Learning Objectives:
- Enhance knowledge of key DEI concepts that promote inclusive classroom settings through empirical readings, self-reflection, and peer dialogue
- Examine challenges in incorporating DEI concepts in the context of a learning environment
- Apply DEI concepts and related issues to current events in higher education
- Increase self-efficacy in intervening or serving as an ally when the expectations of an inclusive learning environment are challenged
ASATT alumni bi-weekly book club: Discussion of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants
This event is open to members of the Northwestern community who previously participated in an ASATT cohort. The Zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the start of the event.
‘A Seat at the Table’ alumni are invited to participate in a bi-weekly book club where we will discuss “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants” by botanist and indigenous scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer. Participants will explore themes of ecological consciousness, as well as emotional and cultural awareness.
Conversations hosted by Dr. Veronica Womack, Senior Project Manager, Inclusive Teaching Project, and Lisa Davidson, Ph.D., Senior Assessment Associate, Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, Northwestern University.
The registration deadline is Friday, May 28th. The Zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the start of the event.
