Experiential Commons

Experiential Commons

The official podcast of AERA SLEE Special Interest Group! Sharing the work of community engaged scholars and community partners across the world.

Episodes

Training Teachers as Advocates, Organizers, and Change Agents with Kathleen Riley and Elizabeth Soslau

March 7, 2022 • 33 mins
Join 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!
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Arts-based Literacy Instruction Through Poetry with Nile Stanley | Episode 20

December 1, 2021 • 22 mins
Today 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 sc...
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Keeping Digital Service-Learning Critical with Ashley Patterson and Emily Nemeth | Episode 32

December 1, 2021 • 36 mins
We 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 with...
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Community as Intellectual Spaces: Developing Collaborative, Dialogic, and Transformative Research Communities with Laura Johnson |Episode 44

November 15, 2021 • 41 mins
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Service Abroad: Global Citizenship Development through Human Connections in the Host Country with Dr. O’Keefe and Anna Zak | Episode 42

November 15, 2021 • 21 mins
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Service Learning as Activism: Teachers Learn to Shift Power and Make Space for Student Voice with Elizabeth Soslau | Episode 43

November 15, 2021 • 27 mins
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John Dewey, Critical Service-Learning, and the Struggle for Racial Justice with Joanne Tien | Episode 41

November 15, 2021 • 32 mins
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Integrating Service-Learning into Undergraduate Teacher Education Courses with Heather Smith | Episode 17

November 8, 2021 • 23 mins
Today'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 ne...
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Service-Learning and Experiential Education within the Health Professions with Dustin Morris | Episode 8

November 8, 2021 • 27 mins
Calling 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!
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Global Consciousness in a Global Service Learning Program to Costa Rica with Michelle Ohanian | Episode 40

March 23, 2021 • 24 mins
In 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.
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Service Sustainability and the Outsider-Insider Dynamic with Ishita Pillai | Episode 38

December 18, 2020 • 35 mins
We 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.
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Infusing Service from Elementary to Secondary Education with Tiwana Merritt | Episode 37

December 9, 2020 • 33 mins
Kicking 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 div...
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Resilience-building and Mutual Respect during COVID-19 with Marcia Winter | Episode 36

November 18, 2020 • 37 mins
Today, 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 stu...
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Campus Election Engagement Project with Amanda and Christian | Episode 34

October 15, 2020 • 14 mins
Election Day is coming up soon -- today, Christian and Amanda discuss ways to get your students engaged in voting!
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Writing Our Way Out: Service-Learning without Direct Institutional Support with Dave Coogan | Episode 33

October 8, 2020 • 31 mins
Today 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 hi...
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The Infusion of Service-Learning into Teacher Education Programs with Ithel Jones | Episode 31

October 2, 2020 • 11 mins
In 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 cu...
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The Exploration of Experiential Education and Community-based Learning with Jody Nicholson and Dan Richard | Episode 29

September 2, 2020 • 28 mins
Tune 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.
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Digital Preservation through the Virtual Curation Lab with Bernard Means | Episode 28

August 26, 2020 • 21 mins
We'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 s...
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The Institutionalization of Service-Learning and Effects of Militarization with Colleen Rost-Banik and Carmine Perroti | Episode 27

May 19, 2020 • 31 mins
Tune 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 t...
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Addressing Issues and Problems in Diverse Contexts through Research and Local Knowledge with Laura Ruth Johnson | Episode 25

May 12, 2020 • 24 mins
Puerto 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 pr...
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