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Games, Play, and Learning

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Join four game designers as they discuss the role of games and play in learning. Drs. Tricia Siefert, Colleen Smith, Tracy Fullerton, and Andrew Peterson challenge the misalignment of education as only linear and structured and explore the paradox of play - how games' mystery, rules, and openness can create space for creativity, connection, emotion, learning, and more. Read More

The Racial Healing Project

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The Racial Healing Project is a collaboration among Fernell Miller and Drs. Mollie Monahan Jen Self (Dr. J). In this conversation, they not only share but also model their approach, helping all of us bring our whole selves with authenticity in the context of systemic oppression related to race, gender, sexuality, gender identity, class, and more. They discuss education as caring for the whole person, the core skills of humility, curiosity, and care, and the intentional, purposeful, and mindful practice of humanity. Read More

Student Activism for Reproductive & Sexual Health

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Two years ago, when SCOTUS released the Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v. Wade, college students all over the U.S. mobilized to advocate for a variety of initiatives to address the concerns facing students in the wake of the decision. In this episode, we’ll meet five student activists from one campus and discuss their multi-pronged approach to supporting students’ sexual and reproductive health. Read More

Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): A Conversation with Dr. Gina Garcia

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Dr. Gina Garcia discusses Hispanic Serving Institions (HSIs). The conversation ranges from the definitions of HSIs and moving from demographics to "servingness." She also shares what that servingness can look like on various campuses including compositional diversity of faculty, staff, and administration; curricular inclusion; connections to serving local communities; and policy development. Read More

The Academy Won’t Save Us: Black Women’s Health in Higher Education

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Black women working in higher education as administrators, faculty, and staff face daily harms and traumas that affect their emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Black women are often hazed, shamed, and unsupported in myriad ways that put their health and their future at risk. Even when colleges and universities highlight their commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, they rarely address the institutional and intersectional realities facing Black women. It is time for us to move beyond describing the problem and lean into discovering how to cope, survive, thrive,and embrace joy in our lives. Read More