On this episode, SunAh delves into the history of Black History Month and the legacy of Black intellectualism with Dr. Saida Grundy, a feminist sociologist of race & ethnicity and an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Boston University.

On this episode, SunAh is in conversation with Dr. Aeriel Ashlee, Assistant Professor of College Counseling and Student Development at St. Cloud State University and co-founder of Ashlee Consulting. The two discuss how to foster vulnerability and create meaningful connections in order to hold difficult conversations.

On this episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Melissa C. Brown, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. The two talk about Black feminism, digital media, and social change. Melissa also illuminates why shows like P-Valley are important to changing the narrative around Black women’s erotic labor.

On this episode, SunAh sits down with Dr. Kaitland M. Byrd, a visiting scholar at the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan and the author of “Real Southern Barbecue: Constructing Authenticity in Southern Food Culture.” The two dive into the behind the scenes of creating food authenticity, particularly around BBQ. Kaitland also talks about how the craft and artisanal food revivals obscure the labor of women and racial minorities.

On this episode, SunAh is joined by Aisha Upton, whose research focuses on race and gender, social movements, and civil society. Aisha explains how Black Greek-Letter Organization sororities responded to the Black feminist movement and how these organizations are responding to the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement.

On this episode, SunAh welcomes Dr. Brittney Dernberger, a Researcher at Insight Policy Research who studies, social inequality and mobility, examining who gets ahead in life and why. The two talk gender roles and gender attitudes from past to present, including whose attitudes are changing and whose gendered expectations are not.

On this episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Nancy Yuen, a pop culture expert and author of “Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism” and co-author of “Tokens on the Small Screen: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime Time and Streaming Television.” The two talk about racial representation in mainstream media – how it’s progressed, how it hasn’t, and what is coming to a screen near you next.

On this episode, SunAh welcomes Dr. Jonathan Cox, an assistant professor in the department of sociology at the University of Central Florida. Jonathan shares his findings on racial attitudes among college students and millennials. He explains what it means to be “color-full” as an approach to race and racism versus “color-blind” and how these perspectives can shape our interactions, policies, and practices.

On this episode, SunAh sits down with Dr. Louise Seamster, an assistant professor of African American Studies and Sociology and Criminology at the University of Iowa. Louise discusses her work on “predatory inclusion” in student debt and debt’s contribution to the racial wealth gap. She also dives into what makes student debt cancellation so controversial and how “the condition of debt induces you to do harm to others.”

On this episode, SunAh is joined by Domonique Anderson, a Social Impact Strategy Consultant. Dominique breaks down the differences between gentrification and community revitalization before explaining the importance of community land trusts for shaping the future of a city.