What We've been up to
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September Agenda
Project Meeting #1
September 15, 2017
Topic: Mindfulness / Truth-telling
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2017-2018
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
November Agenda
Project Meeting #3
November 10, 2017
Topic: Creativity & Truth-telling
January Agenda
Project Meeting #5
January 19, 2018
Topic: Positionally as Women / Under the Surface: Our Stories
December Agenda
Project Meeting #4
December 8, 2017 / EBH 271
Topic: Time Management: Scholarly and Personal
February Agenda
Project Meeting #6
February 16, 2018
Topic: Levels of Reflection – Micro & Macro:
Assumptions while Teaching/Assessing/Grading
March Agenda
Project Meeting #7
March 23, 2018
Topic: Shame Resistance
April Agenda
Project Meeting #8
April 13, 2018
Topic: Survival
May Agenda
Project Meeting #9
May 11, 2018
Topic: Scholarly Publishing
2018-2019
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
September Agenda
Project Meeting #1
September 26, 2018
Topic: class consciousness and the university
October Agenda
Pre-Project Meeting
October 24, 2018
Topic: Political Activism & Engagement, Kate Birdsall, Ph.D.
January Agenda
Project Meeting #2
January 25, 2019
Topic: The Role of Self-Compassion in Engaged Mindfulness
November Agenda
Pre-Project Meeting
November 28, 2018
Topic: Mindful self-compassion as a Buffering Practice
February Agenda
Project Meeting #3
February 22, 2019
Topic: The Role of Self-Compassion in Engaged Mindfulness
2019-2020
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
December Agenda
Project Meeting #4
December 18, 2019
Presenters: TTTRWE Participants, Sara Miller
Part I: Write, Revise, and Peer Reviews / Ashley Siwek, URA
Part II: Elizabeth Liebert’s Spiritual Growth Paradigm
January Agenda
Project Meeting #5
January 31, 2020
Topic: Morals vs. Arguments/Mischaracterizations
of Facts/Non-facts
Presenter: Chana Kraus-Friedberg
Agenda
February Agenda
Project Meeting #6
February 21, 2020
Topic: Empathy Effect, by Helen Riess
Presenters: Cheryl Caesar & Marybeth Heeder
March Agenda
Project Meeting #7
March 28, 2020
Topic: Deficiency & Equity Framework/Culturally Responsible Teaching On The Brain
Presenters: Sara Miller & Tracie Swiecki
April Agenda
Project Meeting #8
April 24, 2020
Topic: Empathy Effect, by Helen Riess
Presenters: Tracie Swiecki
May Agenda
Project Meeting #8
May 15, 2020
Topic: Joyfulness and Happiness
Presenter: Marybeth Heeder
2020-2021
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
September Agenda
Project Meeting #1
September 24, 2020
Topic: Best Practices in Teaching Writing
Attendees: Tracie Swiecki, Cheryl Caesar and Denise M. Acevedo
October Agenda
Project Meeting #2
October 22, 2020
Topic: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy
Attendees: Tracie Swiecki, Cheryl Caesar and Denise M. Acevedo
November Agenda
Project Meeting #3
November 17, 2020
Topic: Reflections on Claudia Rankine’s CAL’s Signature Lecture Series presentation, “Critical Race: A Vocabulary”
Attendees: Tracie Swiecki, Cheryl Caesar, and Denise M. Acevedo
Agenda
December Agenda
Project Meeting #4
December 17, 2020
Topic: Reflections on Jon Novello’s presentation on “Emotions and Symptoms during COVID-19”
Attendees: Tracie Swiecki, Cheryl Caesar, Cristian Lambaren-Sanchez and Denise M. Acevedo
January Agenda
Project Meeting #5
January 21, 2021
Topic: Mindful of Race (2018)
Facilitator: Tracie Swiecki
February Agenda
Project Meeting #6
February 25, 2021
Topic: Mindful of Race
Facilitator: Tracie Swiecki
March Agenda
Project Meeting #7
February 25, 2021
Topic: Laura Rendon’s Sentipensante pedagogy (2009)
Facilitator: Cristian Lambaren-Sanchez
April Agenda
Project Meeting #8
April 22, 2021
Topic: Beverly Daniel Tatum’s
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? (2017)
Facilitator: Denise M. Acevedo
May Agenda
Project Meeting #9
May 13, 2021
Topic: Claudia Rankine’s Just Us (2020)
Facilitator: Cheryl Caesar
2021-2022
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
September Agenda
Project Meeting #1
October 1, 2021
Topic: Minding bodies (Hrach, 2021)
October Agenda
Project Meeting #2
November 12, 2021
Topic: Linguistic Racism
November Agenda
Project Meeting #3
November 24, 2021
Topic: Linguistic Racism (Cheryl) & Privilege & Academia (Tracie)
December Agenda
Project Meeting #4
December 10, 2021
Topic: Linguistic Racism (Cheryl) & Privilege & Academia (Tracie)
January Agenda
Project Meeting #5
January 28, 2022
Topic: Best Practices: Transformative Teaching Experiences
Presenters: TTTRWE Participants
February Agenda
Project Meeting #6
February 25, 2022
Topic: MSU’s African Scholars Program: Educators’ Transformative Experiences
2022-2023
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
October Agenda
Project Meeting #1
October 28, 2022
Topic: Engaging with Critical Race Theory
November Agenda
Project Meeting #2
November 11, 2022
Topic: How Instructors Care Too Much
Past Publications
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
Volume I (2017-2018)
By: Denise M. Acevedo, Cheryl Caesar, & Joyce Meier
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
Volume II (2018-2019)
By: Denise M. Acevedo, Cheryl Caesar, Joyce Meier, Chana Kraus-Friedberg, & Sara Miller
Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Experiences:
Reflections of Michigan State University Writing Faculty
Volume III (2019-2020)
By: Denise M. Acevedo, Cheryl Caesar, Marybeth Heeder, John McElroy, Tracie Swiecki, Joyce A. Meier, Chana Kraus-Friedberg, & Sara Miller
