Unsettling Group Guidelines


Event Date & Time

  • January 12, 2017
    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Event Description

Classroom guidelines, ground rules, or agreements are tools often used by educators in different settings with the intent to keep discussions focused and productive, invite inclusive participation, and establish a “safe” learning environment. At the same time, anti-oppression educators Sensoy and DiAngelo (2014) have argued that classroom guidelines sometimes serve contrary goals because when they (more…)

Transliteracies


Event Date & Time

  • January 11, 2017
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

The Promoting Trans Literacies workshop explores how Teaching Assistants can develop safer, more trans-inclusive pedagogical practices in their various role(s) in the classroom and on campus so that students of all genders have equitable access to learning environments. Using case studies drawn from real-life student experiences, this workshop helps participants learn to understand and identify (more…)

Grad Student Mental Health


Event Date & Time

  • January 10, 2017
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

Do you ever feel like you don’t belong in grad school?  Like everyone around you is smarter, more qualified, more pulled together?  Do you ever feel overwhelmed as a TA and feel like the students can see right through you?  The responsibilities of being a grad student can be intense and leave us feeling like (more…)