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The courses and conversations needed to teach away from white supremacy and toward equity, freedom and humility require new conversation partners, creating new kinds of courses, and bravery.  Such a conversation emerged when Dr. Smith welcomed Dr. Ulrich and students from their respective schools into a new course that she developed and taught on African American and Womanist hermeneutics and the Gospel of Luke.  Smith and Ulrich will reflect on what they have learned through that experience, which has included consultations and writing supported by the Wabash Center.  Learning in consultation throughout the project took imagination, patience, and vulnerability.  

Teaching and Improvisation Virtual Symposium Using Creativity Pedagogy Leadership Victor L. Wooten, Five Time Grammy Award Winning Bass Player Author of The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music Description Teaching in these times of the unforeseen and the unforeseeable necessitates the skills and abilities of making use of the context, feeling the moment, knowing how to make use of whatever is at-hand. There is, perhaps, no better time than this unpredicted moment of COVID 19, Black Lives Matter national activities, economic downturn, and higher education upheaval than to be part of a cohort of teachers, artists, and creative people discussing the necessity of improvisation. What would it mean to incorporate improvisation as a pedagogical and spiritual practice into your teaching and learning life? Who better to assist with honing creativity, spontaneity, and rhythm than five-time Grammy award winning bass guitar player Victor Wooten? We will be reading Victor’s book The Music Lesson as well as his soon to be released second title: Spirit of Music. We will learn from Victor know-how about ways of freeing one’s self from a script and letting go to the power of the Spirit in any moment, and most especially, in the teaching moment. This cohort is convened by invitation only. Goals Through the use of creativity pedagogy, the overarching goal of the symposium will be to engage in sustained reflection with a musician known for improvisational skills to get a deeper sense of the teaching life in terms of imagination, performance, artistry, and creativity. We will do this through: Reflecting mindfully on the teacher as improvisor Opening-up our imaginations in conversation about the art, task, burden and joy of teaching Hearing one another’s stories and considering the formation and deformation of teachers who struggle to be and become creative Exploring the ways musicians participate as band members, band leaders, composers and creative engineers and making parallels with the teaching life Exploring the embodied wisdom and know-how affiliated with the work and world of jazz and the accompanying skills, crafts, and knowledges of that world Exploring the significance of a “life as a student of creativity,” and the necessary relationships for a deep spirituality when attempting to sustain a vocational life in the institutional settings of higher education Dates and Times Cohort will convene via Zoom with Victor Wooten on the following Wednesdays, 3:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time: Wednesday, October 7, 3:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Wednesday, November 4, 3:00 to 5:00 Eastern Wednesday, December 2, 3:00 to 5:00 Eastern Wednesday, January 6, 3:00 to 5:00 Eastern Wednesday, February 3, 3:00 to 5:00 Eastern Wednesday, March 3, 3:00 to 5:00 Eastern Wednesday, April 21, 3:00 to 5:00 Eastern Wednesday, May 19, 3:00 to 5:00 Eastern Participants Esther E. Acolatse,University of Toronto Wonhee Anne Joh, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Tim Lake*, Wabash College/The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Boyung Lee, Iliff School of Theology Tat-siong Benny Liew, College of the Holy Cross AnneMarie Mingo, Pennsylvania State University Paul O. Myhre*, The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Nathan Myrick, Mercer University - Macon Stephen G. Ray, Chicago Theological Seminary Leopoldo A. Sánchez, Concordia Seminary (MO) Mitzi J. Smith, Columbia Theological Seminary Marcell Silva Steuernagel, Perkins School of Theology, SMU Lisa L. Thompson, Vanderbilt University, The Divinity School Katherine Turpin, Iliff School of Theology Ralph Basui Watkins, Columbia Theological Seminary Nancy Lynne Westfield*, The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion *Symposium staff Important Links Payment of Participants Policy on Full Participation Our Philosophy of Workshops Travel and Accommodations Travel Reimbursement Form Questions about the Symposium? Dr. Paul O. Myhre Senior Associate Director myhrep@wabash.edu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GONEnFyj73w Social Media Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Flicker Lilly Endowment, Inc. Other Lilly Supported Initiatives

Melanie Harris and Jennifer Harvey: Discussing Issues of Race and Racism in Higher Education In what forms does racism show itself in faculty cultures? What does it take to identify the performance of racism before it happens and while it happens?  What can be done to combat the visible and invisible practices of racism in a faculty?