The RIOS (for a Racially-just Inclusive Open STEM Education) Institute presents an interview podcast where Dr. Bryan Dewsbury of the Science Education And Society (SEAS) lab converses with individuals who do social justice work in science education and education in general. We hope people enjoy the conversation itself, and consider new ways in which education can be transformative whatever your situation may be.
This week we talk to Greg Spottedbird and Mariko Rooks about the Youth Ambassador program, formed for the descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre and Japanese internment camp to be in community with e…
This week we are joined by members of Nuevas Voces, here to talk about an incredible partnership between them and mathematics researchers to develop a real time climate change resource tool for the W…
In this episode, Dr. Cavanagh reminds us that teaching the whole student includes deep considerations of their emotional and mental health. Using her own research and deploying her delightful narrati…
In this episode Clayton State University professor Dr. Leon Professor Prieto joins us to discuss how his journey from Trinidad to his education in Business at the undergraduate, Masters and PhD level…
This week, Dr. Cully joins us to discuss her anthropological research, its connection to the broader discussion on social constructs of gender, and her own journey to exploring issues in accessibilit…
We are joined this week by Dr. Maha Bali of American University, Cairo. We talk teaching, AI, diversity, open, and other possibilities for transformative education in the Egyptian and international c…
In today's episode Dr. Riddell shares her journey in higher education particularly as it led towards the writing of one her books 'Hope Circuits' and the concept of Hope University. We will explore a…
This week, longtime educator Kimberly Minors joins me to talk teaching, education and general social change in the Conmonwealth of the Bahamas. Kimberly discusses her experience as a classroom teache…
This week I was joined by Dr. David Asai. David shared with me his journey, his father's journey, and how lessons from both tell us a lot about race, ethnicity and belonging in America. We discuss th…
In this, the first episode of Season 2, I talk with Heather Beem, founder of the Practical Education Network, about serving others, your why, and her own journey to designing an organization that mak…
In this special bonus back-to-school episode, Roxanna Elden, former high school teacher and author of See me after class: Advice for teachers by teachers and Adequate Yearly Progress talks to us abou…
This week, in our final episode of Season 1, Dr. Mays Imad shared with us her journey from Baghdad, Iraq to Connecticut College and her internationally renowned work on trauma informed education. She…
Maisha Moses, Executive Director of the Young People's Project (YPP) talks with us about the organization's founding and the ways in which it has built off of the work of civil rights leader, and her…
Executive Director of Exchange for Change joins us to discuss providing education to the incarcerated, education as a human right, and the ways in which her life experience impacted her desire to ce…
In this episode we discuss the formation of an incredible partnership around teaching and the ways in which that partnership led to classroom transformation, an acclaimed book on inclusive teaching, …
Dr. Eatman talks with us in this episode about the Honors Living Learning community at Rutgers University, Newark. He describes the version that led to the vision, and the ways in which the LLC is re…
President Bush is the co-founder and President of College Unbound. His team has developed a remarkable approach that allows us to rethink and re-recognize college's social possibilities. He talks to …
This week Dr. Vijai Bhola, critical care and infectious disease doctor discusses his journey to international medical work, and the ways in which that work has impacted the lives of others and his ow…
In this episode, Mekdelawit discusses the path to her doctoral work and the evolution of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project. We discuss the aspects of her journey that led to her current wor…
In today's conversation Dr. Montgomery talks about her journey into the academy and what led to her work on inclusive mentoring. We discuss ways in which pivotal life moments taught lessons that have…