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Lean Semesters: How Higher Education Reproduces Inequity – Q&A with author Sekile M. Nzinga
Why did you write Lean Semesters: How Higher Education Reproduces Inequity? I wrote this book to map neoliberalism in action and to expose the opaque market practices of contemporary higher education institutions that are compounding inequality for Black women...
Defending Privilege – Q&A with author Nicole Mansfield Wright
Some reviewers have described Defending Privilege as an explainer of the historical roots of our current political warfare. How does your book illuminate current events?These days, government leaders, cable hosts, journalists, and protestors are battling to...
Race and the Urban Landscape: The Historical and Social Impact of Skyscrapers with Adrienne Brown
The skyscraper is certainly not an understudied building typology. It has received plenty of scholarly attention in the century-and-a-half of its existence. A recent search for skyscrapers in the Library of Congress catalog resulted in 391 listings, which...