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Ashlie Sandoval, Assistant Director, Equity & Inclusion
Even in the best-designed courses challenging moments can still emerge. Instructors and students might be tasked with engaging with materials or comments that conflict with their worldview; they may encounter or perpetuate microaggressions in the classroom; or they may become activated by course content. When classroom discussions and activities result in unforeseeable, unintended, or unwanted outcomes, those moments can be stressful for instructors. How can you stay present and successfully facilitate conversations when conflict, difficult emotions, and trauma are present? In this session, we will examine mindfulness-based strategies and best practices to help you and your students acknowledge feelings as they arise, so that challenging moments do not need to become a barrier to your learning goals but can be reframed as opportunities to foster classroom community and confidence.
This workshop is being offered as part of Winter Teaching Week and is designed for GSAS PhD students and others at similar career stages engaged in the teaching of Harvard College undergraduates. Pre-registration is required.