Dialogue Across Difference: Building Your Resilience for Difficult Dialogues Online
An often unspoken challenge to supporting dialogue across differences in our courses is the challenge that such work presents for us. Fostering dialogue across differences can place instructors in a vulnerable position. You may reasonably have concerns about what individuals might say or that comments may be injurious or upsetting to you or others in the class. You may simply feel weary and unsure. In this workshop, Patricia Virella, an expert in school leadership development and crisis management, will offer instructors strategies for building resiliency and responding to difficult conversations.
This event is included in the Dialogue Across Difference Series, offered in AY24–25 for and by faculty as part of College Presidents for Civic Preparedness, an initiative by The Institute for Citizens and Scholars to nurture civil discourse, which President Koppell recently joined.
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This event is co-sponsored by the OFE and the Office of the President.
- Date:
- Thursday, September 26, 2024
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Dialogue Across Differences
Dr. Patricia M. Virella, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, has joined OFE as a Faculty Leader for AY24. Dr. Virella’s research focuses on implementing equity-oriented leadership through leader responses, programmatic interventions, and preparation. Dr. Virella also studies equity-oriented crisis leadership examining how school leaders can respond to crises without further harming marginalized communities. She seeks to answer research questions to enable transformation and liberation in school leaders, districts and policies.
Dr. Vera Senina is a cross-disciplinary teacher and scholar in the humanities, critical theory, medical narratives, and computational linguistics. Vera has experience teaching in diverse modalities, designing innovative student-centered courses, and organizing conference panels and workshops on inclusive curriculum development, assessment strategies, and project-based learning. She also has top-company industry experience in language AI, team development, and project management.