The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching
Dialogue on Teaching, hosted by Nancy Lynne Westfield, PhD, is the podcast of The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. Amplifying the Wabash Center’s mission, the podcast focuses upon issues of teaching and learning in theology and religion within colleges, universities and seminaries. The podcast series features dialogues with faculty teaching in a wide range of institutional contexts. The conversations will illumine the teaching life.
Host: Nancy Lynne Westfield, PhD
Producer: Rachel Mills
Sound Engineer: Paul O. Myhre, PhD & Paul Utterback
Podcast music by Dr. Paul O. Myhre, PhD
The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching
Episode 141 - Teaching As An Act of Love: Katherine Turpin
Teaching can be a profound act of power. So then, teaching with an ethic of love, care, compassion, and kindness is paramount, especially during the viral and racial pandemics. What if academic rigor is not compromised in generous classrooms, but enhanced when we shift what counts as knowledge? The discussion lingers over teacher-burnout and knowing when it is time to leave the vocation and the classroom.