The education system is designed to shape knowledgeable, responsible, and well-rounded individuals. However, higher education is currently suffering from various problems that unfortunately lead to discrimination, stereotyping, and unfair culture. Corinna Bellizzi chats with Dr. Emily Alicia Affolter, who is on a mission to bring back the human aspect of higher education. They discuss how to dismantle the destructive supremacy culture and bring a pedagogy of love to school curriculums. Dr. Emily also presents their sustainable related PhD programs that practice emergent strategies to allow learners to take on divergent career paths.
About Guest:
Dr. Emily Alicia Affolter (she/ella/they) is the director of and faculty for Prescott College's Sustainability Education Ph.D. Program. Prior to this role, she worked as a Senior Research Scientist and Equity Consultant at the University of Washington’s Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Multicultural Education from the UW working alongside Dr. Geneva Gay, founder of culturally responsive teaching. Emily's current scholarship, dissemination, and facilitation highlight culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogies for teachers, faculty, and leaders in K-16 settings and STEM higher education utilizing an equity literacy frame, supported by the National Science Foundation largely. Additionally, Emily’s latest teaching centers on decolonizing research, equitable research methodologies, and liberatory organizational change methods.
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-affolter-776722a/
Additional Resources Mentioned: https://prescott.edu/area-of-study/sustainability-education-phd/
Show Notes:
Looking Back - 04:14
So let's talk for a moment about what has inspired you on your educational journey and what really led you to this moment.
Pedagogy Of Love - 08:10
When we initially spoke, you talked about how things were just a little different at Prescott and how you were working to was a phrase. You said you were rehumanizing a pedagogy of love.
Supremacy Culture - 19:42
Now, obviously, through this early phase in our discussion, you've demonstrated that you care a lot about unpacking how supremacy culture shows up in our work lives.
Curriculum Shifts - 27:01
I do also hear criticism on the other side of that saying, well, you know, if you're constantly shifting, the course is actually using as its seed curriculum.
Power Class And Imposter Syndrome - 33:41
So I want to speak for a moment because you brought up a couple of things so far in our conversation that I think that we should connect on and kind of deepen.
PhD Program - 44:06
I also really just want to understand what somebody could expect from this education experience. If they are even like I'm 47, I'll be 48 in September, you know, if I was to join in a PhD program and sustainability education
Child-Like Side - 51:06
Well, I feel like I could talk to you all day. I'd love to invite you back to have a future conversation and dig in a little bit more deeply.
Closing Words - 52:49
To find out more about Dr. Emily Affolter and her work with Prescott College, visit the links that we provide with show notes.
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