Dr. Ramon Stephens, co-founder and Executive Director of The Conscious Kid, is an assistant professor at San Jose State University, a former a postdoctoral JEDI fellow at Stanford University, and a member of the Stanford Black Academic Development Lab. He received his PhD in Education Studies from the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Stephens brings 20 years of experience in equity, diversity and inclusion work. His research focuses on identity and sense of belonging for children and adults. At Stanford, Dr. Stephens is a recipient of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and inclusion award and the excellence in Community Service award from the Black Community Service Center for excellence in teaching, research, service and community service.
At UC San Diego Dr. Stephens was a UC President’s fellow, S.E.E.D fellow and a recent recipient of the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) teaching award. His work supports equity based research, teaching, and collaborative partnerships that foster cultural responsiveness, high impact teaching practices, and organizational change. Ramon has presented his research at conferences including Stanford’s Race, Inequality, Language and Education (RILE), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME).
An Interview with Aisha Karefa-Smart on James Baldwin’s Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood
In this interview, Aisha Karefa-Smart, author and niece of James Baldwin, speaks with TCK about her uncle’s one and only children’s book, Little Man, Little Man, and shares about her relationship with her beloved “Uncle Jimmy.”