Academia from the Inside

Maureen P. Hall is Professor of Education and Teacher-Educator at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA. In her research and teaching, she explores the intersections between and among literacies, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and mindfulness, and has published two books and more than twenty peer-reviewed journal articles and edited chapters.Aubrie K. Brault works as a Senior Instructional Designer, developing mobile and desktop educational training solutions in the healthtech sector. Her publications include pieces in Ubiquity and the UMassD Magazine. She is one of the founders of “Arnie's Cupboard," the food pantry responding to food insecurity within the UMass Dartmouth community.

• Part I: Reflections on the Self Who Teaches.- 1. Live Divided No More: Humanizing Education through Self-Care and Community-Building.- 2. A “World in Between”: A Reflection on Teaching and Learning.- 3. Risking Being Yourself: Owning Your Identity Within the Academic Framework.- 4. Embracing Otherness in the Self that Teaches.- 5. Cultivating Humanity in All Too Human Institutions.- 6. Law Professor and Law Student: An Exploration of Being a Whole Lawyer.- Part II: Pedagogies for the Self Who Learns.- 7. “‘Going Out Into the World to Find Wonders’: Nature as a Source of Regeneration’”.- 8. Holding the Space: Being Curious as a Teacher Educator with Pre-service about Self-Care.- 9. Who Am I?: Relational Pedagogies for Fostering Creativity and Reflective Practice.- 10. Dancing with the Other: Aesthetic Experience and Ethical Responsiveness.- 11. An Interview with Dr. Chinmay Pandya: Uncovering the Science of Mantra for Self-Knowledge and Healing.