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Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are
Thursday, 10 July, 2025
We speak with Dr. Dawn Hicks Tafari, Professor of Education and Coordinator of Elementary Education at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Dawn is author of "The Journey of Kamau Miller: Hip Hop Composite Counter Stories for Black Men Teachers." She uses hip hop as a way to communicate with students and composite counter stories to communicate beyond the academy. TranscriptClick here to see the full transcription of this episode. References- The Journey of Kamau Miller: Hip Hop Composite Stories for Black Men Teachers, book by Dawn Tafari - If we treated teachers like Pro Athletes by Key & Peele on YouTube - Wet Dreams by J. Cole on YouTube Soundtrack by Poddington Bear