Episode Details

Dr. Sandie Morgan, Dr. Bonni Stackowiak, and Prof. Warren Doody discuss the importance of overlapping networks as a method for pursuing interdisciplinary work. Together, they discuss Dr. Elizabeth Dermody Leonard, a significant mentor in all their professionals and personal lives, who encouraged and pushed them all to think and work outside their traditional academic and professional realms.

Bonni Stackowiak

Dr. Bonni Stachowiak is the Dean of Teaching and Learning at Vanguard University of Southern California. She’s also an Associate Professor of Business and Management and teaches a couple times a year in an Educational Leadership doctoral program. She’s been teaching in-person, blended, and online courses throughout her entire career in higher education. Bonni gets the privilege of speaking with exceptional educators on a weekly basis, as the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Since 2014, her podcast has provided a space to explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. Teaching in Higher Ed also explores how to improve our productivity, so faculty can have more peace in our lives, and be even more present for our students. Bonni and her husband, Dave, are parents to two curious kids, who regularly shape their perspectives on teaching and learning.

Warren Doody

Warren Doody is the Associate Dean of the Division of Education, Arts and Humanities, and he is also the current Chair of the English department. As Professor of English, his range of classes runs from Shakespeare to American Literature to a variety of creative writing courses – Travel Writing, Playwriting and the Short Story. In his spare time, he is a working playwright, and his original scripts include Life Without Parole, Development, and Enlightenment.com. His most recent effort, Angels in Disguise, received its World Premiere in December 2019. His plays have received productions in New York, Los Angeles, and Canada, and throughout the United States.

Key Points

• Dr. Sandie Morgan and her guests discuss the value of interdisciplinary studies that bring a variety of disciplines to social justice issues.
• Each of the speakers reflect on what happens when we are inspired and when we walk into someone else’s realm of specialty.
• Overlapping networks are a source of studies that point us in new directions of research, teaching, and more.

Resources

• Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast
• Ep. 205 – Influence Through Overlapping Networks
• Coaching for Leaders Podcast, Ep. 422 – Influence Through Overlapping Networks
• Convicted Survivors: The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill by Dr. Elizabeth Dermody Leonard
• Anti-Human Trafficking Certificate

Transcript

Dave Stachowiak  0:00

You’re listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. This is episode number 253, Overlapping Networks with Podcasts, Performing Arts, and Professors.

Production Credits  0:11

Produced by Innovate Learning, maximizing human potential.

Dave Stachowiak  0:32

Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. My name is Dave Stachowiak.

Sandra Morgan  0:38

And my name is Sandie Morgan.

Dave Stachowiak  0:41

And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking.