Teaching
Philosophy of Teaching
“Profound changes in the way we think and act must take place if we are to create a loving culture” (bell hooks, 2000, p. xxix). What if we expressed critical qualitative inquiry is/as love?
We might situate our classrooms along local axes of need and teach different ways of knowing through decolonizing epistemologies and projects of the critical imagination and ‘empathy and the imagination-intellect’ and acts and expressions of love. We might pause in the midst of hate to cook up something good, something nourishing, made with love, something to repair and sustain our souls. We might collectively reimagine the foundations of social research so that love might become ontology, epistemology, methodology, axiology, and pedagogy, too. We might then contribute to a better world by countering the changing tides of our historical present, by teaching methodological diversity as methodological justice, and by teaching critical qualitative inquiry is/as love. From 'Critical Qualitative Inquiry Is/As Love' | Ulmer (2017) Podcast: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/aeraqrsig/episodes/2018-06-29T09_56_05-07_00 Publication: www.researchgate.net/publication/319958746_Critical_qualitative_inquiry_isas_love |
Courses Taught
Currently teaching:
- EER 7870: Qualitative Research 1: Introduction
- EER 8520: Qualitative Research 2: Design and Data Collection
- EER 8530: Qualitative Research 3: Data Analysis and Reporting
- EER 7910: Qualitative Methods for Diversity and Inclusion
- EER 7920: Qualitative Methods for Community and Classroom Research
- EER 8550: Advanced Qualitative Inquiry: Innovations in Theory
- EER 8560: Advanced Qualitative Inquiry: Innovations in Practice
Previously taught:
- Fundamentals of Qualitative Research
- Fundamentals of Ethnographic Research
- Advanced Ethnography
Previously co-taught:
- Diversity and Social Justice in Educational Leadership
- Data Driven Decision Making
- Turnaround School Leadership
- Organizational Leadership in Education