MEET DR. HARRIET SCHWARTZ
Dr. Harriet Schwartz is an educator and researcher based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the author of Connected Teaching: Relationships, Power, and Teaching in Higher Education.
ABOUT DR. SCHWARTZ
Harriet L. Schwartz, PhD, is Professor of Relational Practice and Higher Education in Antioch University’s PhD in Leadership and Change program.
Harriet’s scholarly interests include teaching as relational practice, emotion and teaching, and qualitative research methods. She is the author of Connected Teaching: Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education (Stylus, 2019) and has published two New Directions for Teaching and Learning sourcebooks, co-editing Teaching and Emotion (with Jennifer Snyder-Duch) and editing Interpersonal Boundaries in Teaching and Learning. She also writes in the public domain, addressing social justice issues including racism, sexism, and homophobia.
Harriet is lead scholar for education as relational practice and a leadership team member for the International Center for Growth in Connection, the intellectual home of Relational Cultural Theory and related research and practice.
In addition, she mentors doctoral students in qualitative research methods at Antioch University where she earned her PhD in Leadership and Change. She also holds an MS in counseling and a certificate in student personnel from Springfield College. Prior to pursuing a teaching career, she worked in student affairs at Carnegie Mellon University, Bard College, and University of Hartford.
HARRIET RECOMMENDS
“I love sharing good stuff, so each month I’ll recommend something that I hope will help you teach, learn, connect, create, energize, or relax.”
JUNE
“Diamond Studded Shoes” by YOLA
I first heard Yola in 2019 when she opened for someone else here in Pgh (I enjoyed her set far more than the headliner who I won’t name!). Yola, from from the UK, has an incredible voice and seems capable of owning just about any vocal genre. I’ve heard her sing with equal power and command in blues, rock, roots, and country contexts and have read that she sings jazz as well. Yola’s debut album “Walk Through Fire” (produced by Dan Auerbach on Easy Eye Records) earned four Grammy nominations. I still reach for this album often, particularly on Sunday mornings. Yola has a new album scheduled for release this summer. “Diamond Studded Shoes” is the first single — listen to her question the divide and conquer strategy of so many who hold power and wealth. I also encourage you to check out the live-in-the-studio version of “Walk Through Fire“.
HARRIET L. SCHWARTZ PHOTOGRAPHY
“I began taking photos as a kid and several cameras later, I am still at it. I took a photography class in junior high and have attended a few seminars since, but for the most part my quest to improve as a photographer is self-directed. I continue to learn by engaging with photography articles, books, and videos and exploring the strengths, style, and choices of others’ good work (specifically, the work that I find most compelling!). In the last few years, I’ve been doing a lot of macro (close-up) photography and more recently have been working with more abstraction.”
This collection focuses on orange and yellow in the natural world.
