Vancouver | Adjunct Faculty, Psychology in Health and Wellness
My teaching philosophy is committed to social justice and drives my pedagogy. I center underrepresented voices and scholarship, demonstrating the limitations that their absence brings. I encourage reflexive thinking and illustrate this with examples of the questions we can ask to examine practice. In being deeply relational as a theoretical stance, I model and teach the influences of context, environment, safety, trust, language, based on who is in our class, who is absent, and how this impacts our learning.
Embedded in my curriculums are readings, podcasts and videos where interdisciplinary scholars discuss social justice and the meaning it holds for them. My goal is to demonstrate the relational responsibilities in unpacking layers of identities and the importance of ongoing dialogue. I encourage students to first be reflective, to understand their feelings and responses, and what may be the cause of any feelings of discomfort. Through discussion questions and group activities, students share their perspectives and insights. Assignments integrate personal reflections and research, identify discourses and language, and impacts of systems and structures. Students have told me that my teaching has transformed their understanding of and commitment to social justice.
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Adler University in Vancouver has been, like Canada itself, born and built with an open mind. Located in the midst of one of the world’s most exciting and breathtaking cities, Adler University reflects a true Canadian spirit. It’s smart, inclusive and determined to make a world of difference. By design, our Vancouver campus echoes the Adler values and intent down every hall and in every room. It is built to live, breathe and inspire those with the passion to pursue a more just society. This is where the work gets done.
At Adler Vancouver, you’ll find multiple collaborative areas with the absolute latest technology. Learning areas and windows have literally been situated to stimulate thought. To some, that may sound odd, but these things do matter. If students are given the space, opportunity and technology to achieve their goals, they are more likely to rock the boat of conventional thought.