Nicholas Psarakis

Interviewer

Eli Bastiaansen

Interviewee

Nicholas Psarakis

Pronouns

he/him

Location

Cole SBS, CO

Place of Birth

New Milford, CT

Birth Date

June 24, 1970

Gender

♂ Male

Education

BA, MA

College

Title + Work/ Occupational Experience

High School Educator
Colorado Springs, CO

Secondary History Teacher, Academy School, Colorado Springs, CO

Connection with Black Lives Matter

sd a Black History class in a large Suburban high school in middle of BLM emergence

Connection with Interviewer

former history teacher of his

What else?

family connections also back to early--20th-century Exluhvena Tnd relatives who were in Tulsa during 1921 pace riot: have been in close contact with living relatives in that area with whom I have discussed Tuisa's ongoing reckoning with that event since the 1990s.

Date of the Interview

November 17, 2023

November 20, 2023

Key Terms

Echo-Chambers: Echo chambers use social media and the news cycle to circulate and amplify preexisting beliefs within an insulated system independent from opposing opinions and perspectives, often leading to confirmation bias.

John Lewis: An American civil rights leader and politician, John Lewis was the chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a 1965 march in Selma, Alabama that helped to catalyze the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Duration of Interview

1 hour, 41 minutes, 12 seconds

Interview Records:

Abstract, Field Notes & Transcription