Faculty and staff can register now to participate in this workshop on Thursday, Sept. 28 from 4:15 to 5:45pm. Limited to 30 participants.
Having respectful and productive conversations about controversial issues is one of the most vital aspects of civic and political learning. These conversations can be challenging to lead and conduct, but trained facilitators can ensure that valuable discussions take place in which all participants feel comfortable even as conflicting ideas and beliefs are expressed.
This session is limited to 30 faculty and staff participants. Registration in advance is required at this link.
The workshop will be faciliated by Nancy Thomas, director the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education at Tufts University, a leading venue for research on higher education’s role in American democracy, including college student political learning and democratic practice. The Institute’s signature initiative is the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement, which offers colleges and universities an opportunity to learn their student registration and voting rates as well as correlations between specific student learning experiences and voting.
Prior to joining Tisch College in 2012, Thomas directed the Democracy Imperative, a national network of academics and practitioners working to advance deliberative democracy in higher education. Earlier in her career, she practiced university law. She currently serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Public Deliberation and senior associate with Everyday Democracy. Her professional interests connect political learning and democratic engagement; equity, diversity, and inclusion; academic freedom and free speech, and; legal issues in higher education. She holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a law degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Sponsored by Center for the Advancement of Teaching & Learning, North Carolina Campus Compact, and the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement.