Pedagogy of Justice in Action Series

FCIP’s work is reflective of hooks’ and Freire’s commitment to a liberatory education imbued with the wisdom and experience of everyone involved in the educational endeavor, particularly those on the margins who are often left out of and erased from academia. We seek to honor their legacies, which aligns with FCIP’s own mission, to support Loyola instructors in delivering an honest, accessible, and mutually transformative education for our students.   

To commemorate hooks’ and Freire’s inspired contribution to many fields, including justice-oriented and values-based teaching, each year, Loyola scholars, educators and learners are invited to share their experiences with and knowledge of justice-oriented and values-based teaching and learning, with emphasis on the lenses of humility, empathy, love, hope and dialogue.  

Explore these amazing interviews given by our Faculty Scholars in Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy, recorded in Spring '24. Listen to some of your inspiring Faculty, Staff, and administrative colleagues engage their views on the topics of justice, pedagogical practice, and Ignatian values.  Get ready to be awakened, provoked, and deeply inspired by these amazing educators!  

Click each banner below to watch the full interviews: 

This interview features Dean Peter L. Jones, PhD of the Institute of Pastoral Studies. You can find his bio here! Interviewer: Dana K. Harmon, PhD, LCSW, Former Faculty Scholar in Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy. 

This interview features Dr. Neil Lester, PhD, Founding Director of Project Humanities and Foundation Professor of English at Arizona State University. You can find his bio here! Interviewer: Dana K. Harmon, PhD, LCSW, Former Faculty Scholar in Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy. 

This interview features Associate Dean Amy Nelson Christensen, PhD, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Strategic Innovation and Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago. You can find her bio here! Interviewer: Dana K. Harmon, PhD, LCSW, Former Faculty Scholar in Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy. 

This interview features Dr. Regina Conway-Phillips, PhD, RN, Associate Professor & the Department Chair of Health Systems & Adult Health Nursing in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. You can find her bio here! Interviewer: Dana K. Harmon, PhD, LCSW, Former Faculty Scholar in Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy. 

This interview features Dr. tavis d. jules, Full Professor in Cultural and Educational Policy & International Higher Education at Loyola University Chicago School of Education. You can find her bio here! Interviewer: Alyson Paige Warren, MFA, Instructor in the Department of English and Faculty Scholar in Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy. 

"FCIP's third annual Pedagogy of Justice Series featured the hooks-Freire Keynote Address & Conversation. This series is designed to commemorate bell hooks' and Paulo Freire’s continued and inspired contribution to many fields, including justice-oriented and values-based teaching. Loyola scholars, educators, and learners are invited to share their experiences with and knowledge of liberatory teaching and learning, with emphasis on the lenses of humility, empathy, love, hope and dialogue. This series will contribute to the on-going, global work to inspire pedagogical innovation in the direction of equity, justice, and freedom. Please see the keynote lecture from Spring '24 given by Dr. Regina Conway-Phillips, PhD, RN. Dr. Conway-Phillips is an Associate Professor & the Department Chair of Health Systems & Adult Health Nursing in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. 

"Dr. Conway-Phillips’ Address, titled “Overcoming: The Importance of Mentors and Waymakers toward a Pedagogy of Justice,” discusses how mentors and Waymakers in her life have led her to where she is today and how bell hooks' and Paulo Freire's philosophies have also been an influence on her teaching and participation in the MNSON CARE Path program.

Please click to watch Dr. Conway-Phillips' Keynote Address

• Past Keynote Address Recordings| Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy (FCIP): Loyola University Chicago (luc.edu) 
• Add the link to this page: Abolitionist Pedagogy Reading Series | Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy (FCIP): Loyola University Chicago (luc.edu)