Inclusion Speaker Series: Inclusive Teaching - Evidence & Practice

IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95648219844?pwd=ZVN1amFiTFpqQ2FNV280SjlsRVdCZz09

Description: Students belonging to marginalized groups tend to underperform in academic settings, a phenomenon called the "achievement gap" (or the "opportunity gap"). It turns out that instructors' attitudes and behaviors play a major role for the achievement gap. Dr. Brauer will review a series of so-called "inclusive teaching practices" that have been shown to reduce the achievement gap in large scale randomized controlled trials.

Bio: Markus Brauer is a professor in the Department of Psychology and in the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Director of The Brauer Group.  As a social psychologist, Brauer studies the social aspects of human cognition and behavior.  He develops and tests interventions aimed at changing people’s behaviors in a variety of domains, such as diversity, energy consumption, and workplace behaviors.