Teaching Across Boundaries: Fostering Open and Respectful Exchange
Deadline Expired on October 14, 2021
October 7 and 148:30–10:30 AM New York l 2:30–4:30 PM Vienna
IWT CLASP invites faculty from OSUN/Network Connected Courses to join us on October 7 or 14 from 8:30–10:30 AM New York l 2:30–4:30 PM Vienna for the PEN America workshop Teaching Across Boundaries: Fostering Open and Respectful Exchange.
PEN America has developed Teaching Across Boundaries: "Fostering Open and Respectful Exchange" to help faculty navigate tensions between free expression, academic freedom, and diversity and inclusion. How do faculty foster critical thinking and intellectual inquiry while creating space for multiple and divergent experiences? How can they set parameters that allow students to engage across viewpoints? This workshop will offer a solid grounding in how to safeguard freedom of expression while reckoning with students’ diverse and often contentious views across cultural and political boundaries.
Workshop Facilitators
PEN America has developed Teaching Across Boundaries: "Fostering Open and Respectful Exchange" to help faculty navigate tensions between free expression, academic freedom, and diversity and inclusion. How do faculty foster critical thinking and intellectual inquiry while creating space for multiple and divergent experiences? How can they set parameters that allow students to engage across viewpoints? This workshop will offer a solid grounding in how to safeguard freedom of expression while reckoning with students’ diverse and often contentious views across cultural and political boundaries.
Workshop Facilitators
Jonathan Friedman (he/him/his) is the director of free expression and education at PEN America, where he oversees advocacy, analysis, and outreach to educational communities and academic institutions. He served as lead author on its 2019 report, Chasm in the Classroom: Campus Free Speech in a Divided America, and its digital Campus Free Speech Guide. Friedman has published research on higher education, taught courses at NYU and Columbia University, and facilitated workshops at dozens of colleges and universities on free speech, diversity, and inclusion. He holds an MA and Ph.D. in international education from NYU.
Neijma Celestine-Donnor (she/her/hers) is assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland-Baltimore. She leads efforts to respond to hate and bias through trauma-focused response and support, training and education, and data collection and distribution. She holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Maryland, is a licensed clinical social work supervisor, and is currently completing her JD at the University of Baltimore. She also has years of experience within the field of trauma services, is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, and is an experienced trainer and facilitator.
Lara Schwartz (she/her/hers) is a professional lecturer in the Department of Government, and director of the Project on Civil Discourse at American University, specializing in civil discourse and campus speech, constitutional law, civil rights, politics, communications, and policy. Prior to joining AU’s faculty, Schwartz served as director of strategic engagement at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, as Courts Matter director at Media Matters, legal director at the Human Rights Campaign, and vice president of external affairs at the American Association of People with Disabilities. Schwartz is the coauthor of How to College: What to Know Before You Go (And When You’re There).
Neijma Celestine-Donnor (she/her/hers) is assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland-Baltimore. She leads efforts to respond to hate and bias through trauma-focused response and support, training and education, and data collection and distribution. She holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Maryland, is a licensed clinical social work supervisor, and is currently completing her JD at the University of Baltimore. She also has years of experience within the field of trauma services, is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, and is an experienced trainer and facilitator.
Lara Schwartz (she/her/hers) is a professional lecturer in the Department of Government, and director of the Project on Civil Discourse at American University, specializing in civil discourse and campus speech, constitutional law, civil rights, politics, communications, and policy. Prior to joining AU’s faculty, Schwartz served as director of strategic engagement at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, as Courts Matter director at Media Matters, legal director at the Human Rights Campaign, and vice president of external affairs at the American Association of People with Disabilities. Schwartz is the coauthor of How to College: What to Know Before You Go (And When You’re There).
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