Speaker: Douglas Haynes, Professor of English, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Through on-the-ground reporting and interviews with students, Teaching Toward Slow Hope describes the impacts of dynamic, place-based educational programs at four colleges and universities in the Upper Midwest, journeying from urban gardens in Milwaukee to restored oak savannas in Madison, and from a community food hub in Kalamazoo to the shore of Lake Superior.
At the heart of the programs Haynes documents is a shared commitment to what he calls practices of slow hope: deep listening, reciprocity, collaboration, and embodied learning. Of particular interest to CHE, this book features one chapter about an Earth Partnership Indigenous Arts and Sciences first-year interest group (FIG) course at UW–Madison, led by Maria Moreno and Cheryl Bauer-Armstrong.