Anna K Wood
Biographic Data
| ID | 94023 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna K Wood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna K |
| FAMILY NAME | Wood |
| SIGNATURE | WOOD A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan School of Social Work , 1080 S. University Avenue Ann Arbor , MI 48109 |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1496-4479 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“It’s Like a Nice Atmosphere”—Understanding Physics Students’ Experiences of a Flipped Classroom Through the Lens of Transactional Distance Theory
In this paper, physics students’ experiences of a flipped, active learning physics class are explored through the lens of transactional distance theory (TDT). Transactional distance (TD) is the psychological and communicative distance that may arise between students and their teacher in learning environments such as large classes. TD has been shown to have a negative impact on students’ satisfaction, engagement, and learning outcomes, yet there i…
Frontline Worker Discretion in the For‐Profit Banking Industry
In April and May 2020, the United States banking industry approved over $650 billion in federal relief funds as part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Since then, extensive evidence of discriminatory lending has been revealed by investigative journalism and academic studies. Our study is based on 41 interviews with frontline banking professionals conducted during the days and weeks of the PPP rollout. We find that under the crisis conditi…
Fintech as invasive infrastructure
Financial technologies or 'fintech'-an array of digital technologies ranging from mobile banking and digital payment systems to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies-are heralded for solving problems of access to financial products and services and improving people's participation in the economy. However, we contend that fintech is an invasive infrastructure by learning from Indigenous theorizing of oil and gas pipelines alongside concepts…
Credit Scoring as a Carceral Practice
Financial education as political education
The ability of individual-level interventions to improve people’s financial conditions is compromised when the root causes of precarity develop at systems levels. While it can be a challenge to intervene at the systems-level, we contend that one approach is for social work and allied professions to treat financial education as political education. Building on the activist organizing approaches of Paulo Freire and the Black feminist scholarship of…
Doubling Down on Racial Capitalism during Covid-19
The COVID-19 Pandemic Recession has revealed examples of systematic discrimination within a wide range of industries, including banking. Using data from interviews conducted with bank employees in March and April 2020, we explore how private banks exemplify racialized organizations and operate within the broader economic system of racial capitalism that prioritizes pursuit of profits over the interests of their customers. We explain how the banki…
Fintech as invasive infrastructure
Financial technologies or 'fintech'-an array of digital technologies ranging from mobile banking and digital payment systems to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies-are heralded for solving problems of access to financial products and services and improving people's participation in the economy. However, we contend that fintech is an invasive infrastructure by learning from Indigenous theorizing of oil and gas pipelines alongside concepts…
Credit Scoring as a Carceral Practice
Financial education as political education
The ability of individual-level interventions to improve people’s financial conditions is compromised when the root causes of precarity develop at systems levels. While it can be a challenge to intervene at the systems-level, we contend that one approach is for social work and allied professions to treat financial education as political education. Building on the activist organizing approaches of Paulo Freire and the Black feminist scholarship of…
Doubling Down on Racial Capitalism during Covid-19
The COVID-19 Pandemic Recession has revealed examples of systematic discrimination within a wide range of industries, including banking. Using data from interviews conducted with bank employees in March and April 2020, we explore how private banks exemplify racialized organizations and operate within the broader economic system of racial capitalism that prioritizes pursuit of profits over the interests of their customers. We explain how the banki…
Doubling Down on Racial Capitalism during Covid-19
The COVID-19 Pandemic Recession has revealed examples of systematic discrimination within a wide range of industries, including banking. Using data from interviews conducted with bank employees in March and April 2020, we explore how private banks exemplify racialized organizations and operate within the broader economic system of racial capitalism that prioritizes pursuit of profits over the interests of their customers. We explain how the banki…
Financial education as political education
The ability of individual-level interventions to improve people’s financial conditions is compromised when the root causes of precarity develop at systems levels. While it can be a challenge to intervene at the systems-level, we contend that one approach is for social work and allied professions to treat financial education as political education. Building on the activist organizing approaches of Paulo Freire and the Black feminist scholarship of…
Frontline Worker Discretion in the For‐Profit Banking Industry
In April and May 2020, the United States banking industry approved over $650 billion in federal relief funds as part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Since then, extensive evidence of discriminatory lending has been revealed by investigative journalism and academic studies. Our study is based on 41 interviews with frontline banking professionals conducted during the days and weeks of the PPP rollout. We find that under the crisis conditi…
Fintech as invasive infrastructure
Financial technologies or 'fintech'-an array of digital technologies ranging from mobile banking and digital payment systems to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies-are heralded for solving problems of access to financial products and services and improving people's participation in the economy. However, we contend that fintech is an invasive infrastructure by learning from Indigenous theorizing of oil and gas pipelines alongside concepts…
Credit Scoring as a Carceral Practice
“It’s Like a Nice Atmosphere”—Understanding Physics Students’ Experiences of a Flipped Classroom Through the Lens of Transactional Distance Theory
In this paper, physics students’ experiences of a flipped, active learning physics class are explored through the lens of transactional distance theory (TDT). Transactional distance (TD) is the psychological and communicative distance that may arise between students and their teacher in learning environments such as large classes. TD has been shown to have a negative impact on students’ satisfaction, engagement, and learning outcomes, yet there i…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Capitalism (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Finance (2 works)