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Teaching in Higher Ed Update // Pedagogical Wellness and the Conditions for Flourishing with Theresa Duong
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Reader, here's your weekly Teaching in Higher Ed update. On Episode 609 of Teaching in Higher Ed, I welcome Theresa Duong, Pedagogical Wellness Specialist at the University of California, Irvine, to the show. We delve into pedagogical wellness, examining its role at the intersection of teaching, learning, and well-being in higher education. Theresa Duong shares her personal and professional journey, highlighting how meaningful instructor-student relationships and supportive institutional cultures enable both students and faculty to thrive. Theresa helps us explore the art and science of pedagogy, the importance of small and systemic changes in classroom practice, and ways to create more humane and sustainable learning environments. The conversation includes tangible classroom strategies—like flexible policies, wellness days, and fun activities—and broader systems-level efforts such as UC Irvine’s Okanagan Charter initiative. Together, they emphasize that fostering a culture of care and well-being benefits the whole academic community and that wellness starts with self-awareness and small, manageable changes. Resources from the episode:
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Related EpisodesThe work of Rashida Crutchfield has impacted my perspectives and approaches greatly. She is “a professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and Executive Director of the Center for Equitable Higher Education, which is a research center dedicated to studying and promoting economic, food, and housing justice.” On Episode 237, she shared about ways to meet the needs of students. She returned to Teaching in Higher Ed for Episode 281 with her collaborator Jennifer Maguire. Isis Artze-Vega discussed on Episode 482 the importance of relationships as an aspect of wellbeing and the impact of our wellbeing on our teaching. She urged us to remember that:
Zainab Okolo shared about mental health and well being in higher education on Episode 454 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. She recently shared findings from the American Psychological Association regarding the toll racism takes on people’s mental heath. The APA reveals:
More about the research may be found on the APA’s Racism, Bias, and Discrimination section of their website. RecommendedI wrote about a single question that Brennan Barnard suggests every college applicant should ask (and I would argue, we should ask ourselves, about our classes):
Read Being Known: Conditions for Flourishing in Teaching and Learning for more of my reflections and related resources. Next Week’s EpisodeOn the upcoming episode of Teaching in Higher Ed, I get to catch up with Mike Cross and hear about his big and small experiments in teaching and learning. SupportThe money gathered via the TiHE virtual 'tip jar' helps to defray some of the costs of producing the podcast.
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