This week, many communities and institutions in the US are observing the one year anniversary of life upended by COVID-19. For teachers in higher education, this anniversary is yet another reminder that trauma-informed pedagogy is essential to healthy life and learning in the classroom.
How different our world and outlook compared to this depiction of “Bright Future” by Norman Rockwell circa 1955! Both of these images were published online, March 9, 2021.
Special issue on Trauma-Informed Pedagogies in the Religious Studies Classroom, Spotlight on Teaching, Religious Studies News. March 9, 2021.
Contributors:
Editor’s Introduction
Jessica L. Tinklenberg
What is Trauma? What is a Trauma-Informed Approach?
Darryl W. Stephens
Gender-Based Violence and Muslim Communities: Trauma Processing through Art
Julianne Hammer
Addressing Race in the Classroom: A Trauma-Informed Communal Embodied Practice
Leah Thomas
We Have to Tell the Truth: A Liberative Approach to Trauma-Informed Pedagogy
Oluwatomisin Oredein
Passing by/through/in Written Word
Alexiana Fry
Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: Reflections on Running and Teaching
Elizabeth Vasko
Breathing | Being | Praying Meditations: The Generative Possibilities of the Arts
Yohana Agra Junker
Critical Reflection Ensuing from Traumatic Events and Ideology Critique
Ella Johnson
In Defense of the Simple Writing Assignment
Liora Gubkin