Teresa Secules oral history interview (part 1), February 20, 2018

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Identifier: SeculesT_20180220

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Teresa Secules oral history

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Andrew Reisinger. In this interview, Teresa Secules begins by recounting her experience growing up in rural Pennsylvania and her awareness of the extreme poverty of the area and its people. She then discusses the formative education that led her to to attend Antioch College and the opportunity for new experiences the college afforded her including a year studying abroad in Denmark. Secules also describes the variety of co-operative education she participated in and how she was eventually motivated to pursue teaching as a career. Finally, she provides an overview of her work at The Great Speckled Bird, the operations of the newspaper, and some of the content of the publication.

Dates

Creation: February 20, 2018

Creator

Secules, Teresa (Interviewee, Person)

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Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note:

Teresa Secules was born in Muncy, Pa. in 1949. She attended Antioch College. After teaching for several years in the Atlanta Public School System, Secules joined the underground newspaper The Great Speckled Bird as an editor and local reporter. She holds a PhD in Cognitive/Developmental Psychology from Emory University and is currently a Professor of Education at Piedmont College.