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Brittany Bara & Alexandra Whitham
Committee Co-Chairs

 

EduCore is an interest group that encourages and supports members of VASTA to engage in an ongoing inquiry into their pedagogy, research projects, and scholarly creative activity. EduCore is committed to developing a thriving community of practice-based researchers, investigators, data gatherers, and inquirers. 

Members:
Eric Armstrong
Rachel Carter
Jillian Courtney
Lisa Dallinger
Sammi Grant
Gurkiran Kaur
Janel Miley (past co-chair)
Brittany Bara (co-chair 2023-2024)
Brett Radke (past co-chair)
Hetal Varia
Alexandra Whitham (co-chair 2023-2024)
Mark Wong
 

Board Liaison: Gwendolyn Schwinke
 



EduCore Resource Club: Practice as Research or How we write about what we do!

Curious about submitting an article for the VSR but not quite sure how to get started? Come join EduCore for a vibrant discussion on how to start writing for peer-reviewed journals and publications. Bring your thoughts and questions as we chat with current VSR editor, Miranda Guettlein, and former VSR editor, Rockford Sansom. 

Monday, March 24
11am-12pm PST / 2-3pm EST / 6-7pm GMT
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Miranda Guettlein is a linguist, dialect coach, and teacher based in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is a Knight-Thompson Speechwork (KTS)-certified trainer and served as one of their webinar curators for 2023. She taught voice, speech, and accents at the University of Northern Colorado, and is the editor of the Voice and Speech Review, the academic journal sponsored by the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA). She has an MA in linguistics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a BA in linguistics from Regis University. Previous coaching credits include Murder on the Orient Express (x4), Pirates of Penzance, Sweeney Todd, Titanic, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Noises Off.

Rockford Sansom is a voice teacher and communication coach. He has worked with senior leaders in business and politics, and with actors and singers in major productions around the globe. As an educator, he has lectured at more than 30 universities on five continents. For seven years, he was the editor of the Voice and Speech Review. His book publications include The History of Voice Pedagogy, Vocal Traditions, Voice and Identity, Practitioner Research in Voice Studies, and Voice Work (2nd ed.), co-author with Christina Shewell. His interests include connecting voice to history, teaching, learning, research methods, and sociolinguistics.