Books

• The Impacts of Innovative Institutions in Higher Education

  Sharing lessons from innovative, progressive colleges and universities.
  Collected volume, co-edited with Noah Coburn, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

  Specific chapters:

  • How Innovative Institutions Enrich Higher Education

    Book introduction, co-authored with Noah Coburn

  • Beyond “Innovation”: Lessons for Making Change in Higher Educational Institutions

    Book conclusion, co-authored with Noah Coburn

Selected Articles

• Institutional Development via Co-Design

  A summary of faculty activities during Fulbright University Vietnam’s co-design year.
  Journal article, co-authored with Naoko Ellis, in The International Journal of Educational Reform, online version, 2024

• Learning that Matters is Messy

  Accessing the learner’s experience through three experiments in higher education.
  Journal article, in Turning Toward Being: The Journal of Ontological Inquiry in Education: Volume : Iss. 1, Article 5, 2023

• Questions Beyond Majors

  Why asking questions may facilitate growth and development more than declaring majors.
  Article, co-authored with Marjorie Wonham, in The Times Higher Education, 2023

• Co-Design: An Innovation in Higher Education That Works

  How co-design serves as a mechanism for fruitful educational innovation.
  Article, co-authored with Andrew Maguire, posted on LinkedIn.com, 2021

• The Blessing and Curse of the Blank Slate

  Why starting an organization with a “blank slate” is both wonderful and fraught.
  Article, co-authored with Andrew Maguire, posted on Medium.com, 2020

Selected Talks and Podcast Appearances

• Whoever Struggles Does the Learning

  How learning can be made more effective through pedagogical experiments.
  Podcast episode, Art of Dynamic Competence: Creating Success in Changing Times, 2022

• An Accidental Career

  How curiosity can reveal hidden questions about the learning process.
  Podcast episode: Art of Dynamic Competence: Creating Success in Changing Times, 2022

• In Advocacy of the Mess in Research

  Why undertaking research reflects the challenges and growth opportunities of the Hero’s Journey.
  Talk, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Research Seminar, 2020

• Cats on Ladders and First-Person Learning Experiences

  Why authentic learning requires going into “the mess.”
  TEDx talk, TEDx Squamish, 2014