15 Jan If we created gender, we can create something beyond gender
I loved being interviewed by the wonderful Aurelie Harp for her important project, Womanity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFsLSqsNQt8&feature=youtu.be...
Speaking Engagements
13 Nov The Normal? Brain
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On November 9 I had the pleasure of being featured at the Normal? Brain Festival, originating in Folkestone UK (where it has taken place since 2015 in person over four days). This year the festival went virtual and runs through April 2020. The purpose is to bring science and art together...
07 Jan Working and Playing with Many Others
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Social therapeutics, the psychology of becoming, performance activism, and non-knowing growing have been spreading far and wide! Here are some of the places I spoke and groups I worked and played with in 2019, with links to some talks and videos (in no particular order). University of North Carolina Greensboro Lloyd...
01 May What Does It Take To Be Culturally Relevant?
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I was one of four invited speakers at the Applied Linguistics Winter Conference last week, the theme of which was Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Preparing my talk took me back to my academic roots as a researcher of early language development. It also took me back to my organizer-activist roots as...
19 Apr Being/Becoming an Activist/Scholar
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Being/Becoming an Activist Scholar: Lessons From Cultural-Historical Activity Research This past week I participated in a symposium at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference held in NYC, along with two distinguished co-presenters, Kris Guitierrez and Anna Stetsenko. A diverse group of younger scholars served as interviewers, with many in the audience...
07 Mar Performing Community + Seeming Ridiculous = Revolutionary Love
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My last post referenced the Consciencia Congress I was about to fly to Puebla Mexico for and this post gives a flavor of it. Seven speakers all in one (very long) day—addressing the topic of love, mostly from the perspective of the individual and how love is good for you....
04 Jan Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools
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I invite you to listen to or read a transcript of a podcast I recently did on Art Ed Radio. My topic was “Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools.” It was a joy speaking with host Tim Bolgatz on what is a passion of mine. The radio show is...
03 Nov Mental Health News Radio
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Thanks to Kristin Walker for interviewing me on her important podcast series, Mental Health News Radio ...
30 Aug The Future of Performance Psychology in Japan
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The Future of Performance Psychology in Japan—what a privilege to be part of creating such a thing! In mid-August I made my third trip to Japan to share the methodology of social therapeutics with Japanese psychologists and educators. It was very exciting and gratifying to witness how people I had worked...
19 Jul Improvisation and the Unknowable
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It’s a delight when things you’re involved in converge and feed one another. I’ve been working on another chapter of The Overweight Brain and got momentarily stuck (like two days’ worth of stuck) in the middle of writing a section on “the unknown” and “the unknowable.” I’ve also been preparing for...