Hi Scholar,

My name is Christine Streeter (PhD), I am a social work scholar whose work examines what dominant ideas about productivity overlook, particularly emotion, care, and uncertainty, and how this shapes how students learn and work in higher education today.

Scholar Culture began during my PhD as a space to explore how learning actually happens in real life, especially as students are asked to perform in increasingly unstable and demanding academic environments. Drawing on social work, feminist political economy, and critical pedagogy, my work bridges research, teaching, and public scholarship to support more humane and sustainable approaches to learning.

My PhD research looked at how care workers are asked to carry emotional and structural instability in precarious systems. Scholar Culture extends that analysis to higher education, asking what it means to expect students to perform, self-regulate, and stay productive in increasingly uncertain conditions.

Through writing, courses, mentoring, and student funding initiatives, Scholar Culture translates these ideas into practical supports that help students stay engaged, regulated, and human while learning.

Christine.