I am a Brazilian woman who is now currently a PhD candidate at University of Maryland, College Park. My interests are in transformative pedagogies that foster youth empowerment, cooperation, and solidarity. I am also interested in contemplative and holistic education and have written articles and book chapters on the subject. Currently, my research encompasses the effects of an alternative pedagogy called Cooperative and Solidarity in rural areas of Brazil. I believe that it is only through human-to-human and human-to-nature relationships that schools and societies can move away from competition and individualism towards more dignified spaces where everyone can contribute in their own way to the flow of life.
2021, 2022 and 2023 - College of Education Scholarship
2020 – University of Maryland Dean’s Fellowship from the Graduate School and Departmental Fellowship
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Jing Lin, Amanda Fiore, Erin Sorensen, Virginia Gomes, Joey Haavik, Maha Malik, Shue-kei Joanna Mok, Jordan Scanlon, Emmanuel Wanjala & Anna Grigoryeva (2023) Contemplative, holistic eco-justice pedagogies in higher education: from anthropocentrism to fostering deep love and respect for nature, Teaching in Higher Education, 28:5, 953-968, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2023.2197109
Jing Lin, Erin Sorensen, Virginia Gomes & Denise McHugh (2023) Love as the Foundation for Reconciliation and Peace: Embodying Interconnection and Oneness through Contemplative Education, Peace Review, DOI: 10.1080/10402659.2022.2162335
BOOK CHAPTER
Lin, J., Gomes, V., Haavik, J., Malik, M., Mok, J., Scanlon, J., Wanjala, E. & Grigoryeva, A. (2023). Disrupting Hierarchies for New Landscapes of Learning by Action: Experiences and Reflections From a Climate Change Course. Amani Williams, H., Huskić, H., Noto, C. Disrupting Hierarchy in Education. Teachers College Press.
PODCASTS
PODCAST (May 2023): A Candid Conversation on Catholicism.
PODCAST (May 2023): A Candid Conversation about Privatization of Education.