As one of the most signature programs at Georgetown, In Your Shoes (IYS) has expanded its impact from classrooms to broader communities, cultivating deep connections among students, faculty, and staff. In collaborative research undertaken by the Red House, CNDLS, and the Lab, we found that IYS creates transformative encounters, offering students a novel and unforgettable learning journey within a trusting environment, and cultivating personal growth both in and beyond the classroom. In addition to exploring the foundations of IYS, you will learn how this pedagogy has been applied in the Georgetown Dialogues Initiative and the Doyle Engaging Difference Program. Finally, we look to the future through the Art of Care Initiative. Grounded in the conviction that art and care are profoundly linked, this initiative creates a platform for the Georgetown community to collectively reframe and reimagine what it means to be human through performance as pedagogy.
Learning Experience Designer | Researcher, Georgetown University
Zhuqing is a scholar and practitioner with over 12 years of experience in learning experience design and organizational learning. She is a scholar whose work focuses on the intersection of embodied learning, arts-based pedagogy, and transformative learning, with a particular interest... Read More →
Artistic and Executive Director, Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (The Lab) Professor of Theater and Performance Studies (Department of Performing Arts) Professor of Global Performance, Culture and Politics (Walsh School of Foreign Service), Georgetown University
