2018 Fall Events
“Bandwidth Recovery: How Cognitive Resources are Depleted by Poverty, Racism, and other “Differentisms” and How We Can Help Students Reclaim Them”
Thursday, September 27th, Common Hour, Dangremond Family Commons, Hallden Hall North
CIA VERSCHELDEN,
Executive Director of Institutional Assessment
at the University of Central Oklahoma
The resources for learning of many of our students are diminished
by the negative effects of persistent economic insecurity and
discrimination and hostility against non-majority groups based on
race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity,
and other aspects of difference. Members of these groups systematically
experience conditions in their lives that result in chronic stress, decreased
physical and mental health, and lack of access to social and economic opportunity.
The scarcity in their lives—money, health, respect, safety, affirmation, choices,
belonging—diminishes the resources needed for making good decisions,
learning, healthy relationships, and more. Recognizing that these students
are no different from their peers in terms of their capacities, we can
implement strategies and interventions that show promise in helping
students regain the resources required for success in college.
“AN EXPANDING STUDENT FRONTIER”
Thursday, October 11, 2018- Common Hour, Dangremond Family Commons, Hallden Hall–North Wing
JANE THIERFELD BROWN,
Director of College Autism Spectrum
As the population of students on college campuses diversifies, many faculty struggle to appreciate the richness these students bring to our college communities. Students with a variety of disabilities and differences are in our college classrooms, and many more will be coming in the next few years. How do we appropriately accommodate this population, and how do we integrate our campus culture? There are some differences with students, but there are many more similarities; we must look to educate our campuses and broaden social acceptance.
Jane Thierfeld Brown is assistant clinical professor at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, director of College Autism Spectrum, and former director of student services at the University of Connecticut School of Law. She holds an Ed.D from Columbia University, Teachers College. She has co-authored Students with Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for College Personnel (2009), The Parent’s Guide to College for Students on the Autism Spectrum (2012), and Social Behavior and Self-Management (2012), as well as many textbook chapters and articles.
“FACULTY REFLECTIONS ON OBSTACLES TO STUDENT LEARNING”
Thursday, November 1, Common Hour, Dangremond Family Commons
Panelists include:
Molly Helt, Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Diana Paulin, Associate Professor of English and American Studies
Nancy Wyshinski, Associate Professor or Mathematics
The panel will reflect on the factors that determine student inclusion, motivation, and access to learning. These factors include faculty assumptions about cultural competence, accessibility of learning materials, space accessibility, and structural racism. Drawing from their wide range of experiences at Trinity, panelists will provide their insights into how they approach inclusion in and out of the classroom.