{"id":14899,"date":"2017-03-20T08:41:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=14899"},"modified":"2017-06-26T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T15:37:39","slug":"tartan-spotlight-kathleen-gish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/03\/20\/tartan-spotlight-kathleen-gish\/","title":{"rendered":"Tartan Spotlight: Kathleen Gish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Kathleen Gish, if you haven\u2019t already attended her sociology class. <\/span><\/p>\n

Why she is interesting\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Gish is intriguing because her jet black hair and assortment of tattoos differentiate her from your stereotypical college professor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She looks like she\u2019d be more at home at a late night heavy metal party in an art district bar than a college, but a few minutes of\u00a0 <\/span>conversation with Gish reveals her extreme intelligence and passion for health, knowledge, community and teaching. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gish is currently pursuing her doctorate at the University of Cincinnati. She began her academic journey at Sinclair, studying for three years before moving on to Wright State for her bachelor\u2019s, and then the University of Kentucky to earn her master\u2019s degree. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some of Gish\u2019s favorite bands are Operation Ivy and Rage Against the Machine and she said that sociology was a natural interest of hers. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe music I like is super political, so that always sort of inspired me towards social justice,\u201d Gish said.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was her Sinclair sociology professor and now colleague Dorie Farrell, who ultimately influenced her to focus on the subject of sociology. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was my first sociology teacher, when I was 16, and I was like \u2018Oh, my destiny\u2019,\u201d Gish said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being raised by parents who were both teachers also helped in her decision to become a teacher. <\/span><\/p>\n

Her reading habit also played a role in her interests. She often reads for hours on end, sometimes until 6 a.m. Paulo Freire\u2019s novel \u201cPedagogy of the Oppressed\u201d played the largest part, revealing to her the concept of praxis, or as she defines it, \u201cUsing knowledge to change the world for the better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At 18 she worked hard to finish the Portuguese author\u2019s book. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s translated into English, but translated into such dense language that I had to rewrite it between the margins, because I didn\u2019t know half the words they used,\u201d Gish said. \u201cThere\u2019s a few basic messages that I got really loud and clear, and ever since then it\u2019s been my guiding principle as a teacher.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Gish\u2019s influences all add up to solidify her affinity for her work, and her style of teaching. She wants to create an easy going atmosphere in her classroom. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hate being an authority figure, telling people what the truth is,\u201d Gish said. \u201cMy ongoing theme is to get students to take ownership of their thoughts and ideas, because I think that\u2019s what makes them better citizens.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

She prefers that her students call her Gish because she\u2019s uncomfortable with the formality of courtesy titles and says that \u201cMrs. Gish\u201d makes her feel like her mom is lurking behind her. One of her previous classes insisted on a formal label, so Gish told them they could call her Mr. Jigglepants, a nickname that she still hears from Sinclair students today. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like feeling like I\u2019m their boss and they\u2019re my subordinate and I\u2019m going to dock their pay,\u201d Gish said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Her favorite part of her job is that she feels like she can be friends or peers with many of her students, and that they are able to lift her up when the news and the world brings her down. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI get to come to class and talk to these really brilliant people,\u201d she said. <\/span><\/p>\n

She knows that not every student is going to like her. Some student\u2019s personalities don\u2019t align with hers. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like more for people to succeed than to like me,\u201d Gish said. <\/span><\/p>\n

She volunteers her time at the Humane Society and SICSA, as well as with homelessness activism and social movements such as Black Lives Matter and Women\u2019s March. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gish also rock climbs, runs, rides her bicycle, does yoga, and spends time with her friends, her husband, nine cats and two Chihuahuas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will Drewing<\/strong>
\nContributing Writer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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