Inclusive Pedagogy Seminars
Beginning Fall 2019, the Dean of Inclusive Excellence began facilitating semester-long Inclusive Pedagogy Seminars.
While participating in the seminar, faculty will:
- continue to develop self-awareness of their social and professional identities and how they impact their role as instructor by engaging in reflective activities,
- gain an increased understanding of inclusive pedagogical approaches and practices by reading short articles and participating in conversations with colleagues about them, and
- apply the lessons they have learned and/or skills they have developed by assessing and making revisions to a course they teach.
Each semester, the curriculum for the seminar will be determined, in part, by the participating faculty members’ interests, experiences, and needs. Faculty will be invited to indicate their level of interest in the following topics, and the syllabus for the term will be constructed with these preferences in mind:
- Class
- Ability and Ableism
- Equity vs. Equality
- Gender and Sexuality
- Institutional Racism
- Intersectionality
- Whiteness and Privilege
- Interfaith
More information about these topics and a sampling of readings for each can be viewed here.
Who can participate?
- Any faculty member may apply to be a part of the Inclusive Pedagogy Seminar.
- Each seminar cohort can have up to six participants.
When are seminars offered?
- One seminar will be offered each semester, as well as during J-Term and summer.
What is the time commitment?
- The seminar will meet six times for approximately one hour during the semester/term. Participants are expected to attend at least five to complete the seminar.
Inclusive Pedagogy Seminar Alumni
The following instructors have participated in the Inclusive Pedagogy Seminar.
*Faculty no longer at university
College of Health Professions
- Department of Kinesiology
- Charlie Katica – Spring 2020 Cohort
- Lynn Tucker – Spring 2022 Cohort
- Department of Social Work
- *David Simpson – Summer 2020 Cohort
College of Liberal Studies
- Department of Anthropology
- Jordan Levy – Fall 2020 Cohort
- Ami V. Shah – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Katherine Wiley – Fall 2020 Cohort
- Department of Economics
- Lynn Hunnicutt – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Nick Paterno – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Department of English
- Nathalie op de Beeck – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Rona Kaufman – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Adela Ramos – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Department of History
- Michael Halvorson – Spring 2022 Cohort
- Department of Languages and Literatures
- Leslie Anderson – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Kirsten Christensen – Spring 2021 Cohort
- Giovanna Urdangarain – Fall 2019 Cohort
- Bridget Yaden – Fall 2019 Cohort
- Rebecca Wilkin – Fall 2020 Cohort
- Department of Political Science
- Michael Artime – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Department of Religion
- Seth Dowland – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Bruce Kadden – Fall 2020 Cohort
- Sarah Robinson-Bertoni – Spring 2020 Cohort
- Marit Trelstad – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice
- Galen Ciscell – Spring 2020 Cohort
- Laura Fitzwater Gonzales – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Kate Luther – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Lauri McCloud – Spring 2021 Cohort
- Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Program
- Seth Dowland – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Global Studies Program
- Ami V. Shah – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Humanities
- *Weiwei Liu – Fall 2019 Cohort
- * Yingchun Song – Fall 2019 Cohort
- Social Sciences
- *Brian Pitman – Spring 2020 Cohort
College of Natural Sciences
- Department of Biology
- Jacob Egge – Spring 2020 Cohort
- Mary Ellard-Ivey – Fall 2019 Cohort
- Romey Haberle – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Lathiena Nervo – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Heidi Schutz – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Shannon Seidel – Fall 2019 Cohort
- Department of Chemistry
- *Sailaja Arungundram – Spring 2021 Cohort
- Andrea Munro – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Tina Saxowsky – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Neal Yakelis – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Department of Computer Science
- Jeff Caley – Spring 2020 Cohort
- Department of Geosciences
- Claire Todd – Fall 2019 Cohort
- Department of Mathematics
- Nick Paterno – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Ksenija Simic-Muller – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Department of Psychology
- Corey Cook – Fall 2020 Cohort
- Laura Shneidman – Spring 2021 Cohort
- Environmental Studies Program
- Claire Todd – Fall 2019 Cohort
College of Professional Studies
- School of Business
- Ralph Flick – Fall 2021 Cohort
- *Rao Kowtha – Summer 2022 Cohort
- Somaye Nargesi – Summer 2020 Cohort
- School of Education
- Megan Anderson – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Cathy Kim – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Jan Weiss – Spring 2021 Cohort
- Department of Communication, Media and Design Arts
- Kate Hoyt – Spring 2020 Cohort
- Marnie Ritchie – Spring 2020 Cohort
- Department of Music
- Ron Gerhardstein – Fall 2021 Cohort
- Greg Youtz – Summer 2020 Cohort
- Department of Theatre & Dance
- Tom Smith – Spring 2022 Cohort
- Amanda Sweger – Fall 2019 Cohort
- Innovation Studies Program
- Michael Halvorson – Spring 2022 Cohort
Library
- Roberto Arteaga – Spring 2020 Cohort
- Julie Babka – Spring 2022 Cohort
- *Christine Moeller – Fall 2019 Cohort
- Genevieve Williams – Fall 2021 Cohort
What do alumni have to say about their experience in the seminar?
“Being able to participate in this seminar, to make time for these conversations, and to be in a space where we could talk about our teaching and learn from one another was invaluable to me.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed reading what my fellow participants were thinking about and learning from the connections they were seeing between our life as faculty at PLU and the issues raised by the readings.”
“The reading has been really relevant and has forced me to re-evaluate some of my thinking about teaching. Reading my group member’s reflections are also really interesting. It’s a great way to get a different view point on a subject or problem. It also makes me feel connected to my colleague.”
Questions? Please contact the Dean of Inclusive Excellence Jen Smith (jennifer.smith@plu.edu).