More Inclusive Teaching: Difficult Conversations 

Open to full-time faculty and administrators who teach, this virtual workshop focuses on the learning consequences of human bias, limited cognitive load, and cultural differences. The bulk of this workshop examines the problems of thinking for yourself and creating structures for better discussions. We will also examine how to approach contentious issues and practice creating group rules, mapping polarities and designing discussion scaffolding. It is understandable that many faculty will want to avoid difficult topics, but here are safe ways to get students talking about the issues that most divide us. We will also consider if there are departmental practices or curricular pathways that lead to unintended consequences.

José Antonio Bowen has taught at Stanford and Georgetown, was a dean at Southern Methodist University and President of Goucher College. He has written over 100 scholarly articles and has appeared as a musician with Stan Getz, Bobby McFerrin, and others. He is the author of Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology out of your College Classroom will Improve Student Learning (winner of the Ness Award for Best Book on Higher Education from the American Association of Colleges and Universities) and Stanford honored him as a Distinguished Alumni Scholar in 2010. He was awarded the Ernest L. Boyer Award (for significant contributions to American higher education) in 2018. See his blog at teachingnaked.com or follow him on Twitter@josebowen.

For more information on the keynote speaker, please visit:

José Antonio Bowen | Educator, Musician, Scholar, Consultant, (josebowen.com)

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