The Edge of Empathy, Apathy and Education: August Smith

August Smith is a doctoral student in sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY. 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.