Making Diversity & Inclusion Part of Your Course
Join Drs. Lisa Shin and Sam Sommers of Tufts University for a discussion on the importance of creating an inclusive class experience for student learning outcomes.
Lisa Shin and Sam Sommers, Tufts University
Lisa Shin and Sam Sommers co-teach introduction to psychology and a course on the science of coping with COVID-19 at Tufts University. In this session they will review research illustrating the importance of creating an inclusive class experience for student learning outcomes, and will detail specific strategies they use in their teaching and textbook authoring for doing so.
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About the speakers
Dr. Lisa Shin
Lisa Shin earned her AB from Dartmouth College, her PhD in psychology at Harvard University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric neuroimaging in the Department of Psychiatry at The Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She has been on the faculty at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts since 1998, where she is currently professor and chair in the Department of Psychology.
The principal theme of Dr. Shin’s research involves examining brain function and cognitive processing in patients with anxiety disorders, particularly posttraumatic stress disorder. She received the Chaim Danieli Young Professional Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Young Investigator’s Research Award from the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. She is an author of the 7th Edition of Invitation to Psychology, co-authored with Carole Wade, Carol Tavris, and Sam Sommers.
Dr. Sam Sommers
Sam Sommers earned his BA from Williams College and his PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan. Since 2003, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where he has won multiple teaching awards, including being named Professor of the Year in 2009. His research examines issues related to stereotyping, intergroup relations, and group diversity, with a particular interest in how these processes play out in the legal domain.
He is an author of the 9th Edition of Social Psychology, co-authored with Elliot Aronson, Tim Wilson, and Robin Akert, as well as the 7th Edition of Invitation to Psychology, co-authored with Carole Wade, Carol Tavris, and Lisa Shin. He has also written two general audience books, Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World (2011), and This is Your Brain on Sports (2016), co-authored with L. Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated.