21. Math for Everyone as a Tool against Oppression with Nathaniel Stewart

About this episode

In this episode, Jabari Mahiri interviews Dr. Nathaniel Stewart about the role of math education in combating oppression.

transcript: tinyurl.com/elnepisode21 In this episode of Equity Leadership Now!, host Jabari Mahiri speaks with Dr. Nathaniel Stewart, Assistant Professor in the Education Policy and Leadership Program at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Stewart shares his academic training in educational policy and his research orientation toward critical educational policy analysis, anti-colonial epistemologies, Black critical theory, and critical quantitative methods. He differentiates between exclusionary,...

People in this episode

Host: Jabari Mahiri

Guest: Dr. Nathaniel Stewart

Topics covered

• math education
• oppression
• educational policy
• critical theory
• anti-colonial epistemologies

Keywords

• math for everyone
• educational policy
• critical quantitative methods
• Black critical theory
• anti-colonial epistemologies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Minnesota

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