UWO professor releases book about pointing a new way forward in higher education

A newly-released book by a nationally renowned writer, speaker, author and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh faculty member on a new path forward for higher education, includes stories of UWO alumni and institutional history.

Professor of English Douglas Haynes recently was interviewed by Inside Higher Ed about his new book, Teaching Toward Slow Hope: Place-Based Learning in College and Beyond, which was published March 10 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Teaching Toward Slow Hope reimagines college as a space where students cultivate the skills and relationships needed for collaborative survival in an increasingly unpredictable world. Against a backdrop of mental health crises, ecological instability and structural inequality, Haynes traces how students and educators across the Upper Midwest are remaking college into a place for connection, meaning and collective resilience.

Study English at UWO

Read the Inside Higher Ed interview