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Power, Love, Justice, and Joy
Since Thursday, I have been reflecting on the powerful keynote address Professor LeConté Dill gave at the 43rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Unity Dinner. Drawing on King’s insistence that...
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The Intentional Work of Values-Enacted Change
When Stephanie Shonekan, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) at the University of Maryland (UMD), asked about the origins of the HuMetricsHSS initiative at lunch after our workshop this...
View ArticleWhat Does Religion Sound Like?
This question, What does religion sound like?, inspired the creation of a remarkable collaborative project on Religious Sounds between Amy Derogatis of Michigan State University and Isaac Weiner at The...
View ArticleWholeness in a Torn World
Thirty years ago, Parker Palmer wrote a new preface for the paperback edition of his book, To Know as We are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey.1 Reporting there on his experience traveling the...
View ArticleA Nightmare and A Dream
A week that began with a nightmare, ended with a dream. The Nightmare On Tuesday morning, I received the call from my wife I’ve long dreaded—she said there was a 911 call about an active shooter in the...
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When Twilight Silence Falls
On Tuesday morning when I made my way to the sacred circle, past the resilient tree, to Linton Hall there was a silence such as I had never heard before. It was not the silence of a holiday break or of...
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Championing Community Engagement at the Heart of the Land-Grant Mission
On Thursday, March 2, 2023, I was honored to receive the 2023 MSU Institutional Champion Award for Community Engagement Scholarship. Below is the text of my remarks at the moving awards ceremony that...
View ArticleFinding the Values in Committee Work
The transformative power of values-enacted scholarship is only really felt in lived-experience. Just before spring break, and only two weeks after the mass shooting on the MSU campus, a small group of...
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Joy and the Gift of Education
I’ve been a little quiet here lately as this very difficult semester comes to a close. It was healing yesterday to spend some time with Dr. Fauci before our MSU doctoral convocation. In his address he...
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Ubuntu, Drawing, and A Pilgrimage to the Boggs Center
I am learning how to draw. It started during the pandemic, but if I am being honest, my practice has languished. Over the last few weeks, however, I have felt the need to redouble my efforts, so I...
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Coalition for the Future Academy
The metaphors we use shape the future we create. Upon entering the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, you are immediately confronted by four enormous Corinthian columns supporting a spacious...
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Using Obsidian Notes to Create Context and Connection for Meaningful...
As many of you know, I find joy in refining the system that shapes the way I work and in sharing my approach here on the Long Road blog. So let this be the latest in an ongoing series which I have...
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