Care as Professional Development

• In Event: Reimagining Professional Development of Critical Pedagogy and Humanizing Teaching & Learning in the Humanities

Proposal

Balancing academic responsibilities, teaching, and pursuing several professionalization opportunities requires a lot of emotional labor (Bellas 1999) from graduate students. While universities offer different degrees of institutional support, such as health and wellness centers, Dr. Henao Uribe argues that conversations about care should be embedded in professional development programming. Drawing from work on care theory (Noddings 2012) and Tricia Hershey's "REST IS RESISTANCE" theory, Dr. Henao Uribe, an academic professional who designed and coordinates the professional development for graduate fellows of the CUNY HA, will discuss how to employ care as one of the core components of professional development and its impact on redefining the criteria used to value work.

References:
Bellas, M. L. (1999). Emotional labor in academia: The case of professors. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 561(1), 96-110.
Noddings, N. (2012, December). The caring relation in teaching. Oxford Review of Education, 38(6), 771-781.
The Nap Ministry. (n.d.). The Nap Ministry. Retrieved April 15, 2022, from https://thenapministry.wordpress.com/about/

Author

• Luis Henao Uribe, The Graduate Center, City University of New York