Workshop Developer, UT Austin

Created and delivered the following workshops:
- Trauma-Informed Practices in the Higher Education Classroom
This workshop presents an overview of the effects of trauma and risks of retraumatization in the  higher-education classroom, and offers implementable pedagogical practices to work into our learning spaces, ranging from small discussion sections and larger classrooms to online classrooms. The workshop is participatory, and includes discussion topics and various classroom scenarios to think through together. 

- Inclusive Teaching and the Language Learning Classroom
Language pedagogy most often focuses on linguistic theory and the most successful modes of language learning. Discussions of inclusivity, however, are crucial to successful language pedagogy; in fact, language learning and teaching are largely about coming in contact with different populations and broadening our world view. More importantly, instructors must remember that students cannot leave their identities at the door when they enter our classrooms, and we must therefore adopt pedagogical practices that acknowledge and welcome all populations and identities. Inclusive pedagogies aim to outline implementable practices that encourage open and welcoming learning environments for all populations and identities.
 

Other workshops have been developed and delivered, and workshop requests within my areas of knowledge are considered.

 

Content Creator, UT Austin

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- Developed TA/AI Guide to Difficult

Dialogues: Instructor Guidebook (15 pgs;

in use in several departments)
This guidebook is targeted specifically to

first time or new instructors and provides

them with pedagogical theories combined

with implementable practices to make them

feel more at ease in their classrooms. 

- Developed Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

and the Higher Education Classroom: Instructor Resource (17 pgs; in use by orgs. and depts.)
This resource outlines the risks of retraumatization in the higher-education classroom, and those identity groups most affected by trauma. It then outlines a series of studied and successfully implemented practices that instructors might implement into their higher-education classrooms. 
 

Invited Speaker
Led 10+ events reaching over 200 participants, including:

- Center for Flags and Experiences: Trauma-Informed Teaching Special Event, February 2017

- Faculty Innovation Center: Inclusive Teaching and Learning Symposium, March 2017/November 2018

- English Department Open Learning Environments workshop, required of all 1st time instructors, August 2018

- Digital Humanities Project Showcase, Trauma-Informed Teaching and the Online Classroom, November 2018

- Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Workshop & Roundtable

Clemson University, NC, September 2019

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