Stereotype Life
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Raising awareness about mental health, disability and access in higher education. We hope to highlight the humanness of people with disabilities and health challenges, as well as provide resources related to teaching and learning. New episodes posted every other Wednesday at 12pm central. More at www.stereotype.life. #breakthestereotype #endthestigma
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Kate Mohler on recognizing mental illness, self-care and accommodations / 2.2
April 28, 2021 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this episode, we discuss Kate Mohler on bipolar disorder, accommodations, self-care and supporting colleagues. What is bipolar disorder like? What accommodations can we make for students. How can colleagues be more supportive? Highlights include: How have you reintegrated yourself into the campus community? (1:33) Reconciling our actions (5:23) How do we recognize signs of a mental illness both in students and in colleagues? (7:23) What can supporters do for their own self-care when...
Kate Mohler on bipolar disorder, accommodations, self-care and supporting colleagues / 2.1
April 21, 2021 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBIn this episode, we discuss Kate Mohler on bipolar disorder, accommodations, self-care and supporting colleagues. What is bipolar disorder like? What accommodations can we make for students. How can colleagues be more supportive? Highlights include: On bipolar disorder and her manic episode The importance of a support network What is Crip Time? What are some accommodations we can make? Journals of Place Resources Mentioned What Is Bipolar Disorder? by Helen M. Farrell. https://www.t...
On authority, identity, and unknowability in feminist pedagogy and its intersection with disability studieswith Dr. Krista Grensavitch/ 10
September 16, 2020 19:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode, we discuss Authority, identity and unknowability in the classroom, as well as the intersections of feminist pedagogy and disability studies, and incorporating objects into teaching and learning with Krista Grensavitch. Highlights include: How would you define feminist pedagogy? What might this look like in the classroom? (1:57) What is intersectional feminism? (3:53) How do you make the material personal? (5:57) How might we think about teaching in terms of creating le...
On having lupus and the perception of attendance with Chrissy Mackey /9
September 02, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBIn this episode, we discuss Having lupus, the perception of attendance and the accessibility of Dungeons & Dragons for training with Chrissy Mackey. How can we better support students who suffer from chronic autoimmune diseases? How does it affect attendance? What policies could instructors put in place in the syllabus so students could show how they are engaged in the coursework? How does gaming apply to industrial/ organizational psychology? Highlights include: What is lupus (1:28) How...
Co-morbid disorders and developing mindfulness and self-compassion with Karen Tang /8
August 12, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss Karen Tang on the correlation between addiction and mental health, and developing mindfulness and self-compassion. Highlights include: What is your background? How did you become interested in researching co-morbid disorders? (1:38) