Wisdom, unconscious decision-making, and experiential learning Darya Rubenstein QC 14 and Jim Stellar In an interesting YouTube piece, Rabbi Akiva Tatz addresses an issue that is under emphasized in the Western world: wisdom. In the world we live … Continued
The Trolley Problem in Philosophy, In- vs. Out-groups, and Experiential Education Anna Wilga QC ‘15 and Jim Stellar This story begins with the trolley dilemma from modern philosophy. The trolley dilemma today is a two-part thought experiment, … Continued
Higher Education Cost – make it more worthwhile by adding experience to the academic curriculum Allyson Savin and Jim Stellar We started talking about writing this post at the end of June 2014 when there was a burst of media … Continued
My Year in the CUNY Service Corps Naomi Ducat QC’16 and Jim Stellar Naomi just finished writing a short paper on a different topic for another section of this website, but I had to ask her to write this blog … Continued
Reinforcement history, unconscious-decision making, and learning from experience Ciara Sanchez QC ’15 and Jim Stellar Ciara was a student in a class I taught last year. We had many follow-up conversations about the neuroscience of unconscious decision-making, operant … Continued
Peer Counseling is Experiential Education Sanaa Mylan QC’13 and Jim Stellar Sanaa and I met in 2009 when she was a freshman and I was a newly arrived Provost at Queens. I had taken a faculty apartment in the new … Continued
Counseling and Diversity Ashley Bryant QC 15 and Jim Stellar Ashley took my large general education lecture class that I co-teach in the spring. That led us to a conversation about how we best help students find their way through … Continued
College Price vs. Value and Experiential Education Allyson Savin NU’07 and Jim Stellar AS and JS wrote a blog post a few years ago on leadership – a natural topic as AS was a student leader.But AS was also a … Continued
Social Capital and Experiential Education Carolina Morgan NU ’10 and Jim Stellar I met Carolina in her freshman year at Northeastern University over her application to a scholarship that my office ran when I was Dean of the College of … Continued
The Insular Cortex, von Economo neurons, and awareness of feelings Ilyssa Monda-Loiacono, Golshan Aghanori QC’13, Jungyo Kim QC’13, and Jim Stellar Led by Ilyssa, who is a graduate student, Golshan, Jungyo, and Jim have been reading papers on the human … Continued