This free virtual convening, sponsored by the University of California Irvine and the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, promises a substantive, thought-provoking, interactive, meeting of the minds from across all sectors and professional roles within California post-secondary education. It is part of a series that is free and open to the public. John Whiteley, professor of social ecology, is an event organizer and featured speaker at the Feb. 17 webinar, titled “Moral Education for Social Justice with First-Year Students Centered In a University Residence Hall.”
Whiteley’s presentation describes the UC Irvine curriculum of a residence hall delivered academic year class, now in its 47th year. In the context of a supportive just community, the purpose is to stimulate first-year student thinking about the uses to which education can be put toward greater social justice from examining the moral challenges in the broader society. This initiative is an approach to meeting the responsibility of higher education to provide a context where moral issues can be addressed reflectively by university students.
Joining Whiteley will be:
- Erandi Albor, Undergraduate student in the Psychology department, University of the Pacific
- Robert Bowman, STEP-Up Program Director, Restorative Justice, Shasta College
- John Gardner, Founder, and Executive Chair, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education
- Shelly Gulati, Faculty Fellow for Academic Advising & Chair of Bioengineering, University of the Pacific
- Edie Sparks, Vice Provost and Director of College Corps & Professor of History, University of the Pacific
- Catherine Haras, Executive Director, Center for Effective Teaching and Learning, California State University, Los Angeles
- Michele Hawley, Associate Vice President and Dean, California State University, Los Angeles
- Eva Jimenez, Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development, Shasta College
- Christine McLaughlin, STEP-UP graduate, Shasta College
- Kevin McAninch, Second-year STEP-UP student, Shasta College
- Tracy Patton, Executive Director Community Involvement and Educational Equity, University of the Pacific
- Ann Marie Sakrekoff, Chief Operating Officer, Growing Inland Achievement
- Edie Sparks, Vice Provost & Professor of History, University of the Pacific
- Summer Steele, Director, Pre-College Programs, California State University, San Bernardino
- Talisa Sullivan, Administrator, Equity and Access, Educational Services, Riverside County Office of Education
- Dari Tran, Co-Program Manager, College Corps Program & Professor of Political Science, University of the Pacific
- Mary Wardell-Ghiraduzzi, Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion & Professor of Communication, University of the Pacific
For details, visit https://www.jngi.org/california-stories-of-hope.
