QLHE 2021-2022

Here are links to our past Quaker Leadings in Higher Education events, from 2021-2022.

Index

May 24, 2022: “Rethinking the Holy Experiment: Decolonizing Quakerism”  

What is the work of decolonization? 
What is (and is not) the responsibility of white Friends? 
How might decolonization impact Quakerism, our testimonies, and our organizations?

Presenters:
Cherice Bock
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
M.S., Antioch University New England
Ph.D. candidate, Antioch University New England
Adjunct Professor, Portland Seminary
Creation Justice Advocate
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon

Christy Randazzo 
PhD, University of Birmingham
Adjunct Professor
Montclair State University, NJ
University of St. Joseph, CT

Moderator:
Ada Jaarsma
Professor of Philosophy
Mount Royal University

Bios:

Cherice Bock lives in Oregon, on the lands of the Kalapuya (now part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde). She is adjunct professor of ecotheology at Portland Seminary, and she leads Oregon Interfaith Power & Light at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. She began teaching in the theology department at University of Portland in the fall of 2020.  In the 2018–2019 school year, she served as visiting professor of environmental studies at The Oregon Extension. Bock holds an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary and an M.S. in environmental studies from Antioch University New England, and she is a Ph.D. candidate in environmental studies at Antioch University New England. Bock edits the Barclay Press curriculum Illuminate, edited the environmental studies journal Whole Terrain for three volumes, and curates web content for the watershed discipleship website, a ministry of Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries. She is the co-chair for the Quaker Theological Discussion group and is the social media editor for Quaker Religious Thought.

Christy Randazzo (PhD, University of Birmingham) teaches at both Montclair State University (New Jersey, USA) and the University of St. Joseph (Connecticut, USA), where they offer courses on religious peacemaking, introduction to religious studies, and the intersections between theology and peace work. They have also done ministry across multiple religious communities in diverse settings, including youth ministry, religious education, and social ministries amongst unhoused populations. They have written in a variety of both academic and popular settings, including the Quaker biblical studies series Illuminate, and two books for the Brill Quaker Studies series, including the upcoming A Quaker Ecotheology of Light. Christy is both an editor for the Politics of Scripture on the Political Theology Network, and the co-chair of the Quaker Theological Discussion Group.

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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April 26, 2022: “Toward a Quaker Testimony of Labor:  What Do Our Experiences as Quakers Within Higher Education Institutions Tell Us About Our Lived, Embodied Quaker Theology?”

Presenters:

Windy Cooler
Doctoral Candidate
Lancaster Theological Seminary

Tom Hamm
Professor of History  
Quaker Scholar in Residence
Earlham College

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.

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March 29, 2022: “In Search of Integrity Across the Higher Education Landscape”

Presenter:

Emma Jones Lapsansky
Emeritus Professor of History and
Curator of the Quaker Collection
Haverford College

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.

Here is a shareable link to the presentation slideshow.

Here is a link to the advance reading handout.

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February 22, 2022: “Universal Design in the Classroom: Inclusivity and Hospitality”

Presenters:

Zoe Arditi
Research Coordinator
Mount Sinai Hospital
Haverford College Class of 2020
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Jane Dryden
Professor of Philosophy
Mount Allison University

Jharna Jahnavi
First-year Medical Student
Larner College of Medicine
University of Vermont
Haverford College Class of 2019

Moderator:
Ada Jaarsma
Professor of Philosophy
Mount Royal University

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 a shareable link to the presentation slideshow.

Here is a link to the UDL_Marginalization Handout.

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January 25, 2022: “Supporting Vocation: Helping Students Navigate a Neoliberal Culture”

Presenters:
Jennifer Higgins-Newman
Program Director
Beacon Hill Friends House
Master of Theological Studies
Vanderbilt Divinity School

Greg Woods
Program Consultant
Beacon Hill Friends House
Master of Divinity
Princeton Theological Seminary

Moderator:
Walter Hjelt Sullivan
Director of Quaker Affairs
Haverford 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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November 23, 2021:  “Freedom from Harm: Resisting Incarceration for All”

Panelists:
Nekeisha Alayna Alexis, Liberationist
Intercultural Competence and Undoing Racism (ICUR) coordinator
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Johnny Perez
Director of U.S. Prisons Program
National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Moderator:
Ursula C. McTaggart
Professor of English
Wilmington 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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October 26, 2021: “Rethinking the Canon: The Promise of Liberatory Reading/Teaching/Research

Panelists:

Ada Jaarsma
Professor of Philosophy
Mount Royal University

Sarah Willie LeBreton
Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Sociology
Swarthmore College

Namrata Mitra
Associate Professor of English
Iona College

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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