115. Inspired Belonging: Diving into the Work of bell hooks

The second episode of “Inspired Belonging” on Writing Remix, hosts Dan Dissinger and Stephanie Renée Payne reflect on their personal and pedagogical relationships with the work of the late scholar, poet, speaker, & teacher bell hooks. This is a deeply vulnerable conversation on hooks’ impactful work on engaged pedagogy, love, community, and self-actualization, specifically fromContinue reading “115. Inspired Belonging: Diving into the Work of bell hooks”

114. Spring 2025 Semester Reflection: Meaningful Teaching, Student Engagement, & Well-being

In this solo episode of Writing Remix, Dan Dissinger reflects on the end of the 2025 Spring semester at USC. He shares what he changed and what worked in his classroom, the impact of creating meaningful and accessible assignments, student reactions to and experiences reading Exile & Pride by Eli Clare and All About LoveContinue reading “114. Spring 2025 Semester Reflection: Meaningful Teaching, Student Engagement, & Well-being”