Register for Teaching Workshop: Skill-Building to Facilitate Difficult Dialogues
Wednesday, Nov. 6 & Wednesday, Nov. 20 (participants can attend one or both sessions)
1:00pm EST
Teaching Workshop: Skill-Building to Facilitate Difficult Dialogues
Wednesday, Nov. 6 & Wednesday, Nov. 20 (participants can attend one or both sessions)
1:00pm EST
Online via Zoom
Challenging conversations happen often, both in our classrooms as well as outside of them. In fact, it is becoming more common to have differing and strongly held perspectives raised in our increasingly polarized political climate. In this session, we’ll talk about how to frame classroom discussion to center around constructive dialogue rather than fraught debates where everyone wants to, but no one actually will, win. We’ll also talk about the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills students need to be able to engage in challenging dialogues in productive ways as well as some strategies to help students identify and build on the skills they have. The structured session (with Q+A) will be followed 2 weeks later with a full discussion of these topics where we can all share ideas and perspectives.
Presented By:
Dr. Mindy Erchull
Mindy Erchull (she/her), a professor of psychological science and member of the interdisciplinary women’s, gender, and sexuality studies program at the University of Mary Washington, is a social psychologist. Her research has focused on myriad topics including feminist identity, the objectification and sexualization of women, division of labor and parenting, and menstruation and other reproductive health issues.
Dr. Kate Richmond
Kate Richmond (she/her), is a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology and the director of women’s and gender studies at Muhlenberg college. Her research has focused widely on multicultural psychology, men and masculinity, transgender health, feminism, and trauma. She also maintains a private practice in which she specializes in the treatment of trauma and concerns related to gender.