Sharing Power with Professor Mónica Moreno Figueroa
In this episode, Anna invites Monica to discuss power, reflecting on their relationships and positions inside and outside academia. They cover a range of facets around power, including The definition of power, Avoiding exploitation, How do you know when to assert yourself? Sharing power and humility, The importance of establishing and maintaining relationships, Leadership is not just about obeying and The challenge of not following white supremacist principles.
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Podcast Guests
Professor Mónica Moreno Figueroa
Mónica G. Moreno Figueroa is a Black-mestiza, Mexican-British, Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. She is also a Fellow in Social Sciences at Downing College, Cambridge. Her research focusses on the intersectional lived experience of ‘race’ and racism in Mexico and Latin America; antiracism and academic-based impact; feminist theory, intersectionality and racism. A book edited with Peter Wade, Against racism: organizing for social change in Latin America (Pittsburgh University Press) was published in March 2022 based on their project on antiracist practices and discourses in Latin America, comparing experiences in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. Mónica has been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career fellowship 2022-23 for the project: “Internalised Oppression, Defensiveness and Resentment”. With Dr Ella McPherson she runs the End Everyday Racism project, a web-based platform to report and monitor racism in higher education. She has been the University of Cambridge Race Equality Co-Champion and a member of the University of Cambridge Legacies of Enslavement Advisory Board. Since 2010, alongside Emiko Saldívar and Judith Bautista, Mónica has co-led the Collective for the Elimination of Racism in Mexico, COPERA, a non-profit organization where activists and scholars work towards the elimination of racism in Mexico
