The Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL) is excited to announce its fall workshop series. All events are offered free of charge and will take place on Zoom. Click here to register to attend one or more of the events (or paste this link in your browser: https://forms.gle/vqRwveLswBMFYRs98). Registered participants will receive a Zoom link 1-2 days before each event. **Presenter biographies follow below.**
Friday, September 19, 1-2pm Eastern
Art-Making in Writing Courses
Led by Peaches Hash, Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
This workshop will showcase ways instructors can use arts-based assignments to facilitate student learning and engagement in writing courses.
Friday, October 17, 3-4pm Eastern
Mandala Making: Creating Intentional Change as a Means of Resilient Response, Self-Care, and Awareness
Led by Kathleen C. Quinn, Chief Healthcare Officer, Discovery Psychotherapy and Integrative Healthcare Centers
This workshop offers journaling and mandala making as means for healing. Informed by research on the ways acute and enduring crises affect brain structures, the activities will aid participants in developing awareness of their capacities of resilience and self-care.
Friday, November 14, 3-4pm Eastern
Believing Exercises
Led by Nate Mickelson, Clinical Professor, New York University
In this workshop, participants will undertake three classroom exercises modeled on Peter Elbow’s believing game. Useful for writing, literature, and other disciplines, the exercises invite students to take intellectual risks with interpretation.
Presenter Biographies:
Peaches Hash is an Assistant Professor of English at Appalachian State University. Her research interests include arts-based research, expressive arts, composition studies, and curriculum theory.
Kathleen C. Quinn is Chief Healthcare Officer at Discovery Psychotherapy and Integrative Healthcare Centers and a practitioner in psychotherapy and women’s health, integrative medicine, inter-professional leadership and collaborative clinical decision making. Further information can be found at drkathleenquinn.com.
Nate Mickelson teaches expository writing at New York University. He currently serves as Chair of AEPL. Nate’s scholarly writing has appeared in College Teaching, Pedagogy, Criticism, and Journal of Modern Literature, among other publications. He co-organized AEPL’s 2017, 2020, and 2024 summer conferences.
Nate MickelsonClinical Professor
Director of Faculty Development
Expository Writing Program
New York University
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