This episode features Dr. Valin S. Jordan, Assistant Professor of Diversity Education at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr. Jordan believes in the strong commitments of teachers to understanding their narratives as raced, classed, gendered people in order to move the social justice needed. She has committed her areas of focus to curriculum theory, social justice education, and teacher identity.

You can connect with Dr. Jordan on her website https://www.yoga4socialjustice.org/ and on Instagram and on Twitter @yoga4socialjustice.

You can also reach her on email valin.jordan@louisiana.edu

Her book recommendation is Dreamkeepers by Gloria Ladson-Billings.

A website she recommends for engaging students in language is Flocabulary.

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