What is Internalized Oppression?
Event description
- Campus life
- Family friendly
- Open to the public
About the Event
Internalized oppression comes in many forms: internalized white supremacy, internalized ableism, internalized misogyny, internalized homophobia and many more. But what does it mean? A common definition is wherein people from marginalized communities internalize stereotypes, representations, and/or beliefs about themselves--and others like them--and the communities of which they themselves are a part.
This conversation unpacks multiple manifestations, experiences of and interventions regarding internalized oppression.
Panelists:
 | Shamara Wyllie Alhassan is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies with a focus on the Black experience in the Americas and in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Dr. Alhassan specializes in Rastafari Studies, Black radical epistemologies, Black women’s intellectual history, Africana philosophy and religion and decolonial research methods. Her current work on Africana women's radical epistemologies focuses on the ways Rastafari women use livity to build Pan-African communities and combat anti-black gendered racism, religious discrimination and racial capitalism in Ghana, Jamaica and Ethiopia. |
| Dr. Aaron Mallory is an Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Aaron’s research is concerned Black spatial production, Black Queer Health, and Black feminist knowledge production. Their research focuses on the ways Black communities are written out of places, spaces and landscapes and attempts to bring Black hidden or missing spatial contributions into view. Aaron is currently working on uncovering the missing geographies of Black communities in the United States South |
| Alisia (Giac-Thao) Tran is an associate professor in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology program at Arizona State University’s College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. She heads the Tran Ethnic and Minority Psychology and Experiences (TEMPE) Lab. Her research interests include modern experiences of discrimination (e.g., microaggressions), ethnic/racial/cultural socialization, sports and athletics, financial stress, and minority mental health. Her advocacy work is based in local and national Asian American communities and organizations, as well as in the Society for Counseling Psychology. |
| Terri Hlava holds a PhD in Education Psychology and is the personal human to Copper D. Hlava and Shay B. Hlava. They team teach Disability Studies and Justice Studies courses at Arizona State University and research children’s implicit theories of academic ability for self, others and other species. In 2007, Terri and her teammates co-founded H.A.B.I.T.A.T. (Human Animal Bond In Teaching And Therapies). Terri’s happy place is always in the company of dogs and most anywhere outdoors. |
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