Allison Harbin, PhD

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Gay Art History

September 15, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: I talk about the revelatory impact of Bell hooks' Teaching to Transgress and how it taught me how to be a fully engaged educator.

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September 15, 2021 /Allison Harbin
equity in higher education, queer students, gay students, LGBTQ+ issues in education, LGBTQ+ curriculum, art history, systemic racism in education, Black lives matter, Black students matter, educational equity, decolonize your classroom, teaching as activism, education activism
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The Venn Diagram of White Privilege and Academics: How We Hate Women

March 19, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: Society tends to hate women, and the maddening experience of being victim-blamed, being gaslit, and having your experiences trivialized.

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March 19, 2021 /Allison Harbin
equity in higher education, queer students, gay students, LGBTQ+ issues in education, LGBTQ+ curriculum, art history, systemic racism in education, Black lives matter, Black students matter, educational equity, decolonize your classroom, teaching as activism, education activism
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Unlearning Art History

December 02, 2020 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post, I talk about my evolution as a person both through and beyond my PhD in art history, why the concept of the “canon” is racist and sexist since the grant majority of “canonical” artists are but white and male. And how Kimberle Crenshaw's "intersectional feminism" is the only canon I answer to. Screw Paul Gauguin.

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December 02, 2020 /Allison Harbin
equity in higher education, queer students, gay students, LGBTQ+ issues in education, LGBTQ+ curriculum, art history, systemic racism in education, Black lives matter, Black students matter, educational equity, decolonize your classroom, teaching as activism, education activism
Systemic Problems In Ed
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