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Eileen Berger (Access and Disability Services Administrator & Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs, School of Education) and Thomas Hehir (Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professor of Practice in Learning Differences, School of Education)

Students arrive in the classroom with a wide range of abilities, as well as things that can hold them back if the instructor isn’t aware of both. This session will give TFs concrete strategies for planning inclusive sections. In addition, the speakers will explain the idea of universal design and show...

Anthony Jack (Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows; Assistant Professor, School of Education; Shutzer Assistant Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study)

How do thinking about the ways in which a diverse group of undergraduates engage college officials? What are the (un)written rules of engagement? In this talk, Dr. Jack will speak on his research on lower-income undergraduates at an elite university that investigates how undergraduates with disparate precollege experiences differ in their orientations.

“Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in...

Jack Cao (Ph.D Candidate, Department of Psychology)

As educators, we want to teach in a fair way that's consistent with our values. But sometimes that doesn't happen. Why? Implicit biases may play a role. Jack Cao will discuss these biases, how they may play out in the classroom, and what might be done about them.

“Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom” is sponsored by the Bok Center and American Studies, with major funding from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and additional funding from African and African American Studies,...

Aurora Sanfeliz and Niti Seth (Academic Counselors, Bureau of Study Counsel)

TFs encounter students who come from diverse language backgrounds; several may be bi or tri-lingual. This panel will explore the cognitive processes underlying bilingualism and the assets and challenges it creates for learning and communicating. Strategies for reading, writing, and public speaking/presentation in academic settings will be discussed as they relate to students’ experiences.

“Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom” is sponsored by the...

Susan Marine (Director of the Higher Education Master's Program at Merrimack College)

In this interactive workshop, we will discuss the most recent research on what factors support and inhibit LGBTQ student flourishing in the college classroom and campus. Strategies for building an inclusive classroom environment will be shared, including syllabus development, curricular integration of LGBTQ identities and issues, and concrete ways to foster an empowering classroom climate for queer and trans* students from the very first day.

Sponsored by the Bok Center...

Douglas H. Erwin
Curator of Paleozoic Invertebrates, Smithsonian Institution

Discussants:

Joyce Chaplin
James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History

Edward J. Hall
Norman e. Vuilleumier Professor of Philosophy

Join us for the History Department Undergraduate Ice Cream Social - mingle with our concentrators. 

 Welcome Back Aperitivo & Faculty Research Projects Panel

We hope you will join us for an opportunity to connect with early modernists from across...

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