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Experiential CommonsTraining Teachers as Advocates, Organizers, and Change Agents with Kathleen Riley and Elizabeth SoslauJoin us as we chat with Dr. Kathleen Riley (Westchester University of Pennsylvania) and Dr. Elizabeth Soslau (University of Delaware) about the amazing work they are doing with Need Indeed and schools, teachers, and students in Philadelphia - utilizing a powerful teacher network model to train educators as advocates, organizers, and change agents!2022-03-0733 min
Experiential CommonsArts-based Literacy Instruction Through Poetry with Nile Stanley | Episode 20Today we are very excited to share our interview with Dr. Nile Stanley from University of North Florida. Since 1999, Dr. Stanley has been a professor and poet in residence in five urban Jacksonville elementary schools. He teaches literacy methods and he and his pre-service educators utilize arts-based literacy instruction through poetry! We hope you enjoy the story of Nile's journey and are as inspired as we are by his impact in schools and communities.2021-12-0222 min
Experiential CommonsKeeping Digital Service-Learning Critical with Ashley Patterson and Emily Nemeth | Episode 32We welcome Dr. Ashley Patterson from Penn State and Dr. Emily Nemeth from Denison! With Christian, they give advice for new faculty on incorporating service-learning at a new institution with a new community context, explain the difference between service-learning and critical service-learning, and discuss possibilities for keeping digital service-learning critical, knowledge production, multimodality in class projects, living within the systems we're critiquing, and incorporating empathy into every part of our academic lives.Additionally, we get to hear about the book they are working on, which touches on service-learning that focuses on power, navigating institutional boundaries of learning, the untapped...2021-12-0236 min
Experiential CommonsCommunity as Intellectual Spaces: Developing Collaborative, Dialogic, and Transformative Research Communities with Laura Johnson |Episode 442021-11-1541 minExperiential CommonsService Abroad: Global Citizenship Development through Human Connections in the Host Country with Dr. O’Keefe and Anna Zak | Episode 422021-11-1521 minExperiential CommonsService Learning as Activism: Teachers Learn to Shift Power and Make Space for Student Voice with Elizabeth Soslau | Episode 432021-11-1527 minExperiential CommonsJohn Dewey, Critical Service-Learning, and the Struggle for Racial Justice with Joanne Tien | Episode 412021-11-1532 min
Experiential CommonsIntegrating Service-Learning into Undergraduate Teacher Education Courses with Heather Smith | Episode 17Today's episode features Dr. Heather Haynes Smith of Trinity University (2014 NSEE Fellow), discussing her integration of service-learning into an undergraduate teacher education course focused on learners with exceptionalities in schools and society. Listen in as Heather shares her insights on SL as a valued part of teacher education and the benefits of strong community partnerships! BONUS: This is part one of a "two-for" - the next episode will feature one of Heather's service-learning partners, Sarah Coulombe from CAMP CAMP San Antonio.2021-11-0823 min
Experiential CommonsService-Learning and Experiential Education within the Health Professions with Dustin Morris | Episode 8Calling all Health Professions folks! Listen in with Dr. Duston Morris, discussing the impact of service-learning and experiential education within the Health Professions. From internal collaborations to 'breaking the mold', you'll definitely find this convo worth a listen!2021-11-0827 min
Experiential CommonsGlobal Consciousness in a Global Service Learning Program to Costa Rica with Michelle Ohanian | Episode 40In today's episode of our "Meet our Presenters" series, we chat with Dr. Michelle Ohanian from Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland. Dr. Ohanian discusses her recent work titled, "Global Consciousness in a Global Service Learning Program to Costa Rica", and how COVID-19 has impacted relationships with global partners, the challenges of being a SL pioneer, and the benefits of experiential education.2021-03-2324 min
Experiential CommonsService Sustainability and the Outsider-Insider Dynamic with Ishita Pillai | Episode 38We are joined by Ishita Pillai, a graduate of the American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ) in South Africa, for the second episode of our three-part series with AISJ! Ish shares about doing service sustainably, adapting service with the community who is benefiting from it, how she balances the outsider-insider dynamic, and her experiences at AISJ and University of Chicago, where she is now a freshman.2020-12-1835 min
