This virtual interactive workshop offers non-traditional arts and creative writing-based strategies for exploring and implementing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices in your class, clinic, meeting or conference. Brief exercises focus on community building, deep listening, and creating safe spaces. We will play with concepts that help participants navigate sensitive topics and interpersonal or group conflicts. Finally, we will model simple games that explore and sensitize us to subtler inequities and biases.

Dr. Nan Mullenneaux Ph.D. taught Writing, History and Performance in Duke University’s Thompson Writing Program, English and History departments since 2009, as well as Duke Kunshan University in China. Before coming to Duke, Nan worked for almost 3 decades as a professional actress, director, acting teacher and coach. In 2020 Nan blended both her arts and academic careers when she joined Duke’s Language, Arts, and Media Program as a creative curriculum consultant and workshop designer. Nan's workshop design, facilitation and consultation includes topics such as Oral Delivery and Presentation, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Wellness/ Resilience.

This event will be held over Zoom and will include auto-captioning. The link will be sent to you upon registration.

This session, co-sponsored by Duke Learning Innovation, the Thompson Writing Program, and the Language, Arts & Media Program (LAMP), is part of Learning Innovation’s 2022-23 Inclusive Teaching series.