Teaching and Justice

Creating Inclusive Environments to Encourage Classroom Civility

by Kristin Broussard, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning At the Reinert Center, we often get questions from graduate students and faculty about how manage classroom incivility.  At the Reinert Center, we prefer to focus on the positive – how can we create environments in which classroom incivility is prevented? One of… Continue reading Creating Inclusive Environments to Encourage Classroom Civility

Teaching and Justice

Supporting Student Mental Health

by Chris Grabau, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center In a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 70% of teenagers reported that mental health issues are growing among their peers.   Spanning gender, socioeconomic status, and race, the survey reported that feelings of anxiety and depression outweighed problems with bullying, drug addiction, or gangs (Horowitz &… Continue reading Supporting Student Mental Health