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THIS WEEK:

The Bandana Project’s Virtual Mixer

Finals are coming and we know how stressful this time of year can be! While it can be difficult to take a break, it is important for your mental health and well-being. Join us to connect with each other and take a moment to de-stress. Snacks and beverages are welcome!

Tuesday, April 20
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Virtual event. Zoom link. 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students and Peabody undergraduate students 

Questions? Risa Roth

Excess in Texas: An investigation of the effect of state policies concerning excess credit hours on student success

Vanderbilt Peabody alumna Dominique Baker, PhD’16, presents her research on how states have begun to focus on controlling student debt while encouraging on-time graduation. One way is by implementing policies regarding “excess semester credit hours” (ESCH), defined as any credit hours above the cumulative number required for an undergraduate degree. These policies aim to discourage students from taking a large number of courses that are unnecessary for their degrees, thereby limiting both the time to degree and undergraduate debt. The current study uses student-level data to investigate the extent to which an ESCH policy affects student success in Texas.

Baker is assistant professor of education policy in Southern Methodist University’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development. Her research focuses on how education policy affects and shapes the access and success of minoritized students in higher education. Professor Baker is the recipient of the 2021 Early Career Award from the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP).

Wednesday, April 21
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Virtual event. Zoom link. 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Tammy Eidson

Dean’s Diversity Lecture: I’ll Take You There, with Amie Thurber & Learotha Williams

Before there were guidebooks, there were just guides—people in the community you could count on to show you around. I’ll Take You There is written by and with the people who most intimately know Nashville, foregrounding the struggles and achievements of people’s movements toward social justice. The colloquial use of “I’ll take you there” has long been a response to the call of a stranger: for recommendations of safe passage through unfamiliar territory, a decent meal and place to lay one’s head, or perhaps a watering hole or juke joint. Join us for a discussion with the book’s editors Dr. Amie Thurber and Dr. Learotha Williams, as they share their experiences of collecting the stories of over a hundred Nashvillians that speak to issues of place, power, and the historic and ongoing struggle toward a more just city for all.

Wednesday, April 21
7:00 p.m. 
Virtual event. Registration required. 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Random Acts of Kindness Part III: Celebrating Earth Day

Swing by the Peabody Administration Steps between 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. on Earth Day (April 22nd) and pick up a goodie bag from the Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being​. This is our small way of showing kindness to you so that you might show kindness to others and yourself as we wrap up this challenging and inspiring semester. Know we have been inspired by each of you and how you keep showing up! We hope to see you there.

Thursday, April 22
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
In-person event. Peabody Administration Building Steps

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Alumni PATH Dialogue with Wadud Hassan

We are excited to host Wadud Hassan, MEd’15, a graduate of the Leadership and Organizational Performance program, for an alumni PATH Dialogue. Our PATH Dialogue Series shares diverse alumni paths to and from Peabody. Participants share how their paths help them contribute and make a positive difference.

Wadud is the founder of the Mindfulness Matters Leadership Institute. Mindfulness Matters delivers the highly sought-after Search Inside Yourself (SIY) Program. A program developed at Google, SIY is now taught around the world. It takes a science-based approach to develop mindful, resilient, and compassionate leaders. Learn more here.

Friday, April 23
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP | Zoom Link 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

HOD Colloquium: Interventions in the Urban Archive: A Discussion on Black Memory, Protest, and Self-Determination

What possibilities do interventions into urban archives (historical, administrative, or otherwise) have for commemorating Black life and/or working toward Black self-determination? What challenges or limits exist in thinking through the archive, more generally, as a site for resistance against erasure and dehumanization? Join us as panelists share their work on community-based projects aimed at preserving Black histories and rethinking Black futures and as they discuss their perspectives on the importance of everyday record keeping to Black life.

Panelists include:

Jarrett Martin Drake, Ph.D. candidate in social anthropology at Harvard University, where he engages in a variety of archival, educational, and organizing projects that pertain to prison abolition.

Jennifer Garcon, digital scholarship librarian at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches digital tools, methods, and literacies and supports sustainable digital projects.

Jamel Campbell-Gooch, community organizer and anti-violence activist in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a member of Gideon’s Army.

Danielle Wilfong, doctoral student in Community Research and Action.

Friday, April 23
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Virtual event. Zoom link. 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Sara Safransky

COMING SOON:

Book Talk with Sandra L. Barnes

Join the Initiative for Race Research and Justice as Professor Sandra L. Barnes (HOD and Sociology) discusses her latest book, Kings of Mississippi. A free book will be given to the first 10 registrants who attend.

Kings of Mississippi: Race, Religious Education, and the Making of a Middle -Class Black Family in the Segregated South (Cambridge University Press, 2019) documents a 20th century anomaly – a middle class black family living in rural Mississippi. The Kings did not reflect the “well-scrubbed black middle class,” but experienced economic challenges as they lived and worked alongside the many struggling black and white sharecroppers and farmers in Gallman, Mississippi. Narratives and census data across time and a socio-ecological lens help assess how race, religion, education, and key employment options influenced economic and non-economic outcomes. Family voices explain how intangible beliefs fueled socioeconomic outcomes – under the ever-present specter of racial, gender, and economic stratification. The study provides an unexpected glimpse at how a family’s ethos can foster upward mobility into the middle class.

Tuesday, April 27
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual event. Registration required. 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Initiative for Race Research and Justice

Iris Book Club: I’ll Take You There, Exploring Nashville’s Social Justice Sites

The book discussion features Community, Research, and Action alumna Dr. Amie Thurber, with Dr. Learotha Williams, Jr., editors of I’ll Take You There and Dean’s Diversity Lecture speakers.

Books were available for the first 20 participants who RSVP’d and all reservations are full to receive a book. However, ALL students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join us for the discussion. Register here.

*Originally scheduled for April 14th but due to book availability, the discussion was moved out two weeks. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Wednesday, April 28
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Registration for Iris Book Discussion 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Peabody Research Spotlight

The Peabody Research Spotlight (PRS) series is designed to showcase research conducted by Peabody College faculty, PhD students, and PhD alumni, and to facilitate and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations. The series is open to prospective Peabody PhD students as well.

The upcoming and last AY session will be anchored on research during the COVID-19 global pandemic. One faculty member from each department will give a short presentation (5-7 minutes), focused on how their research has proceeded during the COVID-19 global pandemic, followed by a brief Q&A (2-3 minutes).

Speakers

Leadership Policy and Organizations: Dr. Adela Soliz, assistant professor of higher education and policy

Teaching and Learning: Dr. Corey Brady, assistant professor of mathematics education

Human and Organizational Development: Dr. Jessica Perkins, assistant professor

Special Education: Dr. Elizabeth Biggs, assistant professor

Psychology and Human Development: Dr. James Booth, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Brianna Yamasaki, postdoctoral researcher

Thursday, April 29
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP Required. 

Open to current and prospective Peabody PhD students

Questions? Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez

CONTINUING:

Meditation Mondays

Co-sponsored by the Peabody Office of Student Engagement & Well-Being and the Center for Student Wellbeing, we invite all Peabody faculty, staff, and students to a free guided meditation every Monday.

Every Monday
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Virtual event. Registration required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Fitness in the Tents

The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons is sponsoring weekly fitness classes in the new heated tents. Spaces are limited. Please RSVP by searching fitness in the tents in Anchor Link. Masks are required.

WERQ: HIP HOP DANCE
Every Wednesday
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
In person event. Commons Center Tent. Registration required.

YOGA
Every Saturday
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
In person event. Commons Center Tent. Registration required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students and Peabody undergraduate students

Questions? Martha Rivers Ingram Commons