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Think Tanks

Mindfulness Practices as Anti-Oppression Pedagogy: Strategies for Preparation, Implementation, and Assessment

Greta Gaard
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

This Think Tank will convene a team of teaching and mindfulness experts to explore the science, the benefits, and potential risks of using mindfulness as an anti-oppressive pedagogy—an approach that helps students recognize the ways that most people are variously privileged and oppressed, understanding how both relations perpetuate suffering for others and for oneself.  The team will include 21 faculty from 18 disciplines and 6 institutions. Outcomes will include a coherent set of learning objectives, practices, and assessments for using mindfulness pedagogies in higher education—not only for stress reduction and self-compassion, but also for unlearning oppression and addressing trauma on intrapersonal, interpersonal, social and cultural levels. Within nine months after the Think Tank meeting, participants will contribute or coauthor essays culminating in a book of discipline-specific mindfulness practices for unlearning oppression and addressing trauma in higher education.

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Greta Gaard, PhD, MSW

University of Wisconsin – River Falls

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Zenzele Isoke, PhD

University of Minnesota

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Beth Berila, PhD

St. Cloud State University

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Alex Haley, JD, MBA

University of Minnesota Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing

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Doug Kennedy, PhD

University of Minnesota Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing

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Louise Delagran, MS

University of Minnesota Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing

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Erik Storlie, PhD

University of Minnesota Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing

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Shannon Gibney, MA

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

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David Voelker, PhD

University of Wisconsin – Green Bay

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Alison Staudinger, PhD

University of Wisconsin – Green Bay

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Franklin Chen, PhD

University of Wisconsin- Green Bay

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Sawa Senzaki, PhD

Sawa Senzaki

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Samuel Cocks, PhD

University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse

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Ann Lawton, MS

University of Wisconsin – River Falls

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Kaylee Spencer, PhD

University of Wisconsin – River Falls

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Courtney Wells, PhD, MSW

University of Wisconsin – River Falls

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Mary Wright, PhD

University of Wisconsin – River Falls

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Ann Brand, PhD

University of Wisconsin – Stout

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Michelle Hamilton, PhD

University of Wisconsin – Stout

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Terri Karris, PhD

University of Wisconsin – Stout

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Brian McAlister, PhD

University of Wisconsin – Stout

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Mind & Life Institute
  • About
    • Mission and Values
    • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
    • 35 Years
    • Strategy
    • History
    • People
    • Careers
    • Contact
  • Events
    • Dialogues and Conversations
    • Summer Research Institute
    • Mind & Life Connect
    • Inspiring Minds
  • Grants
    • Varela Grants
    • PEACE Grants
    • Contemplative Changemaking Grants
    • Awards
    • Mentoring
  • Online Learning
    • Insights Essays
    • Mind & Life Podcast
    • Online Courses
    • Digital Dialogues
    • Academic Papers
  • Media
    • Blog
    • Documentaries
    • Books
    • Videos
  • Support
    • Why Give
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