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About Nancy Yan
Nancy Yan received her PhD in folklore from The Ohio State University and taught First Year Writing, Comparative Studies, and Asian American studies for several years before returning to organizing work.
NBN Episodes hosted by Nancy:
August 20, 2021
Overthrowing the Queen
It is a familiar story: A recipient of public assistance funds is caught buying expensive steaks, seafood, or other luxury foods with food stamps at t…
July 6, 2021
Yo' Mama, Mary Mack, and Boudreaux and Thibodeaux
Children’s folklore is simultaneously a conservator of tradition and a site for creativity and innovation. For over five decades, Dr. Jeanne Pitre So…
January 25, 2021
Pussy Hats, Politics, and Public Protest
On January 21, 2017, the day after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, hundreds of cities in the U.S. and across the globe organized Women’s Mar…
December 4, 2020
When They Blew the Levee
The town of Pinhook in Missouri was founded in the 1940s by southern Black farmers who were looking for land that they could purchase and own in the f…
September 18, 2020
Quinceañera Style
A quinceañera is a traditional fifteenth birthday celebration for young women (though in contemporary times, it can also be for young men) in many Lat…