Knowledge Unbound

Season 3 Episode 3 - Aria Mia Loberti | All the light we see

Bryan Dewsbury — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:43:18 -0100

In this week's episode, I reflect on themes of teaching, learning, and life choices with my former student Aria Mia Loberti. We discuss going from triple majoring to being cast as the lead in the Netflix short series 'All the light we cannot see' based on the book by the same name. Aria gets into her own physical journey of legal blindness to sightedness, and the platforms it provided her to be an advocate for those with disabilities.

Season 3 Episode 2 - Juan Ramirez Lugo | You will know when you are ready

Bryan Dewsbury — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 21:29:38 -0100

In this week’s episode, Juan Ramirez Lugo joined us from Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Ramirez discusses his personal experiences and cultural challenges he encountered while conducting research during grad school, as well as the mindset one must adopt when joining it.

Season 3 Episode 1 - Dr. Asia Eaton | The walls that divide us

Bryan Dewsbury — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:32:30 -0100

To kick off this new season of Knowledge Unbound, Bryan Dewsbury invites Dr. Asia Eaton to the studio for an insightful discussion on the evolution of society, gender norms, and interpersonal relationships in the modern age. As a social and behavioral psychologist, Dr. Eaton highlights key issues both men and women face - from the manosphere’s ideals of restricting one’s emotions to women forgoing structural support in the household - and how they each contribute to the social disconnect that impede the growth of relationships, among other issues.

Season 2 Episode 10 - Greg Spottedbird and Mariko Rooks | Reflections matter

Bryan Dewsbury — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:59:19 +0000

This week we talk to Greg Spottedbird and Mariko Rooks about the Youth Ambassador program, formed for the descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre and Japanese internment camp to be in community with each other. I am joined by Rae Solomon of KUNC, the NPR affiliate in Northern Colorado. Episode recorded at the Sand Creek National Historic Site.

Season 2 Episode 9 - Jenny Mercado and Rebekah Greenwald | Solving community problems with the community

Bryan Dewsbury — Fri, 30 May 2025 18:54:32 +0000

This week we are joined by members of Nuevas Voces, here to talk about an incredible partnership between them and mathematics researchers to develop a real time climate change resource tool for the Woonasquatucket community. With Jenny Mercado and Rebekah Greenwald, we discuss the value of humility, listening, and sharing common goals for human uplift and how those values informed an incredible partnership between academics and a local community organization.

Season 2 Episode 8 - Dr. Sarah Cavanagh | Teaching to the life of the mind

Bryan Dewsbury — Thu, 22 May 2025 02:30:24 +0000

In this episode, Dr. Cavanagh reminds us that teaching the whole student includes deep considerations of their emotional and mental health. Using her own research and deploying her delightful narrative style, she helps us think about what this means for our teaching and general support of students.

Season 2 Episode 7 - Dr. Leon Prieto | What history has taught us

Bryan Dewsbury — Wed, 14 May 2025 01:36:46 +0000

In this episode Clayton State University professor Dr. Leon Professor Prieto joins us to discuss how his journey from Trinidad to his education in Business at the undergraduate, Masters and PhD level informed his work and thinking on blackness and business. We discuss what this means for those of us finding deep meaning and historical relevance in our teaching practice.

Season 2 Episode 6 - Dr. Siobhan Cully | Researching what really matters

Bryan Dewsbury — Wed, 07 May 2025 02:58:46 +0000

This week, Dr. Cully joins us to discuss her anthropological research, its connection to the broader discussion on social constructs of gender, and her own journey to exploring issues in accessibility.

Season 2 Episode 5 - Dr. Maha Bali | We teach to listen

Bryan Dewsbury — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:20:27 +0000

We are joined this week by Dr. Maha Bali of American University, Cairo. We talk teaching, AI, diversity, open, and other possibilities for transformative education in the Egyptian and international context. Thanks to Maha for hosting me and having this great conversation.

Season 2 Episode 4 - Dr. Jessica Riddell | Hope in the unseen

Bryan Dewsbury — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:53:36 +0000

In today's episode Dr. Riddell shares her journey in higher education particularly as it led towards the writing of one her books 'Hope Circuits' and the concept of Hope University. We will explore a more expansive view of hope, necessary as higher education continues to chart paths into uncertain futures.

Season 2 Episode 3 - Kimberley Minors | Teaching students

Bryan Dewsbury — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:29:11 +0000

This week, longtime educator Kimberly Minors joins me to talk teaching, education and general social change in the Conmonwealth of the Bahamas. Kimberly discusses her experience as a classroom teacher and as a consultant to the education system there, highlighting the reality that educating well is about knowing the whole person and the society education is meant to improve.

Season 2 Episode 2 - Dr. David Asai | A look back

Bryan Dewsbury — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 01:32:17 +0000

This week I was joined by Dr. David Asai. David shared with me his journey, his father's journey, and how lessons from both tell us a lot about race, ethnicity and belonging in America. We discuss this rich personal history and muse on what it means for our collective responsibility to offer a rich, meaningful higher education experience.

