References and suggested readings:

• The Wild Robot
• Hoppers
• Jonathan Hauser’s website and LinkedIn

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On all things AKA

References and suggested readings:

• Deborah E. Whaley. 2010. Disciplining Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Cultural Politics of Black Sororities. SUNY Press.
• Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority documentary
• Stephanie Y. Evans. 2021. Black Women’s Yoga History: Memoirs of Inner Peace. SUNY Press.
• Deborah Whaley’s website, faculty page, and on Instagram at @dewhaley and @afrovegan.in.the.world

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References and suggested readings:

• Emma Taylor. 2026. An Elite Education: How Privilege Is Produced in a Private School. Princeton University Press.
• Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison. 2020. The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged. Policy Press.
• Michael Foucault. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison.
• Pierre Bourdieu and Loïc J D Wacquant. 1992. An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology. University of Chicago Press.
• Karen Gravett. 2024. Relational Pedagogies: Connections and Mattering in Higher Education. Bloomsbury Academic.
• Lauren White, Will Mason, Vicky Grant, Alison Romaine, Grace Cleary, and Shona Tulloch. April 2026. Towards a Pedagogy of Joy. British Journal of Sociology of Education.
• Emma Taylor’s LinkedIn

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