Difficult Dialogues is a national program designed to promote and protect academic freedom and religious, cultural, and political pluralism on university campuses.
If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then we invite you to apply to participate in our online workshop focused on classroom management techniques developed by the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center.
The workshop is designed to teach new skills to faculty and staff to transform discussions with students into the learning and affirming experiences they are meant to be rather than combative and destructive discourses.
Together we can improve the learning climate on our campuses, resulting in a university that is more inclusive of minority voices and a safer place for the free exchange of ideas.
This hybrid in-person and online workshop for faculty and staff will focus on techniques designed to encourage discussions with students in the classroom and beyond that are learning and affirming experiences.
The upcoming spring 2023 workshop is inspired by the Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues Grant/National Center for Difficult Dialogues text Start Talking: A Handbook for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education, Kay Landis editor (University Alaska, Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University)
Associate Professor
Office locationNewton Oakes Center, 122,
Dahlonega
Associate Director of Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership/Professor of Music
Office locationDunlap Hall, 110,
Dahlonega
Professor, SFE; Department Head, Social Foundations & Leadership
Office locationNewton Oakes Center, 132,
Dahlonega
Associate Professor
Office locationBarnes Hall, 121,
Dahlonega
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Office locationAdministration Building, 124,
Gainesville
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 209,
Gainesville
Science, Engineering, Tech,
Gainesville
Interim Vice President Student Affairs
Office locationPrice Memorial, 211,
Dahlonega
Associate Professor of English
Office locationStudent Resource Center, 586,
Oconee