Episode 34: Dr. Courtney Mauldin on Creating Bridges and Possibilities Through Literature

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. Dr. Courtney Mauldin is an Assistant Professor in the Teaching and Leadership Department in the Syracuse University School of Education. Her interdisciplinary research and scholarship illuminates how youth and girls of color use arts-based and literacy practices as methods for leadership, identity construction, and reimagining schools and communities.. She has a Ph.D. in K-12 Educational Administration, Michigan State University, and M.Ed. in Instructional Practice from Lipscomb University and a B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Tennessee Knoxville.  Currently, Courtney facilitates the Central New York Educators of Color Dialogue and runs the teen book club, The Breedlove Readers which she co-founded in Syracuse, NY in Spring 2020. This conversation focuses on the work in the humanities that Courtney has done outside the university with youth in the region of Central New York. Jeff and Courtney also discuss her educational background and her deep appreciation for literature. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson