In the early days of the pandemic, fear and uncertainty were felt across many sectors. The material impact to healthcare, income, and educational opportunities differed depending on privilege, but empathy gaps were perhaps more easily traversed because of a basis in collective awareness and experience. Therein lies the threat when we emerge on the other side of this pandemic. We need to tackle the truly difficult work of empathy—traversing wide gaps in experience that stem from inequity. Narrowing those gaps in education will require institutional change, but educators on-the-ground plant the seeds. My goal here is to begin explicating for…
Author: Kathleen Turner Ledgerwood
Daymon Kiliman
Dr. TL is an Assistant Professor of English and the Writing Area Coordinator at Lincoln University, an HBCU in mid-Missouri. She is fortunate to work with first-year writers, future teachers, and her colleagues in growing a compassionate community for writers at LU.