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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

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We often don’t allow ourselves these moments of connection because connection requires vulnerability and vulnerability goes against everything we’ve been taught about expertise, authority, and credibility in academia. The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. References Baumeister, R.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

We often don’t allow ourselves these moments of connection because connection requires vulnerability and vulnerability goes against everything we’ve been taught about expertise, authority, and credibility in academia. The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. References Baumeister, R.