Teaching in the Shadow of 38th and Chicago: Establishing Safe Learning Environments for ALL Students
George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020 sparked a global civil rights uprising and profound racial trauma, with the University of Minnesota Twin Cities at the epicenter. This session explores strategies for establishing a safe classroom environment, particularly for marginalized students, during traumatic times and anytime.
Claire Kamp Dush is Professor of Sociology and co-director of the Development Core at the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She is a family demographer who studies intimate relationships and their intersection with human development. She is the principal investigator of two population health data collections focused on families and health funded by NIH. She is also a passionate teacher with a strong focus on active learning.