Making Exceptions
At our March 18, 2022 session, the group discussed how we make exceptions during the pandemic. What is the balance between sticking …
Setting Up Class
When seeking to create a classroom environment that will be safe for the discussion of difficult topics, it is important to spend …
2020-2021 Examen
At the end of the 2020-2021 academic year, the productive discomfort cohort watched the 15-minute video Eyes to See: An Anti-Racism Examen …
Productive Discomfort: Calling In vs. Calling Out
The group discussed this video in which two professors reflect on an incident in which a student makes an anti-Semitic remark. The …
Cura Personalis: Caring for Me is Knowing my Name
This meeting on Feb. 17, 2021 included watching a video in which the professor mispronounces a student’s name. The group discussed the …
Open the Front Door
The Productive Discomfort groups frequently discusses using the Open the Front Door technique to respond to microaggressions and other productive discomfort moments. …
Zoom Backgrounds
The Productive Discomfort Group discussed how to handle Zoom backgrounds that disrupt classroom learning by examining a script written by Gonzaga theater …
Who We Are
On this page, you will find a variety of activities that create and help manage productive discomfort in the classroom. The Center …
A Group Exercise
Exercise about how the group works together to know things: Fill a box with 28-36 items and give students three seconds each …
Setting Up
When seeking to create a classroom environment that will be safe for the discussion of difficult topics, it is important to spend …