Ginger Barnhart and Lauren Links sat down to talk with Cara about cultivating and sustaining graduate student communities and graduate students, finding and creating place together, and so much more.

A special thank you to those who proposed the GSC: Sara Hardman, Alex Nikolaidis, Dustin Webster, Addyson Frattura, Rebecca Sullivan, Ka Ya Lee, Kirsten Welch, and Annie Schultz.

Follow the PES GSC on IG: @pesgsc or tell us more about your research here. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQCiZYaEk6E_pWGfzQkVfVhXsvbc2ZLR6hMWBZCZWgYlh_lQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

For more work by Lauren: "Natality and the Scholarly Life: Motherhood, Mentorship, and Disorientation" https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681261425297

Kathleen Knight-Abowitz gives the Presidential Address, the Value of Local Control: Place and Educational Governance delivered at the Philosophy of Education Society Annual meeting. This session is introduced by Sarah Stitzlein. Two paper responses are delivered by Clarence Joldersma and Campbell Scribner respectively.

For more writing by Kathleen:

For more work by Kathleen:

Knight-Abowitz, Kathleen and Dustin Hornbeck (2025). “The right to invite and the right to decline: Parental rights in public schools,” Theory and Research in Education 23 (2), 1-21. ⁠https://doi.org/10.1177/14778785251351377⁠

Knight-Abowitz, Kathleen (2025). “Serving on a school board, 2019-2023: Strengths and vulnerabilities of a democratic institution,” AERA Open 11 (1), 1-17. ⁠https://doi.org/10.1177/233285842513238⁠

For Sarah and Kathleen’s co-authored writing:

https://kappanonline.org/abowitz-stitzlein-public-schools-public-goods-and-public-work/

https://kappanonline.org/telling-new-stories-about-schools-reframing-narrative-shared-responsibilities-stitzlein-abowitz/

For more of Campbell’s writing:

The Fight For Local Control: Schools, Suburbs, and American Democracy (Cornell, 2016)

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501700804/the-fight-for-local-control/

A is for Arson: A History of Vandalism in American Education (Cornell, 2023)

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501770722/a-is-for-arson/

Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Danny Mamlok sat down to talk with Cara about the upcoming Philosophy of Education Society conference themed on To Be Rooted in Place, Education, and Ethics. They shared insights into their current roles in the organization as president and program chair, and then dove into the conference theme.

For the program:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2MXScBtQKMyUa4oH3pbjMueszv3dYOV/view

For more work by Danny:

Mamlok, Dan. 2023a. “The Quest to Cultivate Tolerance Through Education.” Studies in Philosophy and Education 42 (3): 231–46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-023-09874-8.

Mamlok, Dan. 2023b. “The Quest to Cultivate Tolerance Through Education.” Studies in Philosophy and Education 42 (3): 231–46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-023-09874-8.

Mamlok, Dan, and Kathleen Knight Abowitz. 2022. “132 Words: A Critical Examination of Digital Technology, Education, and Citizenship.” Technology, Knowledge and Learning 27 (4): 1237–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-021-09540-3.

For more work by Kathleen:

Knight-Abowitz, Kathleen and Dustin Hornbeck (2025). “The right to invite and the right to decline: Parental rights in public schools,” Theory and Research in Education 23 (2), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/14778785251351377

Knight-Abowitz, Kathleen (2025). “Serving on a school board, 2019-2023: Strengths and vulnerabilities of a democratic institution,” AERA Open 11 (1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/233285842513238