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Office for Teaching & Learning - Wayne State University

Innovations in Teaching and Learning Luncheon with Stephen Quaye

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The Office for Teaching and Learning (OTL) is pleased to invite you to this year's Innovations in Teaching and Learning Luncheon with keynote speaker, Stephen Quaye, Ph.D. Please register by March 30 so that we can make sure the event is enjoyable and accessible to all. Send any questions to otl@wayne.edu.

Register for Innovations Luncheon

"Fostering Student Engagement through an Equity Lens"

Stephen Quaye, Ph.D.

noon - 2:00 p.m. (lunch will be served)

Thursday, Apr. 20 in Hillberry AB

The purpose of this talk is to distinguish between involvement and engagement in order to foster student success. Participants will also learn how to use an equity lens to reflect on their teaching practices to ensure that they are grounded in equity and support the needs of students with minoritized identities.

About Stephen Quaye, Ph.D.

Stephen John Quaye is a professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program at The Ohio State University, editor of The Journal of Higher Education, and past president of ACPA: College Student Educators International. His research concentrates on engaging students in difficult dialogues about privilege, power, and oppression, and the strategies educators use to facilitate productive dialogues about these topics. His current work focuses on student and scholar activism, as well as the strategies Black educators and students use to heal from racial battle fatigue.

Stephen values story-sharing and dialogue as vehicles for fostering change in society and prioritizes empathy and healing in his work as an educator. Numerous campuses have invited him to consult on campus climate, diversity, and equity issues, and he has given over 70 keynotes during his career in higher education. His work is published in different venues, including Teachers College Record, the Journal of College Student Development, and The Review of Higher Education.