Journeys of Teaching

Hannah Peterson, Eli Minot, Taylor Anderson, Sarah Cobarrubias, Isabel Denil, and Ayla Alderdice are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Spring 2026 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R....

Stephanie LaMonto, Mary Crumley, Brooklyn Kraegenbrink, Jana Blau, and Gretchen Lynse are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Spring 2026 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart i...

Paige Christianson, Wyatt Dillenburg, Ava Knabenbauer, Aubrey Keeping, and Brooklyn Butzin are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Spring 2026 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. Gierh...

Carli Anderson, Jakob Lemke, Katie Benavides, Sarah McPherson, and Hannah Lebeck are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Spring 2026 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an...

Lydia Galleske, Grace Ivens, Benjamin Monarski, Dawson Przybylski, Ava Jaje, and Noah Stachovak are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Spring 2026 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R....

Dominic Ballweg, Arik Bauer, Abby Diethelm, Olivia Eliason, Brylea Eschenbauch, and Madi Gruny are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Spring 2026 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. G...

Josh Paquette, Sierra Rothe, Heather Nemeth, and Emily Becker are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Spring 2026 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor...

Alex Bowe, Sarah Gatlin, Haley Van Wyhe, and Brittney Meyer are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Spring 2026 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor o...

Keeley Rosenfield, Ava Swenson, Grace Westenberger, Paris Pinney, and Mary Mayhew are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Fall 2025 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an A...

Esther Schick, Bailey Kocken, Mary Morgan, Rachel Potts, and Courtney Ryan are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Fall 2025 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistan...

Alayna Garrity, Alex Hein, Emily Gibbs, Brooke Hess, and Kelsie Mohr are pre-service teaching candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In this bonus episode of the Journeys of Teaching podcast, they discuss their exploration and critical evaluation of different AI tools during Fall 2025 and the implications of AI for teaching and learning. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Prof...

This week, we will sit down with ⁠Selena Tandon⁠ , a teacher-librarian and former equity consultant with the York Region District School Board in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. On this episode, Selena will describe how she organizes and displays literature in her school’s library to connect teachers and students to books in intentional ways. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Educational...

This week, we will sit down with Selena Tandon , a teacher-librarian and former equity consultant with the York Region District School Board in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. In this episode, we will learn about Selena’s mission as an educator to forge change and how she has leveraged networked learning opportunities to create spaces beyond the confines of systems of education. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is...

This week, we will sit down with Mr. Vương, an upper‑elementary teacher whose TikTok account, ⁠@teamvuong⁠ —centered on social‑emotional learning and social‑justice‑oriented teaching practices—has garnered more than 100,000 followers. On this episode, we will look back at Mr. Vương’s journey into the teaching profession and his family’s acceptance of his career choice. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an...

This week, we will sit down with Mr. Vương, an upper‑elementary teacher whose TikTok account, @teamvuong —centered on social‑emotional learning and social‑justice‑oriented teaching practices—has garnered more than 100,000 followers. On this episode, Mr. Vương reflects on his decade‑long teaching career and the ways he centers community building and student humanity in his practice. In his classroo...

This week, we will sit down with Dr. Alex Corbitt ⁠ , an Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in the Syracuse University School of Education. During our conversation, Alex shared about his years of teaching in the Bronx in which play, inquiry, and failure were central to his students’ language arts engagement. He also shared his perspective on how today’s teachers can connect language arts cu...

This week, we will sit down with ⁠Scott Weiler⁠ , an Instructor of Robotics and Automation at Pima JTED, a career and technical education high school in Tucson, Arizona. Scott is also an Adjunct Professor of Automated Industrial Technology at Pima Community College. On this episode, Scott will share about Girl Power in Science and Engineering, an initiative Scott started in 2012 for connecting gir...

This week, we will sit down with Scott Weiler , an Instructor of Robotics and Automation at Pima JTED, a career and technical education high school in Tucson, Arizona. Scott is also an Adjunct Professor of Automated Industrial Technology at Pima Community College. On this episode, we will learn about Scott’s journey from studying language to robotics to teaching. We will also hear about how the te...

This week, we will sit down with Maddi Briguglio , the Director of Operations for the Inside Out Network and a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University. The Inside Out Network brokers connections between individuals released from prisons and service providers to facilitate the reentry process. On this episode, Maddi will share how her work at Inside Out and her teaching at Arizona State Unive...

This week, we will sit down with Maddi Briguglio , the Director of Operations for the Inside Out Network and a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University. The Inside Out Network brokers connections between individuals released from prisons and service providers to facilitate the reentry process. On this episode, we will learn about Maddi’s reentry work and the impacts Maddi and the Inside Out N...

This week, we will sit down with Maggie Beeber, the recently retired Undergraduate Advising Coordinator and Teacher Certification Officer in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.  This interview was recorded about five weeks before Maggie’s retirement. She looked back on a career grounded in service to School of Education students and the extended university communi...

This week, we will sit down with Erika MacNeil, a teacher librarian in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, who previously appeared on this podcast in 2023 .  In our conversation this year, I caught up with Erika about her teaching over the past few years as I prepared to finalize a chapter about her in my book, Narratives of Pedagogical Development and Navigation of Educational Contexts , which was publis...

This week, we will sit down with ⁠Maria Loy Carson⁠ , the Executive Director of ⁠Camp HOPE⁠ , a weekend camp in Central Wisconsin for children who have lost a loved one to work through the grieving process. On this episode, Maria will describe the origins of Camp HOPE and the work being done for campers and their families. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology a...

This week, we will sit down with Maria Loy Carson , the Executive Director of Camp HOPE , a weekend camp in Central Wisconsin for children who have lost a loved one to work through the grieving process. On this episode, Maria will discuss her career transitions from social work to higher education to now directing Camp HOPE and becoming a first-time parent. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Pr...

This week, we will sit down with Dr. Chloe Morris, a professor at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, teaching courses in classroom management and diversity.  On this episode, Chloe will discuss the importance of school culture and how it impacted her classroom teaching career in both positive and negative ways. Dr. Aaron R. Gierhart is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at the Un...