This week, we’re talking to English lecturer Tiffany Mitchell and David Pleins from the Walker Center about their recent pedagogy book club and the experience of reading bell hooks’ Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. Tiffany and David discuss the challenges of making sure that BIPOC voices are centered in pedagogy discussions, as well as the difference between active and passive allyship. Perhaps most importantly, we discuss the way that these ideas might make their way into college classrooms and help dismantle systemic racism in the university and beyond. (see the prior episode of English Matters with Beth Pearce and Tiffany

*Please note that this interview was recorded in October 2020, prior to the last presidential election. Check in with the Walker Center’s website periodically for information about future book clubs and opportunities.

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).