Theresa Austin, professor of critical educational linguistics in the College of Education’s language, literacy and culture concentration, has co-edited a new book released this month, “Towards Building Anti-Racist Communities: A Focus on Intersectionalities.”

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The book, published by Channel View Publications, invites readers to undertake active leadership addressing equity in their own contexts. Aimed at educators and community members seeking to build an anti-racist society, the book examines lived teaching and researching experiences which illustrate and challenge the inequities that arise in classrooms with diverse student bodies. Austin and her co-editor, NYU-Steinhardt associate professor Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, bring together academic analyses that draw on the constructs of intersectionality and complexity to examine complex issues of race, language variety, religious practice, educational background, social status, family relationships, institutional and local context and historical memory.

Using honest and transparent reflection on actual experiences, the book invites readers to bravely acknowledge the political and practical constraints they face, critically assess their own practice, and from this develop authentic pedagogies and relevant practical actions to better serve the communities within which they live and work.

For more information, or to order the book, visit Channel View’s website.