HARRIET SCHWARTZ
RELATIONAL CULTURAL THEORY SPEAKER
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Keynotes • Plenaries • Podcasts
Harriet Schwartz was the featured speaker for Scholar Rounds at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy. She worked with faculty to discuss connected teaching in the current moment – including the pandemic and the North American focus on racial justice. She also provided the keynote for the Rutgers University-New Brunswick Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology fall professional development program. She helped faculty consider how to connect with students when shifting to remote teaching and emotional challenges of teaching in the current context.
“Connected Teaching: How a Relational Approach Fuels Learning and Builds Faculty Resilience.” Presented at Designing Effective Teaching – Lilly Bethesda, Virtual. (2020, May)
“Connected Teaching: Mutuality and Mattering in the Age of Distraction.” Keynote, Connecting with Adult Learners: A Multi-Generational Challenge, Rutgers School of Social Work Part-Time Lecturers Conference, New Brunswick, NJ. (2020, January)
“Finding Voice and Taking Action: A Relational Response to Despair.” Presented at Building Healing Connections: RCT in Our Ailing World, Chicago, IL. (2019, October)
“Connected Teaching: Exploring the Highs and Lows of Teaching Through a Relational Lens.” Presented at Trocaire College, Buffalo, NY. (2019, August)
“Challenging the Myth of Lone Leaders and Individual Achievers: Why Social Context Matters as We Clarify and Pursue Our Dreams.” Presented at Society for Contemporary Craft and Carlow University, in conjunction with Mindful: Exploring Mental Health through Art exhibit, Pittsburgh, PA. (2015, November)