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Imagining the University Differently: The Tactics of Transformation

FREE SEMINAR MAY 15, 2025: In this conversation between Dr. Kaelie Giffel and Dr. Reham El-Morally, they discuss how the university fails to serve the majority of people that move through it and what can be done about these failures. Themes discussed will include oppression and knowledge production in the university, divisions of labor between faculty, staff, and students, what aspects of the university are worth keeping, and tactics for transforming the university, from within and without.

Michael Boezi February 24, 2025

Breaking Free: Rewriting the Script of Disability in American Higher Education

FREE SEMINAR APR 24, 2025: In this conversation between Stephanie Levin and Dr. Janise Hurtig, they discuss ableism as a systemic issue that continues to plague American postsecondary education – and how educators can help break the cycle of ableism and further promote inclusiveness within their institutions.

Michael Boezi February 20, 2025

Reverse Engineering as a Curriculum Development Process

FREE SEMINAR NOV 13, 2025: In this conversation between Anne Cecil and Dr. Reham El-Morally, they discuss the practice-based pedagogy of starting with current trends and deconstructing their influences – not only to build connections between the past and present but also to encourage students to reflect on how historical cycles, subcultures, and innovations influence contemporary identities and cultural narratives.

Michael Boezi February 17, 2025

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The Construction of Latinidad Within Speculative Fiction

by Michael Boezi

March 25, 2025

FREE SEMINAR JUN 18, 2025: In this conversation between Dr. Gabriel A. Cruz and Dr. Chris McAuley, they explore how contemporary speculative fiction constructs Latinidad in ways that advance humanizing depictions of Latinx people, as well as those cases where narratives reinforce reductive understandings about Latinidad.

Lived Places Publishing Launches on the University of Michigan Publishing’s Fulcrum Platform to Enhance Access and Discoverability of Social Identity Scholarship

by Michael Boezi

March 20, 2025

Lived Places Publishing (LPP) proudly announces its official launch on the Fulcrum.org platform. This milestone marks a significant advancement in the accessibility and discoverability of scholarly content focused on social identity and the lived experience of place.

From Harm to Healing: The Fight for Liberation in a Society That Criminalizes

by Felicia Carbajal

March 13, 2025

Survival in a world built on punishment is not just an act of defiance but a testament to the resilience of those who have been criminalized—Black, Brown, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, and poor communities. Their struggle is not just against incarceration, but against a society determined to strip them of dignity and opportunity long after they’ve been released.

Mental Health in Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and Supports

by Michael Boezi

March 10, 2025

LPP author Emma Farrell has arranged a seminar on the subject of supporting higher education students with mental health difficulties which is bringing together leading scholars, student support experts, policy makers, and government officials from Ireland and abroad.

Achieving Positive Outcomes for Teen Moms Through Appropriate Policy and Educational Support

by Michael Boezi

March 4, 2025

Pregnant and parenting teen moms, along with their children, face difficult and uncertain futures without appropriate support in terms of economic investment in healthcare or educational support. Janice Airhart offers a perspective on how to deliver these supports, in light of her personal and professional lived experience as a former high school teacher of teen moms.