Provost's Diversity Institute for Faculty Development

In this session, Dr. Rua M. Williams will guide attendees in exploring standard classroom practices that enforce ableist ideals and cause harm to students and teachers alike. Many pedagogical interventions in systemic bias assume that the student suffers only in a normative classroom. Dr. Williams will support faculty attendees in exploring their struggles as opportunities for pedagogical transformation. Attendees will workshop neurodivergent-affirming alternatives to normative pedagogy that help the teacher as much as they support the student.

Guest Facilitator: Rua Mae Williams, Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Computer Graphics Technology

Registration for this session is open to full- and part-time faculty affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh. The institute welcomes faculty from external institutions in the Pittsburgh region.