor's degree in psychology and later earned a master's degree in the School of Counseling from Long Island University in New York and a Masters in Educational Leadership and Administration from Northern Illinois University in Illinois.

RESOURCES: Margaret Mead and James Baldwin, A Rap on Race 1971
Youtube: https://youtu.be/3WNO6f7rjE0

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
Email: [email protected]
IG: pillar_of_the_community
Facebook: Brian Cadogan II
Twitter: @PillarOTC

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Royalty Free Music from Bensound
 
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SHOW NOTES:
Today’s episode is the first within a series that I’ve titled the EDpat literature review. Threaded throughout the various episodes within Season 3,  you’ll hear the voices of Black researchers, bloggers, authors, and others who have written some form of literature that centers notions of the Edpat— those who work within various ventures within education outside of their home countries.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Johnnie Jackson, a doctoral student in Educational Leadership and Administration at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is also the Diversity and Equity Supervisor at Marion City School District. His research article, Meditating Gunrunner Speaking, Part 1: A Black Male Journey Teaching in South Korea was published in Educational Studies: A Journal of the American Educational Studies Association in September of 2016.

I had an amazing conversation with Johnnie about his experience teaching in South Korea and also his lived experience, which inspired many sections of the article. Keep in mind that this episode was recorded through video chat and within certain areas, due to fluctuations within internet connectivity, the sound is distorted. Without further delay, please enjoy my conversation with Johnnie Jackson.

Brief Guest Bio:
Johnny Jackon (he, his) is a teacher educator by training. He is a critical race theorist and abolitionist by practice. Currently serving in his home community as an equity and diversity supervisor for city schools, he believes that education for Black liberation is possible when centering autobiographies of Black radicals. Traveling to countries outside of the USA has given him a good sense of how the African/Black diaspora is creating Afrofutures for the past, current, and future generations.
 
You can access the article, Meditating Gunrunner Speaking, Part 1 at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131946.2016.1214917?scroll=top&needAccess=true
Or email Johnny directly at [email protected]

Other articles and resources mentioned in the episode:
Audre Lorde reads Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power (FULL Updated) Aug 1, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmq9gw4Rq0

AfroAsian Imaginations: Autoethnographyies of Black Panther in South Korea. https://jfsdigital.org/articles-and-essays/vol-24-no-2-december-2019/afroasian-imaginations-autoethnographies-of-black-panther-in-korea/

The Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice http://www.jctonline.org/conference/ 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
IG: Email address: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnieljackson/

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Royalty Free Music from Bensound
 
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Show Notes:
This week on the podcast is Simone Gbolo, who has several roles at the University of Minnesota. In one role, she serves as the executive director of the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Program with the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. In the other, she is a PhD student in the Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development program in the College of Education and Human Development. In this episode, Simone speaks not only about her work with underrepresented students but also her current work with encouraging students to domestically and internationally pursue areas within the public sector. Alongside her professional and personal pursuits, she has also developed a study abroad program in Ghana, where she serves as the lead guide for a group of undergraduate students each year. I’m so excited to share this episode with you all because Simone is not only an amazing scholar and activist but she is also my friend-league— meaning she’s both my friend and colleague. 

A note before listening, this episode is a bit on the longer side so keep in mind that the attention span of humans is less than that of a goldfish so try to listen during your commute or while exercising if that helps! 

 Without any further delay, enjoy my conversation with Simone Gbolo.

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES AND RESOURCES:
IG: zazama

Public Policy and International Affairs https://www.hhh.umn.edu/directory/simone-gbolo

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud.  Royalty Free Music from Bensound
 
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Salamo Alaykom, everybody! 

Salamo Alaykom means peace be upon you and is a traditional way of saying “hello” in Arabic. It’s fitting for this welcome back message because I am in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, where I’ve been recording many of the episodes in Season Three.  I’m here for a nine-month fellowship to collect data for my dissertation research project and I’ve been in such an interesting space! You can hear all about it in this introductory episode. 

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 IG: abroad_in_ed
 Twitter: abroad_in_ed
 www.abroadineducation.com

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Royalty Free Music from Bensound

SHOW NOTES:
I’ll share a short story about why this week’s guest on the podcast is significant. On April 24, 2019, at least three of my MinneSNOWtan friends sent text messages and emails to me about a recently released video from PBS News Hour. The title was about teachers on the brink. Now, what’s interesting is that my dissertation research focuses on AA teachers who left the US K-12 schools for educational opportunities in K-12 schools in the UAE so when my friends heard Nathan’s discussion during this interview, they instantly reached out to me with an urgency to listen. When I listened to this interview, the part that struck me most is basically what you’ll hear me discuss with Nathan Gibbs-Bowling, the guest on this week’s episode. 

My personal reasons for wanting to connect with Nathan do not come close to describing the complexity of his career as an educator and educator advocate. Not only is Nathan the 2016 Washington State Teacher of the Year Recipient, one of four finalists for the 2016 National Teacher of the Year competition and co-founder of Teachers United, he has also been published in the Washington Post, Seattle Times, Huffington Post, and US Department of Ed Website.

Although the basis of the PBS News hour interview was about teacher attrition and factors that negatively impact teachers to leave US K-12 schools, Nathan announced his decision to leave the school he had been in for over a decade for a school in the UAE. After I listened to the interview, I reached out to Nathan on FB and informed him that I would be in the UAE and would love to connect with him once there. It was that connection that led to this amazing interview. Without further delay, here is my conversation with Nathan Gibbs Bowling. 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
Twitter: @nate_bowling
https://www.natebowling.com
www.nerdfarmpod.com
Teachers United: http://teachersunitedwa.org/about
Teachers on the Brink PBS NewsHour: https://www.pbs.org/video/teachers-on-the-brink-1556064755/

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Royalty Free Music from Bensound
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