Experiential CommonsInfusing Service from Elementary to Secondary Education with Tiwana Merritt | Episode 37Kicking off a three-part series from the American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ) in South Africa, we're hearing from Tiwana Merritt, PreK-12 Service Learning Coordinator and Teaching & Learning Coach at AISJ. With Dr. Christian Winterbottom, Tiwana shares about her role as an educator, her experience in leadership and team-building, and ideas and challenges of infusing service in elementary, middle, and high school divisions.2020-12-0933 min
Experiential CommonsResilience-building and Mutual Respect during COVID-19 with Marcia Winter | Episode 36Today, we have the delight of hearing from Dr. Marcia Winter, one of the winners of this year's Excellence in Service-Learning Faculty Award from Virginia Commonwealth University! With Dr. Amanda Hall, Dr. Winter discusses resilience-building, COVID-19's affect on families and children, the process of teaching and learning with community engagement, and the importance of mutual respect between faculty and community partners for student success.2020-11-1837 min
Experiential CommonsCampus Election Engagement Project with Amanda and Christian | Episode 34Election Day is coming up soon -- today, Christian and Amanda discuss ways to get your students engaged in voting!2020-10-1514 min
Experiential CommonsWriting Our Way Out: Service-Learning without Direct Institutional Support with Dave Coogan | Episode 33Today on the podcast, we have one of the recipients of this year's Excellence in Service-Learning Faculty Award from Virginia Commonwealth University, Dr. David Coogan! With Dr. Christian Winterbottom, he discusses the inception and process of Writing Our Way Out, a collective of formally incarcerated writers that he leads through memoir-writing. They also dive into doing service-learning without direct institutional support and his most recent effort to divert community members with low-level offenses from the courts to the classroom.2020-10-0831 min
Experiential CommonsThe Infusion of Service-Learning into Teacher Education Programs with Ithel Jones | Episode 31In today's episode, we welcome Dr. Ithel Jones, professor in the School of Teacher Education at Florida State University! Fun fact: Dr. Jones was part of the reason Christian was brought to service-learning years ago. They discuss infusing service-learning into teacher education programs and public school pedagogy, Dr. Jones' advice for faculty and doctoral students who want to incorporate service-learning in their work, and his current research about leveraging service-learning to build positive relationships in the classroom.2020-10-0211 min
Experiential CommonsThe Exploration of Experiential Education and Community-based Learning with Jody Nicholson and Dan Richard | Episode 29Tune in to today's episode with guests Dr. Jody Nicholson and Dr. Dan Richard from the University of North Florida! Interviewed by Christian, they discuss how they found experiential education and community-based learning, and the behind-the-scenes process of the trio's new book, Community-Based Transformational Learning: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Into Student Experiences and Challenges.2020-09-0328 min
Experiential CommonsDigital Preservation through the Virtual Curation Lab with Bernard Means | Episode 28We're excited to share our interview with Dr. Bernard Means, assistant professor of anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Director of the Virtual Curation Lab! The Lab's goal is to share the world's cultural heritage through 3D scanning and printing. Dr. Means and Amanda discuss digital preservation that makes history and culture accessible and engaging, scientific literacy, and the most interesting things he's scanned!2020-08-2621 min
Experiential CommonsThe Institutionalization of Service-Learning and Effects of Militarization with Colleen Rost-Banik and Carmine Perroti | Episode 27Tune in for this rich and deep episode that teases out neoliberalism, the institutionalization of service-learning, and the roots and effects of militarization and surveillance on campuses.Co-hosted with Dr. Amanda Hall and Santosha Veera, this episode features Dr. Colleen Rost-Banik of the University of Hawaii system and Carmine Perroti, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota, discussing their accepted AERA scholarship titled, "Service-Learning's Inconvenient Connection to Military Service."2020-05-1931 min
Experiential CommonsAddressing Issues and Problems in Diverse Contexts through Research and Local Knowledge with Laura Ruth Johnson | Episode 25Puerto Rico, Taiwan, and Chicago...all locations positively impacted by the collaborative work of today's guest, Dr. Laura Ruth Johnson from Northern Illinois University. Author of the book, “Community-based Qualitative Research: Approaches for Education and the Social Sciences”, Dr. Johnson has spent her career exploring and supporting the experiences and beliefs of Latina adolescent mothers, mentorship and school-based support programs for young mothers, and youth civic engagement within minoritized communities.2020-05-1224 min
