Episode 108 - Susan Hrach

In this episode, we continue our mini-series on bodies and embodiment produced by Leah Marion Roberts, Senior Graduate Teaching Fellow at the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching. Leah has been interviewing experts who can help us understand why paying attention to bodies in teaching and learning spaces is so important. Leah talks with Susan Hrach, Director of the Faculty Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Professor of English at Columbus State University. Leah reached out to Susan because Susan is the author of the book Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning, published in 2021 by West Virginia University Press. In the interview, Susan Hrach shares some core understandings of bodies from her research, how those principles play out in the classroom, and some very practical ways to enhance student learning and belonging through attention to bodies and the physical learning environment. Links: • Susan’s website - https://susanhrach.com/ • Susan’s Book Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning - https://wvupressonline.com/node/866 • @SusanHrach on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SusanHrach • Annie Murphy Paul, The Extended Mind (2021) https://anniemurphypaul.com/books/the-extended-mind/ • On Being podcast with Bessel Van Der Kolk (2021) https://onbeing.org/programs/bessel-van-der-kolk-trauma-the-body-and-2021/