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Davin Phoenix

@davinphoenix.bsky.social

Assoc. Prof, UC Irvine Political Science | UMich PhD | He Him | My 1st book, The Anger Gap: t.co/x0Cd1vxiAi?amp=1 | Working on the 2nd one: something about love

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I've long been an admirer of Christian Grose, and I've appreciated the personal interactions I've had with him. He's produced rigorous & impactful research that highlights the value that representatives of color bring to the table. He's driven by no other agenda than getting the research right.

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I AM DELUSIONAL

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We analyze the show’s ideological collapse between the left & the far right as we raise the question: when output of the nation’s largest media empire labels young people engaged in very real social movement struggles as terrorists, what possibilities fall away from our political imagination?

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Our chapter, Redemption, Radicals, and Race, interrogates how the MCU’s "The Falcon & The Winter Soldier" series frames the villains--a multi-racial youth-led movement whose politics resonate w/ Occupy, BLM, Standing Rock, & pro-Palestine movements--as a terroristic on par w/ superpowered villains

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Also want to highlight my collaboration w/ Isabel Gonzales of UVA (& 1 of my favorite writers) in the edited volume “Terrorism in Youth Popular Culture.” rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...

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Terrorism in Youth Popular Culture: Teaching the Next Generation from the Cold War to the Present

This book examines the representation of terrorists and terrorisms in films, television shows, books, video games, and other popular cultural formats aimed at children and young adults to reveal t...

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Thinking about what enactment of radical visions of change to the education system could look like. Something like what the Panthers imagined. Which often resonates with what many contemporary critical pedagogues imagine. Thinking about how this kind of system would instruct & uplift Mahmoud Khalil

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Thinking about the different forms of violence that the education system, as part of a larger sociopolitical ecosystem, inflicts on students who dare to exist, think, speak out, and/or move outside of its edicts and values, no matter how hypocritical those edicts and values are.

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Our first piece, Spaces of Learning: Pedagogy and Movement Building Within the BPP is viewable now via Open Access in The Annals of the American Association of Geographers. We grapple w/ how the Party situated its approach to praxis w/in local & figurative space www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Spaces of Learning: Pedagogy and Movement Building Within the Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Party (BPP) engaged in a total struggle for liberation. Through engaging in a multitactical struggle, the BPP revolutionized multiple aspects of daily life to organize the masses ...

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Davin Phoenix @davinphoenix.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Found my Bluesky password & thought I’d highlight some recent work. UCI urban planning & policy PhD Ian Ross & I have been exploring the pedagogy of the Black Panther Party. Their building of schooling models that foster curiosity & dissent over conformity & obedience feel especially timely now.

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