Experiential CommonsBeyond "Critical" Instruction: The Challenges of Addressing Social Hierarchies Through Service Learning: Taphy, Roudy, and Charla|Episode 23Today's episode features an eye-opening interview with Tafadzwa Tivaringe, Dr. Roudy Hildreth, and Charla Lello Agnoletti of UC-Boulder's CU ENGAGE, highlighting their award-winning AERA submission focused on the need for critical service-learning to address the subtle mechanisms in which social hierarchies are enacted in community-based learning. Co-authors Taphy and Roudy are the recipients of the 2020 AERA SLEE SIG OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD for this valuable work conducted in partnership with Charla and the Public Achievement program. If you've asked yourself "as critical scholars, where do we go from here?", make sure to tune in to this interview as their...2020-05-0653 min
Experiential CommonsThe Power and Possibility for Place and Community to Better Prepare Preservice Teachers with Beale, Burrow, Wagnon, & Cross | Episode 22Listen in as we chat with Drs. Heather Olson-Beal, Lauren Burrow, Amber Wagnon, and Chrissy Cross - women faculty disrupting the status quo around community-engaged scholarship and promotion and tenure!2020-04-3046 min
Experiential CommonsExploring Service-learning in a Digital World: Reconstructing Pedagogical Practices with Suzanne Ehrlich & Christian Winterbottom|Episode 21For our inaugural episode, listen in as Dr. Suzanne Ehrlich Burns and Dr. Christian Winterbottom from UNF discuss digital service learning and teacher education, especially in the time of COVID-19, including a focus on crisis vs. planned e-service-learning, long-term implications, and can empathy go virtual?2020-04-2642 min
Experiential CommonsTransitioning Courses into Service-Learning Courses with Whitney Payne & John Gallagher | Episode 19Today's episode features co-facilitators Whitney Payne and Dr. John Gallagher from University of Arkansas's School of Social Work, sharing insight into their conversion of a social work practice class to include a service-learning component. If you've ever wondered about transitioning your own course into an SL course, check this session out!2020-04-0927 min
Experiential CommonsCollaborative Impaction with Folks from Cedar Valley in Northern Iowa | Episode 16Tune in to today's episode featuring four lovely folks from the Cedar Valley in Northern Iowa - their partnership is a true testament of genuine reciprocity and collaborative impact!2020-04-0631 min
Experiential CommonsCultivating the Power of the Written Word for Community Transformation with Laura Gray | Episode 15Laura, from University of Arkansas, is a scholar, poet, and globetrotter...leading students at home and abroad to cultivate the power of the written word for community transformation.2020-03-0424 min
Experiential CommonsDecentralizing Traditional Models of Service-Learning with Claire King | Episode 14During this week's podcast episode, Dr. Claire King, Associate Professor, Guttman Community College at CUNY in New York, shares her insight about rethinking the idea of which communities students work within SLEE (and where those communities are located) - a notion of decentralizing traditional models of service learning to give students agency to address issues in the neighborhoods in which they live, not solely within the physical location surrounding where they attend school. Feel free to reach out to Dr. King to learn more about her work and about NY CARES.2020-02-2627 min
Experiential CommonsSocial Justice Pedagogy Through Experiential Education with Adam Frank | Episode 13Imagine a world in which a county Judge sentences juvenile offenders to....theater! This is exactly what's happening in Arkansas as Dr. Adam Frank and his students participate in arts-based, social justice pedagogy through experiential education, striving to empower kids on probation! Listen to this week's episode as Adam and I discuss the amazing work at UCA Schedler Honors College between faulty, students, and community partners.2020-02-1929 min
Experiential CommonsPaying it Forward in Huntsville, Texas with Benita Brooks | Episode 12This week, we are excited to speak with Dr. Benita Tangie Dillard-Brooks, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within the College of Education at Sam Houston State University. If you are interested in learning how faculty, students, and community members/partners rally together to provide support in one of America's "prison towns", then definitely give this episode a listen!2020-02-1228 min
Experiential CommonsDisrupting Neoliberal Understanding of EE with Sarah King | Episode 9Listen in as Lynn introduces Dr. Sarah King, Director of Experiential Education at University of New Brunswick. Sarah is an advocate, activist, and champion - working to disrupt the neoliberal understandings of EE with a more community-centered focus that foregrounds students' civic development.2020-01-1550 min