Making Diversity & Inclusion Part of Your Course
Join Lisa Shin and Sam Sommers as they discuss the inclusive class experience and teaching strategies they use in their co-taught Psych & COVID-19 coping course at Tufts.
Dr. Lisa Shin, Tufts University
Dr. 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 authoring for doing so.
Shin and Sommers are co-authors of Wade/Tavris/Sommers/Shin Psychology and Invitation to Psychology.
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About the speakers
Dr. Lisa Shin, Tufts University
Lisa M. Shin earned her Ph.D. in psychology at Harvard University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at The Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She has been on the faculty at Tufts University since 1998, where she is currently Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Shin's research involves examining brain function and cognitive processing in patients with anxiety disorders, particularly posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. Shin teaches courses in Research Methods in Clinical Psychology, Biological Bases of Psychopathology, and Emotion and Memory, and team-teaches Introduction to Psychology and a course on Psychological Lessons for Coping with COVID-19 with Dr. Sommers.
Dr. Sam Sommers, Tufts University
Samuel R. Sommers earned his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Michigan and has been a professor of psychology at Tufts University since 2003, where he currently serves as Department Chair. He is a social psychologist whose research focuses on issues related to racial equity and diversity, with a frequent focus on the intersection of psychology and law. Dr. Sommers teaches courses in Experimental Psychology, Social Psychology, and Psychology and Law, and team-teaches Introduction to Psychology and a course on Psychological Lessons for Coping with COVID-19 with Dr. Shin. In addition to this text, he is a co-author of the Aronson et al. Social Psychology textbook and has written two general audience books, Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World and This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon.