Quaker Leadings in Higher Education Series

Here are links to our past Quaker Leadings in Higher Education events. (For previous academic years, see our 2020-21 and 2021-22 archive pages.)

Index

December 20, 2022:
Complicating the Narrative: 
Being more neighborly in our pedagogy and our praxis

Grounded in a well-known TEDTalk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and their own experience as rural people, Jennifer and Andy raise up the “dangers of a single story” and some ways to help our students do the same in the stories they tell. 

Presenters:
Jennifer Elam
https://pendlehill.org/product/art-as-souls-sanctuary/
PhD Psychology
University of North Carolina
Retired School Psychologist
Writer and Workshop Leader

Andy Stanton-Henry
https://esr.earlham.edu/faculty-staff/andy-stanton-henry/
Master of Divinity
Associate Director
Quaker Leadership Center
Earlham School of Religion

Moderator:
Trayce N. Peterson
MA student/instructor
Human Rights Practice
University of Arizona

Here is a link to the flyer.

Here is a link to the video of the presentation.

Here is the agenda and edited chat text from the presentation.

Here is the link to Andy Stanton-Henry’s PowerPoint.

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November 29, 2022:
Understanding Contemplative Pedagogy:
Creating Practices that Sustain

In this workshop, we discuss the basics of Contemplative Pedagogy and break down four types of contemplative practices for how it is and can be used in classrooms.

Presenters:
Aleks Babić (they/them)
https://www.guilford.edu/multimedia/videos/2019/02/public-health-guilford-college-video
Assistant Professor
Chair/Coordinator, Department of Public Health
Guilford College

C. Wess Daniels (he/him)
https://gatheringinlight.com/
William R. Rogers Director
Friends Center and Quaker Studies
Guilford College

Moderator:
David R. Ross (he/him)
Research Professor
Department of Economics
Bryn Mawr College

Here is a link to the flyer.

Here is a link to the video of the presentation.

Here is the agenda and edited chat text from the presentation.

Here is the link to a resource website including a basic version of the PowerPoint.

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October 18, 2022:
The Soul of Higher Education:

Contemplative Pedagogy, Research, and Institutional Life for the 21st Century

How does the current dominant epistemology in higher education mitigate against contemplative teaching, learning, and research? How can a contemplative culture be nurtured in the classroom?

Presenters:
Margaret Benefiel, Ph. D. 
Executive Director
Shalem Institute

Bo Karen Lee, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology and Formation
Princeton Theological Seminary

Moderator:
David R. Ross
Research Professor
Department of Economics 
Bryn Mawr College

Here is a link to the flyer.

Here is a link to the video of the presentation.

Here is the agenda and edited chat text from the presentation.

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September 27, 2022: “Truth Tellers”
Higher Education, the Arts, and Social Justice

The importance of Truth, Creativity, and the Human Story in our classrooms, our institutions, and society.

Presenter:
Robert Shetterly
American Artist
americanswhotellthetruth.org

Moderator:
Matt Zisk
Attorney and Retired Professor
Founder and Executive Director
Cherry Brook Arts

Here is a link to the flyer.

Here is a link to the video of the presentation.

Here is the agenda and edited chat text from the presentation.

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