Cultivating Equitable Learning Environments through Structure

In an inclusive classroom, we acknowledge that students come into our courses with many different backgrounds and experiences, but we don’t blame students for these differences (i.e. we don’t hold a student-deficit mindset). But… is something lacking in the course design or our own teaching strategies? Inclusive teaching is about intentionally designing structures to work for more students. When in place, we can create more equitable classrooms and improve learning for all students. Professors Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy will ask participants to reflect on inequities and diversity in their classrooms through interactive, hands-on activities. They will discuss and model approaches that can be readily implemented with any discipline or class size to help all students achieve to their potentials.

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  Kelly Hogan, Ph.D and Viji Sathy, Ph.D

  Dr. Kelly Hogan, Professor of the Practice; Biology at Duke University (North Carolina, United States)
  Dr. Viji Sathy, Professor of the Practice; Psychology and Neuroscience at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (United States)

  Dr. Hogan and Sathy have expertise on inclusive techniques and active learning in any size crowd, because both have significant experience teaching hundreds of students. Award-winning instructors, they also worked together for many years administratively at UNC leading university curricular initiatives, institutional grant projects, and the development of technology tools to support student success. Kelly and Viji have shared their work with faculty through hands-on workshops at numerous types of institutions. Both have been active in the scholarship of teaching and learning in their respective disciplines of biology and statistics and their work has been featured in a number of national publications such as The Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times. In 2022, they published a book titled: Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom, sharing practical ideas that often can be implemented quickly.