104 - Teaching Workshop. Pedagogical Responses to Race, Class and Gender Conflict: Practical Insights Based on a Recent Empirical Study of Faculty in Higher Ed

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

Given the changing demographics of the university system, and the entry of greater numbers of students and faculty from underrepresented minority backgrounds (at least in comparison to many years ago), it is important for faculty understand and be responsive to a range of circumstances that may emerge in classrooms that reflect such student diversity. Accordingly, by drawing upon the findings presented in Faculty Identities and the Challenge of Diversity (Paradigm Publishers 2013) and other supporting material, this workshop will involve instructional and interactive techniques to explore the following issues: What choices might faculty have in regard to handling race and ethnic-based conflicts in the classroom? What may be done prior to class, during class, and after class to address or resolve such issues? What skills are most appropriate and effective for addressing these concerns? What are the personal and professional risks involved in addressing these concerns and how do they pertain to choice-making by faculty? and What might be the costs and benefits for students for your actions – or decisions not to act?

Sub Unit

• Teaching Workshop

Session Organizer

• Alford A. Young, University of Michigan

Leader

• Alford A. Young, University of Michigan