Reducing Inequality Network (RIN) Scholar
August Smith is a doctoral student in sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Their research broadly looks at race and racism in U.S. education. Their past research looked at the racial achievement gaps in Atlanta-area high schools. Smith’s current work uses critical race theory to investigate differences in students’ and teachers’ perceptions of their school with the goal of better understanding the impacts of culturally-sustaining empathetic practices. The overarching goal of their research is to understand how teachers and students can resist and subvert white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and capitalist exploitation.