Season 2 Episode 1 - Dr. Heather Beem | In service of others

Bryan Dewsbury — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:03:44 +0000

In this, the first episode of Season 2, I talk with Heather Beem, founder of the Practical Education Network, about serving others, your why, and her own journey to designing an organization that makes cool science available to all, regardless of resource level. Heather talks about her journey from MIT field trip to the reach that her organization has across the continent of Africa.

Bonus Episode - Roxanna Elden | Saying the quiet part out loud

Bryan Dewsbury — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 01:58:09 +0000

In this special bonus back-to-school episode, Roxanna Elden, former high school teacher and author of See me after class: Advice for teachers by teachers and Adequate Yearly Progress talks to us about unpacking all the tiny things about effective classrooms that perhaps we don't always want to discuss. We hope this witty conversation provides useful tips for you as we enter into this academic year together.

Season 1 Episode 10 - Dr. Mays Imad | Making ourselves whole

Bryan Dewsbury — Sat, 25 May 2024 20:19:03 +0000

This week, in our final episode of Season 1, Dr. Mays Imad shared with us her journey from Baghdad, Iraq to Connecticut College and her internationally renowned work on trauma informed education. She implores us to think of education as opportunities for healing and growth, such that both our students and us can become more whole from the experience.

Season 1 Episode 9 - Maisha Moses | Cast your bucket where you are

Bryan Dewsbury — Sat, 18 May 2024 23:28:15 +0000

Maisha Moses, Executive Director of the Young People's Project (YPP) talks with us about the organization's founding and the ways in which it has built off of the work of civil rights leader, and her father Robert (Bob) Moses. Sprung from the Algebra Project (AP), a program that works with secondary school students who live in conditions that do not support their success, YPP helps cultivate agency among AP students who then go on to teach middle students algebra. We talk about what it means to cast your bucket, as in to go deeply into a problem with a community of students.

Season 1 Episode 8 - Kathie Klarreich | What it takes for another chance

Bryan Dewsbury — Sun, 12 May 2024 02:39:15 +0000

Executive Director of Exchange for Change joins us to discuss providing education to the incarcerated, education as a human right, and the ways in which her life experience impacted her desire to center humanism in education. Kathie was a journalist in Haiti for 30 years and shares with us lessons from that experience that informs her current work.

Season 1 Episode 7 - Dr. Viji Sathy and Dr. Kelly Hogan | About the road to inclusive teaching

Bryan Dewsbury — Sun, 05 May 2024 01:12:34 +0000

In this episode we discuss the formation of an incredible partnership around teaching and the ways in which that partnership led to classroom transformation, an acclaimed book on inclusive teaching, and professional development that continues to transform campuses nationwide. Our discussion helps explore the underbelly of what it really means to teach with students fully in mind.

Season 1 Episode 6 - Dr. Timothy Eatman | Innovating education

Bryan Dewsbury — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 22:36:55 +0000

Dr. Eatman talks with us in this episode about the Honors Living Learning community at Rutgers University, Newark. He describes the version that led to the vision, and the ways in which the LLC is reimagining what it means to be educated.

Season 1 Episode 5 - President Adam Bush | The unbounding of college

Bryan Dewsbury — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:01:34 +0000

President Bush is the co-founder and President of College Unbound. His team has developed a remarkable approach that allows us to rethink and re-recognize college's social possibilities. He talks to us here about his personal journey and path to that vision. College Unbound is based in Providence, Rhode Island.

Season 1 Episode 4 - Dr. Vijai Bhola | All of my help.

Bryan Dewsbury — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 22:34:12 +0000

This week Dr. Vijai Bhola, critical care and infectious disease doctor discusses his journey to international medical work, and the ways in which that work has impacted the lives of others and his own. We discuss what it means to engage in medical practice in a mindset of 'beyond', and the behaviors that makes that sustainable.

Season 1 Episode 3 - Mekdelawit Massay Deribe | Water, power and policy in Ethiopia.

Bryan Dewsbury — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 22:51:28 +0000

In this episode, Mekdelawit discusses the path to her doctoral work and the evolution of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project. We discuss the aspects of her journey that led to her current work and the value of being in service of your why. Mekdelawit is from Addis Ababa Ethiopia and is pursuing doctoral studies in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Florida International University. She is also an Edward Bouchet doctoral scholar.

Season 1 Episode 2 - Dr. Beronda Montgomery | Lessons from Little Rock, academia and plants

Bryan Dewsbury — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:11:33 +0000

In today's conversation Dr. Montgomery talks about her journey into the academy and what led to her work on inclusive mentoring. We discuss ways in which pivotal life moments taught lessons that have shaped her approach to her work. Dr. Montgomery is the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean at Grinnell College and the author of the book 'Lessons from Plants'.

Season 1 Episode 1 - Dr. Carrie Diaz Eaton | On bravery, choices and activism in STEM

Bryan Dewsbury — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 16:50:10 -0100

Dr. Carrie Diaz Eaton, Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies talks with us about her vision for the RIOS (for a Racially-Just Inclusive Open STEM education) Institute, and her own journey navigating and disrupting traditional spaces in STEM. We talked about her own growth into her professional and personal identity, and the opportunities it presented for her to provide more opportunities for others in Math, and the general landscape of STEM.