Reimagining Hospitality in Education 408 with Cassy Pressimone Beckowski & Joey Eisman

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Cassy and Joey met as doctoral students in Quant 2 in the Fall of 2020. Their friendship grew from a mutual passion for student engagement, community building, and professional development. Once I joined the doctoral student squad, they gave me an incredible opportunity to be able to bring my hospitality skills and values in to the College of Education and Human Development. Our relationship is a prime example of where I have found myself - surrounded by folks from completely different life paths but coming together to form a community and learn and grow from one another. For anyone curious about what life is like as an assessment nerd, educational psychologist, experiential educator, or dissertation defender, this episode is for you!

Additional Topics Include:

• The Limitation of Jobs for Dramaturgs
• Finding Clarity through Research
• Complex Dynamic Systems and the DSMRI
• How to Build Community and Engagement
• The Importance of Taking Care of your Mental Health
• Avoid Social Comparisons!

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About the Guests:
Cassy Pressimone Beckowski is the Director of Assessment & Continuous Improvement at Gwynedd Mercy University. In May 2024, she graduated from Temple University with her PhD in Policy and Organizational Studies: Higher Education. During her time at Temple, she worked in the Office of the Provost to support university reaccreditation, strategic planning, and assessment; she also supported faculty research and graduate student engagement in the College of Education and Human Development. Additionally, Cassy has over 15 years’ higher education experience as a faculty fellow, instructor, and learning support specialist. Cassy is a passionate advocate for equitable student success; her research interests include first-generation college student success, institutional mission and culture, and engaging pedagogy. Her work has appeared at national conferences and in peer-reviewed journals. Outside of work, Cassy is a mom of two as well as an avid distance runner, voracious reader, and occasional wedding singer.

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Joseph I. Eisman is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education and an adjunct faculty member at the College of Education and Human at Temple University. His research explores the relationships between empathy, emotion, motivation, identity, and creativity in educational contexts using complex dynamic systems theories. He also consults with educational organizations, including camps and after school programs to explore ways to meaningful consider the social, mental, and emotional wellbeing of their staff and participants. Eisman received his PhD at Temple University, and he holds an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University, and BS from the University of Michigan.

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This episode has been produced in association with Gal Co Productions.