{"id":13818,"date":"2021-02-17T10:55:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/?p=13818"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:59:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:59:37","slug":"nida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/nida\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Worku Nida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Worku Nida
\n<\/strong>Developing African Studies Initiative Participant<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"Department:<\/strong> Anthropology
\nRank:<\/strong> Assistant Teaching Professor of Anthropology
\n# of years at UCR:<\/strong> This is my 5th year.
\nTop three texts I would take to a desert island:<\/strong> 1) Mediocre, by Ijeoma Oluo, which I am reading now; 2) A Promised Land, by Barack Obama, 3) WE WANT TO DO MORE THAN SURVIVE, by Bettina Love.
\nFavorite activities:<\/strong> Tennis in sport, music (Ethio-jazz, various ethnic music), love museums and open-markets, walking, kitfo (Ethiopian dish)
\nSomething people might be amazed to know about me:<\/strong> That I have a multiracial and multicultural family.
\nAn \u201cadventure\u201d I am looking forward to, post-pandemic:<\/strong> My wife and I have a plan to have a large out-door post-pandemic party.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Seals greet Worku on his morning walk near the marina.<\/p><\/div>\n

Q: Your research agenda summed up in one sentence: <\/strong><\/h3>\n

My research examines how people craft their identities through migration, entrepreneurship, and diasporic processes.<\/p>\n

Q: Is there a main focus or issue your work is trying to explore?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The central question my research addresses is how identities are formed and shaping people\u2019s life chances.<\/p>\n

Q: What can you tell us about your current project?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My current project is investigating the so-called \u201crandom\u201d police searches in high schools and students resistance against such policy in LA.<\/p>\n

Q: What led you to this topic?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This project evolved from my voluntary teaching cultural anthropology to disadvantaged minority students at an alternative high school in LA.<\/p>\n

Q: What do you love about your work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Teaching, and helping my students develop critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n

Q: Is there a tool or resource that helps teach this important skill in a “virtual” classroom? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Critical Thinking Writing assignments where students engage course materials in juxtaposition with their own lived experiences.<\/p>\n

Q: What would you change about the academy, if you could?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I would allocate a lot resources to make it more meaningful and accessible to all types of students, especially, those who are disadvantaged and marginalized.<\/p>\n

Q: What is the most important thing that professors learn in the classroom?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

One of the most valuable lessons I gained from teaching is that I can learn a great deal from my students.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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