On this episode, SunAh chats with Dr. Julius McGee, assistant professor at Portland State University in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, and Black Studies. Julius explains how organic farming can contribute to climate change, when switching to renewable energy is most effective for decreasing inequality, and how mass incarceration increases carbon emissions. If you’ve ever wondered how climate change impacts you and why climate justice is important, this is the episode for you.

On this episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Letisha Brown, Assistant Professor of Sociology and member of the Steering Committee for the development of the Food Studies Program at Virginia Tech. Letisha talks how our relationships and other aspects of our social life shape our experiences with food. She also challenges some of our long-held beliefs about how, why, and what we eat.

On this episode, SunAh talks with Dr. Anna Storti, an interdisciplinary scholar of Asian America, feminist & queer theory, and mixed-race art & culture. Anna discusses the histories of various stereotypes about Asians in America and Asian women, specifically. She shows how these stereotypes are continually being invoked in violent attacks against Asians in America. Anna offers a range of resources for listeners who are interested in learning more about Asian American history and how we can respond to different types of harm in our communities.

On this episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Vivian Shaw and Christina Ong of the AAPI COVID-19 Project. The AAPI COVID-19 project focuses on uncovering the multiple layers of harm — the virus itself and the intensification of racism and xenophobia that Asian, Asian Americans, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders have endured in its wake. Vivian and Christina share some of the project’s preliminary findings and also provide historical context for the past year’s rising anti-Asian hate.

On this episode, SunAh sits down with Nicole Bedera, an expert on college sexual violence and a contributor to consent programming across the country. Nicole explains why it’s important to understand sexual violence, the ways we contribute to environments that facilitate sexual violence, and how Title IX  (the that law protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance) is currently being used. The episode ends with Nicole discussing what we should or, rather, should not do when we find out that someone we know is a perpetrator of sexual violence.

On this episode, SunAh welcomes Dr. Felicia Arriaga, an Assistant Professor of sociology in the criminology concentration at Appalachian State University. An expert in race and ethnicity, immigration, and crimmigration, Felicia explains why local law enforcement is often carrying out immigration enforcement and what her research tells us about how local communities can disrupt harmful anti-immigration policies and practices.

On this episode, SunAh talks all things math with Dr. Dana Miller-Cotto, an educational psychologist whose work examines the cognitive and affective mechanisms that underlie mathematics learning and instruction. Dana breaks down the importance of math for everyday life and methods that facilitate math learning.

On this episode, SunAh welcomes attorney Ashley Satterfield, the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer for the Reaves Law Firm. Ashley explains how the law and contemporary calls for social justice intersect. She also discusses the legal process in cases of employment discrimination.

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.

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.”