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Available Workshops

Available Workshops

Global Inclusion and Engagement in the Workplace

  • Identify core DEI concepts, definitions and their importance in job searching, the workplace and daily life.
  • Tracks: #1
  • Available Dates:
    • October 15, 2025, 4:15–5:45 p.m., In-Person (Register)
    • March 12, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., Zoom (Register)

Intercultural Communication

  • Define culture and understand skills critical to intercultural learning and communication; analyze how one’s own culture affects their communication style and preferences and reflect on other’s communication norms and preferences
  • Tracks: #1 and #2
  • Available Dates:
    • November 3, 2025, 4–5:30 p.m., Zoom (Register)
    • April 21, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., In-Person (Register)

Managing Conflict in Intercultural Spaces

  • Reflect on one’s own conflict style and how cultural norms and context contribute to conflict; Analyze and troubleshoot different conflict scenarios relevant to graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars
  • Tracks: #1 and #2
  • Available Dates:
    • October 23, 2025, 4–5:30 p.m., Zoom (Register)
    • February 19, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., In-Person (Register)

Communicating with Compassion: Transforming Microaggressions into Global Understanding

  • Define micro-aggressions and understand how they perpetuate stereotypes and discrimination; identify strategies for addressing and reducing the impact of micro-aggressions.
  • Tracks: #1 and #2
  • Available Dates:
    • February 23, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., Zoom (Register)
    • May 7, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., In-Person (Register)

Supporting Mental Wellness in New Cultural Environments

  • Understand some of the contributors of acculturated stress for students studying in a new academic and cultural environment and discuss preventative strategies for combatting acculturated stress.
  • Tracks: #2
  • Available Dates:
    • November 12, 2025, 4–5:30 p.m., Zoom (Register)
      April 15, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., In-Person (Register)

Bridging the Language Gap: How to Mitigate Linguistic Bias and Miscommunication to Create Mutual Understanding

  • Explore linguistic biases and reverse linguistic stereotypes to help participants learn how to counter them; discuss features of English that often lead to misunderstandings and provide strategies for participants to create mutual understanding.
  • Tracks: #2
  • Available Dates:
    • March 4, 2026, 4-5:30 p.m., In-Person (Register)

Developing Your Teacher Voice

  • Learn to understand verbal and non-verbal language features that make new information more comprehensible to both native speakers and multilingual learners of English; examine strategies for covering new information vs. old information and structures that help students better understand content and feel more empowered to engage in discussions.
  • Tracks: #2
  • Available Dates:
    • April 9, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., In-Person (Register)

Making Yourself Memorable: Storytelling for PhD & Postdoc Job Searches

  • Learn to use the Memorable Moment Method (MMM) to identify a single, meaningful moment from your research, teaching, or professional life and shape it into a clear, grounded narrative to articulate motivation, judgment, and growth with specificity and confidence.
  • Tracks: #1
  • Available Dates:
    • May 5, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., In-Person (Register)
    • May 11, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., Zoom (Register)

Designing Breathing Rooms: Storytelling as Pedagogical Practice

  • Examine and experiment with classroom activities that support reflection, agency, and relational learning; learn about storytelling as a pedagogical method that focuses on learning outcomes.
  • Tracks: #2
  • Available Dates:
    • April 6, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., Zoom (Register)
    • April 14, 2026, 4–5:30 p.m., In-Person (Register)