Communication and Identity in the Classroom

Daniel S. Strasser is associate professor of gender and family communication at Rowan University.

• Preface by Bernadette Marie CalafellIntroduction: Communication and Identity in the Classroom: Intersectional Perspectives of Critical PedagogyDaniel S. StrasserSECTION ONE: Autoethnographic Accounts of Critical, Intersectional PedagogyChapter OneFinding Space and Place within the Ivory Tower: Conversations on Intersectionality, Voice and Silence Tomeka M. Robinson and Jahnasia Booker Chapter Two You Are Not My Child, I Am Not Your Parent: A Case Against the Infantilization of Students Meggie Mapes and Benny LeMaster Chapter ThreeEmpath(olog)ic Pedagogy: An Autoethnography of Health, Class, and the ClassroomBrandi LawlessChapter Four “Bad Hombre” in the Classroom: Pedagogical Politics of Performing “Brown Man” in a Conservative Time Antonio De La Garza and Andrew R. SpieldennerChapter FiveWhat Difference Does it Make?: Navigating the Privileged Halls of Academia as a Queer Black Woman ProfessorElizabeth WhittingtonChapter SixTeaching While Vulnerable: Connection throu

This powerful, inclusive, and timely collection of critical essays engage the meaningful ways educators bring to bear their intersectional identities through critical pedagogy, consequently transforming the classroom (physical, virtual, or otherwise) into sites for social change. This collection offers diverse accounts of intersectional experiences that include moments of success, failure, reflection, privilege, oppression, empathy, and growth. This book deserves to be in the repertoire of any teacher invested in developing a more holistic and critical understanding of how we can center social justice, self-reflexivity, vulnerability, and care to create a more ethically engaged pedagogy fueled by radical love.