The College of Education and Human Ecology Inspire Podcast
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The Ohio State University Inspire podcast
The monthly Inspire Podcast asks Ohio State's Education and Human Ecology experts — and everyday heroes — about the issues that people encounter in life: mental and physical health, inequity, lifelong learning, raising and teaching children. To discover why ... and why not? Because hidden in our dilemmas and most complex problems are exquisite solutions.
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![Sandy White Hawk](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/SandyWhiteHawk.jpg?h=6f41d412&itok=LFX2SYfj)
Stolen from her tribe, now she's fighting back
Adopted by a white family at 18 months, Sandy White Hawk lost her family, her heritage and her compass. Now she’s partnering with Ohio State researcher Ashley Landers to show the impact of adoption on Native children and to save the law that could have saved her.
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![Teacher quit photo copy](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/teacher_quit_photo_copy_pze7vz.jpeg?h=ac5d523b&itok=ZcAlwrf9)
Teachers are calling it quits. It's time for a reset
Surveys indicate record numbers of teachers will quit their jobs. But COVID didn’t create the crisis, they say. It’s been building for some time.
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![Student mom and child](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/parenting_Jillian2_hvetvm.jpg?h=2902689a&itok=XP-YgDQh)
Parenting students: The ‘invisible’ population on campus
More than one in five American college students are also parents. They struggle to find belonging, flexibility and resources in higher education. But they are not giving up.
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![Lori Patton Davis](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/Lori_Patton_Davisbnbyr.jpg?h=c7f803f6&itok=gDHhOxDr)
The Making of an Academic Phenom
Her research centers Black women and girls in education. But few people expected a girl from East Saint Louis to become what Lori Patton Davis has.
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![LGBTQ+ students holding a pride flag](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/lgbtq%2B_kids.jpg?h=c1758b20&itok=3vpqa_XR)
When Kids Come Out: How Parents and Schools Tip the Balance
The response families, teachers and friends give to LBGTQ+ youth follows them throughout their lives. The consequences couldn’t be higher.
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![Brutus and students at pride parade](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/pride_2360_small_sdyxrq.jpg?h=15f26193&itok=9mJdL6zR)
LGBTQ students: Authentic and daring to be free
Students who identify as LGBTQ want the same things their classmates enjoy. The space to learn. Not to be “othered.” How can higher education take allyship to the next level?
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![International student with Brutus](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/15_International-Student_g8pwa8.jpg?h=dfdcfc00&itok=H6Jy1kr2)
International students: 'The worst year but the best year'
Ohio State students from China to Syria navigate education, isolation and fear during a pandemic that impacts them in different ways.
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![Michael Allen](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/04_Michael-Allen.jpg?h=3dbd9eac&itok=c7F4cmea)
Year of upheaval and innovation: 1968
Michael Allen came to Ohio State in the late ’60s expecting to study under leading experts in human engineering. Instead, he pioneered computer-based educational technology at the university, commanding the attention of IBM, Apple and other technology heavy-weights.
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![Dr. Chao](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/03_OSU-EHE-Chao104.jpg?h=f4a8c5f7&itok=5IwDDwjs)
Throwing the shackles off mathematics
Mathematics works to hold some people back: Children fitting a stereotype are encouraged to think; others are told to follow. 9/11 changed Associate Professor Theodore Chao’s purpose. He’s out to prevent math trauma by helping children engage in mathematics in “amazing and deep ways.”
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![Matt Mayhew](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/media/images/02_Mayhew-book.png?h=ecbc3000&itok=9xLxcoFd)
Awakened to privilege: ‘Rich white guy’ finds the sweet spot
Higher education expert and Flesher Professor Matthew Mayhew believes that college is "the great intervention" that motivates students to understand difference — in race, religion and world view. How did an evangelical Christian who grew up with packaged privilege come to that conclusion?