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Collective Intellectualities is a program that explores issues related to education within our world today. Convivial discussions with a diverse group of scholars, from different places in the world, engaging with different theoretical traditions, from multiple epistemological viewpoints on education, culture, politics, ecology, and related issues. Hosted by Amy Sojot and Alex Means. We are produced in conjunction with the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, their new digital venture PESA Agora, and the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory. || Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia - https://pesa.org.au/ || PESA Agora - https://pesaagora.com/ || Educational Philosophy and Theory - https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rept20/current

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2 Nicole Nguyen - Security, Geopolitics, and Education

March 07, 2021 • Alex and Amy • Season 1 • Episode 2

Nicole Nguyen, an Associate Professor of Social Foundations of Education at the University of Illinois-Chicago, joins us this episode to talk about security, geopolitics, and education. Through ethnography, her research critically examines national security issues, war, and militarization in US schools. She has two books out both on University of Minesota press: A Curriculum of Fear: Homeland security in US public schools, which received the 2017 Globe Book Award from the American Association of Geographers, and most recently, her 2019 book, Suspect communities: Anti-Muslim racism and the domestic war on terror.

Links to Nicole Nguyen’s books:

A Curriculum of Fear: Homeland Security in US Public Schools. (2016). University of Minnesota Press.

https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/a-curriculum-of-fear

Suspect Communities: Anti-Muslim Racism and the Domestic War on Terror. (2019). University of Minnesota Press.

https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/suspect-communities