In Episode 55
Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook interviews Dr.
Heather Stone an Associate Professor who holds the Nalley E.P./LEQSF Endowed Professorship in the College of Education and Human Development at the
University of Louisiana at
Lafayette. She has over fifteen years of experience in education and has developed
curricula for K-12, college, and community projects. The curriculum is derived from the oral histories she collects with and alongside different
coastal communities who are losing their land due to climate change. We discussed the following: oral history methodologies, the lived experiences of rural communities during
the desegregation of K-12 public schooling system, developing a global perspective with teacher candidates, collaborative interdisciplinary
projects, bringing community oral history education via
virtual reality to the K-12 science classroom, her
documentary film Isle of Memories, and so much more.