Dr. Jeremy Alexander

Instructional/leadership coach at the Roche Center for Catholic Ed & teach formative education at BC: concerned w/ democratic ed & how ed forms us to be human/e

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

Also, adding this one, and a bunch of articles, and some fiction … thinking about the Death of Ivan Ilyich or some short stories from Melville including The Happy Failure and Bartleby. Still open to suggestions for good fiction and other readings on failure (2/2)

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

In the fall I’m teaching a senior seminar for Transformative Ed Studies majors, the topics is On Failure, I’m excited & daunted by this task, but looking forward to preparing & thinking through the course … here’s a peak at some of the reading I’m working through (1/2)

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

One of my favorite things about winter is that in the cold and darkness some of the invisible realities of everyday life are made visible and leave evidence of their presence

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

After a few days of temps in the 30s, one may think this one forgot his place, but “the garden has its own time that is proper to it, and not at my disposal. Every plant has its proper time” (Byung-Chul Han). In fact all things have a proper time to those who pay attention.

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

Sometimes a stressful day turns on a simple joy. Looking forward to Berry’s newest novel with some of my favorite characters. Berry’s writings always challenge & disrupt my assumptions about the good life & my pace of living in the best ways

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

This week in class we’ve been examining the confrontation between western education (via the British) & Indian culture, Hinduism, and subjectivity. Students have been struggling through how deeply western cultural ways of knowing have framed much of the “taken-for-granted” world

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

This semester I’m teaching a new (to me) course - Cross-cultural Perspectives on Religion & Education, I’m pretty excited for the readings & the discussions I’ll be having w/ students as we try to wrestle w/ the complex relationship between religion & eduction ….

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

In class this week we’re continuing to explore embodied knowing through Islamic education, this time in Turkey, and trying to understand some of the complexities of school forming a habitus through/with/by which students (and ourselves) live & understand the world

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

Understanding the market forces that shape colleges is important for mission-driven schools (many of which are religious) that want to continue to exist & stay faithful to their mission. “Capitalizing on College” is essential reading to understand what’s happening to colleges

[Joshua Brown @HigherEdSoc]

“We have to grow, or we’re going to die.”

A timely review of my new book was just published in @CTmagazine by @estice

--Capitalizing On College: How Higher Education Went From Mission Driven to Margin Obsessed, by Oxford University Press @OUPAcademic
https://t.co/pfyPVMGHfP

[BC Roche Center @RocheCenter]

As our current @CristoRey Teacher Leadership Academy cohort comes to a close, we’re thrilled to share this feature of Anna Chapin written by her school, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. Congratulations on all of your good work and ongoing leadership development, Anna!

[BC Roche Center @RocheCenter]

@CristoRey Read the feature: https://t.co/nmPmrlulcx

[BC Roche Center @RocheCenter]

This week, @mtpoc & @_jsalexander from the Roche Center team traveled to Chicago to celebrate the conclusion of our Empowering Educators Teacher Leadership program in partnership with the @bigshoulderschi!

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

I’m so excited for JWU Softball & my daughter … won their conference and heading to NCAA (D3) tournament. It’s been a long road with a lot of time, energy, & heart poured into this, and it’s worth it!!

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

Sighted out in the wild … #capitalizingoncollege on display at the OUP table at #AERA2025 … this work is important for our current moment of understanding the purpose of and funding structures for college @HigherEdSoc

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

Doing some reading on the plane & thinking of using this with my undergrads next semester, it’s not just about colleges & finances, but about student experience & how they’re treated and looked at by colleges- institutional matters shape student experience @HigherEdSoc

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

Heading to the #AERA2025 in Denver? Thurs I give a paper exploring how & why parents choose Christian schooling. Sat talk about the work of Edith Stein on empathy & how this reshapes democratic education. Looking forward to some great discussion & learning w/ others.

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

Super excited this came today, just in time to read on the flights to #AERA … been looking forward to reading this for a while now @HigherEdSoc

[Dr. Jeremy Alexander @_jsalexander]

Teaching in the beauty of spring in New England ... it’s still cold some days, but beautiful as well