Becky Thompson: podcast appearances and interviews

Becky Thompson is a United States-based scholar, activist, poet, and yoga teacher. She serves as a professor of sociology at Simmons University in the College of Social Sciences, Policy and Practice. In addition to her academic work, she teaches yoga at the Dorchester YMCA in Boston. Since 2015, Thompson has been engaged in human rights advocacy in Greece, working with individuals from Syria, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Somalia. She has authored and edited several books including Teaching with Tenderness, Survivors on the Yoga Mat, and A Promise and a Way of Life. Her contributions to literature and activism have earned her awards such as the Ex Ophidia Poetry Prize and the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award. Thompson has also been involved in seminars organized by the International Women's Partnership for Peace and Justice in Chiang Mai, Thailand.