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Exploring How We Bring Nature Back to Cities
Full text linkUrban rewilding as an urban ecological regime is gaining momentum among public, policy, and practitioner communities. This pioneering special issue presents evidence and perspectives from researchers and practitioners from around the world. It explores the implications of rewilding from the point of view of species, multi-species communities, multifunctional landscapes, and the multiple stakeholders involved in the management of these landscapes. Social-ecological connectivity and community participation and representation form important pillars around which urban rewilding can be fostered. Praxis in urban ecosystem management is paving the way for nature to better support human and more-than-human health and wellbeing through rewilding
Balancing Employee Voice, Coaching, and Termination: An Ignatian Lens on Managing with Respect and Dignity
No full textIn attending a Jesuit university as a Management and Leadership major, I have wondered: How do Ignatian principles, such as maintaining respect and dignity for others, intersect with managerial roles in the real world? This led to my research questions 1) Where do employee voice and coaching intersect with Ignatian management and leadership principles? 2) Would managers’ use of Ignatian principles within a performance improvement process either prevent the need to terminate an employee or at least create a termination process that helps employees to experience a sense of respect and dignity? 3) Are managers who received a Jesuit education more likely to terminate employees with respect and dignity than those who have not? I began with a literature review, developed these research questions and an interview script, and then interviewed five managers. I focused on the limited management literature that analyzes Ignatian values and principles within management and leadership. I identified overlaps with the employee voice literature. Thus suggesting that when managers provide coaching, performance management, and consider alternatives such as reassignment before reaching the decision to terminate, an employee can experience more positive outcomes related to their well-being and fair treatment. Additionally, manager interviews suggested that their exposure to Ignatian values has, to some extent, informed their management values and priorities. These findings provide current and future managers with an insight on how to incorporate Ignatian principles into their termination process in order to help employees leave the organization knowing their respect and dignity were prioritized
Hip Hop Pedagogy: Teaching Concepts of Information Literacy with Music Videos
No full textThis semester, I taught my usual Library and Information Science 1000 course and decided to add a new assignment. This assignment asked students to select a music video, analyze the content, identify issues presented, and apply critical information literacy skills in their analysis. I selected four music videos as options and the most popular was J. Cole’s “Crooked Smile”. This assignment brought rich analyses and conversation to the discussion forum. This session will give a brief overview of hip hop pedagogy and how to utilize music videos as an avenue for information literacy concepts, critical thinking, and connections inside and outside of the academic setting.
Outcomes Learn basic ideology of hip hop pedagogy Learn how to effectively incorporate music videos into information literacy courses, one shot instruction sessions, or workshops Learn practical steps and strategies to make it happe
Navigating Diversity Residencies: Overcoming Challenges and Making the Most of It
No full textThis session offers an informal discussion and comparison between a current diversity resident and a former resident from the same R1 academic library. Despite the efforts of previous residents to create a toolkit aimed at transforming diversity residencies from performative to transformative, there is a lack of accountability in implementing these changes. Our experiences reveal that the support provided often goes unrecognized as labor from colleagues. The current landscape of defunding and banning DEI initiatives further strains support for diversity residencies, making it challenging for individuals to list their contributions on their CVs. This issue extends to post-residents who must describe their positions uniquely to avoid discrimination in future hiring. Although institutions are expected to retain residents post-residency, this is complicated by defunding threats and discontinued DEI hiring procedures. Despite these challenges, diversity residencies often offer more support and flexibility than other entry-level positions, including job rotations and colleague support.
In this session, presenters will share their personal experiences with diversity residencies, highlighting both the positive aspects and the criticisms of the model. They will discuss how the current landscape affects practices in retaining workers at institutions and the impact of funding on these programs. Additionally, they will explore the work done by previous residents to make the residency model transformative rather than performative, and the ongoing challenges faced in achieving this goal.
Outcomes Critical Understanding: Attendees will gain a critical understanding of the diversity residency model, including its benefits and drawbacks. Personal Insights: Attendees will hear firsthand experiences from current and former diversity residents, who will provide personal insights into the residency experience. Transformative Practices: Attendees will learn about institutional efforts to make diversity residencies transformative rather than performative and how to apply these practices in their institutions
Glimmer Gathering: Healing and Reciprocity
No full textGlimmer gathering is a trauma-informed list making practice; an excavation and unearthing of what already exists inside of you. As library and information science professionals--we, especially Black, Indigenous, POC women-- are tasked with being the expert, exceptional, and overextended---and ultimately led to burn out. Capitalism relies on us being disconnected from our bodies so that we remain pliable to extractive, depleting, and harmful cycles. Rather than giving you a prescriptive list of what to do to heal and break these cycles; I will offer a few suggestions and invite us to co-create a shared body of creative knowledge. Gather for a few moments to tend to yourself, and each other, in a loving container.
Outcomes Ground a bit and gather some glimmers to locate and metabolize joy Leave feeling a sense of care so that we can survive and thriv
To Educate a Mockingbird: California’s Commitment to Inclusive Education
Full text linkEducation in the United States has long been a battleground where state authority and individual liberties intersect, shaping what and how students learn. California enacted Assembly Bill 1078 (AB 1078) to counter restrictive trends on classroom discussions about race and gender. The bill mandates that instructional materials reflect the state’s diverse heritage, which has raised critical questions about state power in public education.
This Note argues that AB 1078 aligns with and reinforces the Supreme Court’s vision of public education as a space for the free exchange of diverse ideas. By embodying antitotalitarian principles, AB 1078 ensures that public schools remain spaces free from censorship and ideological oppression. Examining the historical and contemporary weaponization of education in the United States, this Note highlights the persistent challenges in achieving educational equity and underscores the importance of an inclusive approach to history education
Introducing The Loyola Way: An Ignatian Pedagogy Framework Reinvigorated by Anti-oppressive and Student-centered Approaches
Full text linkOur center for teaching and learning at a mid-sized, private, Catholic, Midwest university responded to recent challenges and opportunities presented by current sociopolitical factors (such as ongoing racial injustice, global conflict, the climate crisis, and the aftermath of a global health pandemic) by rethinking our approach to teaching and learning. To better meet the needs of faculty and students in today’s world, we arrived at an integrated pedagogical approach to amplify interpersonal and societal humanization and justice. In this paper, we introduce this new framework for teaching and learning called The Loyola Way, an innovative combination of three pedagogical approaches: Ignatian pedagogy, anti-oppressive pedagogy, and student-centered teaching. First, we describe each contributing pedagogy, including key elements and common applications. We then share our methods to develop this humanizing and socially just approach and introduce The Loyola Way’s core components: responsiveness, inclusion, flexible accessibility, continual critical reflection, and transformation. We conclude with a discussion of areas for future research and application
Mentoring Under the Light of Ignatian Spirituality
Full text linkThis article proposes Ignatian Mentoring as a framework for enriching academic mentoring with insights from Ignatian spirituality. While mentoring traditionally supports professional and personal development, especially for early-career faculty, the Jesuit tradition offers a deeper, holistic perspective inspired by spiritual accompaniment practices such as those found in the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus and the Spiritual Exercises. The framework is based on the mentoring program launched in 2021 by the International Association of Jesuit Engineering and Sciences Schools (IAJES), which connects faculty across a global network of more than 60 Schools. Based on two years of practical experience involving 76 individuals, the article outlines the aims, dimensions, and structure of Ignatian Mentoring, demonstrating its potential to enhance mentoring with a focus on discernment, personal growth, and effective remote collaboration