Drs. Cardon and Smith are available for in-person workshops, virtual workshops, and keynote presentations on Teaching Interventions and other DEI Pedagogy-related topics.

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Please use the contact form below if you're interested in booking us for a workshop or presentation, or if you want to submit a comment or question. We welcome our readers to share their own "teaching intervention" moments or questions about how to handle specific scenarios. You may inspire one of our blog posts!

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Recent/Upcoming presentations and workshops:

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• Lauren S. Cardon, “When Students Check Out: 5 Strategies for Student Engagement,” Plenary Speaker. Lilly Conference––Austin, TX, May 2025

• Lauren S. Cardon, “Teaching with Intention: Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences.” Preconference Workshop, The Teaching Professor Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 7, 2024; and virtual workshop with North Oklahoma College, February 2025

• Lauren S. Cardon & Cassander L. Smith, “‘Is This Offensive?’ Tense Moments and Traumatic Content in the Age of Call-out Culture,” Preconference Workshop, The Teaching Professor Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 9, 2023

• Lauren S. Cardon & Cassander L. Smith, “Building an Inclusive Future: The Stakes of DEI Initiatives in Higher Education,” Spring Convocation, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA (Virtual), January 2022

• Lauren S. Cardon & Cassander L. Smith, “‘What could I possibly say?’ Addressing Racist Dialogue in the Classroom” (Conference Presentation and Workshop), Leadership in Higher Education Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 2021

• Lauren S. Cardon, "Striving Toward Inclusion: Rethinking the Classroom Experience" (Keynote), REFRESH Event at LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, August 2021

• Cassander L. Smith, “Strategies for Teaching Race,” Romantic Circles/Keats-Shelley Association of America Anti-Racist Pedagogies Colloquium, upcoming July 2021

• Cassander L. Smith, “Decolonizing the College Classroom Curriculum,” National Humanities Center summer residency program, upcoming July 8, 2021

• Cassander L. Smith, “Setting the Tone: Inclusive Classroom Practices,” English Department, Sienna College, Loudonville, NY,  April 20, 2021

• Lauren S. Cardon, “Pedagogical Values and Adaptable Practice” (Virtual Presentation), National Humanities Center Winter Residency, December 2020

• Lauren S. Cardon, “Backward Design/Forward Assessment” and “Lesson Planning for Building Community” (Virtual Workshop Series), Building Connections Course (Re)Design Program, College of Wooster, OH, June-July 2020

 

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