Workshops & Training

The Public Life Project is committed to supporting strong undergraduate instruction, together with the Center for Educational Innovation and the Career Readiness Initiative. In addition to the established opportunities below, consider talking with our RA's, Allison Steinke (stei1341@umn.edu) and Edgar Jesus Campos (campo145@umn.edu), about your experiences teaching politicized content or working with civic readiness to integrate your subject area knowledge into our teaching options.

Teaching fellows programs and training

• The Career Readiness Initiative hosts semester-long teaching fellows programs to assist faculty and instructors in working with the CLA core competencies. A special 2020-21 cohort experience focuses on the theme Engaging Diversity and is co-hosted by Dr. Amy Lee and Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington

• Attend a training through the Center for Educational Innovation.

• Keep up to date with options for the Equity and Diversity Certificate Program through the Office of Equity and Diversity. Access curated lists of resources for educators through OED's new webpage, Equity & Diversity Education Program Resources.

Graduate student workshops

Graduate students, reach out to The Public Life Project RA Edgar Jesus Campos (campo145@umn.edu) for an informal interview about your experiences teaching polarized topics. In addition to the workshop options above, you can also participate in CEI's Preparing Future Faculty Program.

Events and experiences

Attend on-campus events and explore the issues.