{"id":1563,"date":"2025-01-22T22:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T03:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2025-01-26T22:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T03:37:01","slug":"chass-faculty-workshop-addresses-critical-conversations-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2025\/01\/22\/chass-faculty-workshop-addresses-critical-conversations-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"CHASS Faculty Workshop Addresses Critical Conversations in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1564\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04820.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CHASS faculty and staff gathered <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">before the January College meeting <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for a Faculty Development Workshop &#8211; \u201cEmpower Your Classroom: Powerful and Pertinent Conversations.\u201d <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The CHASS Faculty Development Committee and Dean\u2019s Office collaborated to host this event that engaged faculty from across disciplines to learn from one another about how to navigate difficult conversations in the classroom.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04864.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04864-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04864-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04864-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04864-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04864-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04864-scaled.jpeg?resize=525%2C350&amp;ssl=1 525w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04864-scaled.jpeg?w=2434&amp;ssl=1 2434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Profs. Tahani Dari (Counseling and Addiction Studies) and Lee Eshelman (Psychology) <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">facilitated the discussion.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">A faculty<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> panel <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">that included Prof. Joseph Weglarz (Economics), David Koukal (Philosophy), Katie Merriman (Religious Studies), Roy Finkenbine (History), and Felicia Grey (Political Science)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> shared strategies for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">engaging students around<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> sensitive topics <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in the classroom <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">addressing <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mental <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">wellness issues. Faculty and staff who attended <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">shared <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">their <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">insights and left with actionable tools to enhance their teaching.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHASS faculty and staff gathered before the January College meeting for a Faculty Development Workshop &#8211; \u201cEmpower Your Classroom: Powerful and Pertinent Conversations.\u201d The CHASS Faculty Development Committee and Dean\u2019s Office collaborated to host this event that engaged faculty from across disciplines to learn from one another about how to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":1564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[17,39],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/DSC04820-scaled-e1737948977255.jpeg?fit=2560%2C985&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}