Educating Empathy

The Educating Empathy podcast explores diverse perspectives on secondary and postsecondary education. Discussions on the podcast will cover a wide range of topics related to educational policy, advocacy, leadership, pedagogy, and personal stories. We also delve into discussions about promoting empathetic understanding in society. This podcast is produced by SissyMarySue Education Fund, a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) committed to providing educational children’s programming, play-based learning, and opportunities for young people to learn about social and ecological justice. Our work is informed by contemporary research on play pedagogy and brain-based learning. We hope these episodes will benefit anyone with an interest in education, including: -Educators seeking to incorporate play and creativity into their instruction -Parents and families who are looking for educational materials and media for their children -Community members invested in promoting social and ecological justice Episodes of Educating Empathy are produced in two parts. Episodes will air on the second and third Friday of each month. Episodes will feature educators and focus on specific topics relevant to educational pedagogy, policy, and leadership as well as feature individuals' stories from diverse backgrounds who want to share their personal experiences and perspectives on inclusive education. Visit our website: https://www.sissymarysue.org/

Host

Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad

Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser has an Ed. D in Leadership for Change with an emphasis in Media, Technology and Innovation. She’s been a social entrepreneur- leading education organizations with DEI work in teaching empathy, equity, training in social emotional learning (SEL) and cognitive development through Play Pedagogy- for over 25 years! She is a lyricist, playwright, performing artist and also children’s author SissyMarySue of award winning books Jelly Beans the Cheetah and Hope (2014) and EMPATHY AIRLINES: Jelly Beans the Cheetah and Hope, Book 2 (2019). She now leads SissyMarySue Education Fund nonprofit 501 ( C ) (3) to continue this inclusion and racial equality work leveraging multimedia forms of communication to offer content that is inclusive and affirming to everyone. Dr. Muhlhauser encourages ecological justice especially in areas of clean water. Dr. Muhlhauser teaches online and will co-produce children's TV. SissyMarySue LLC will produce family films.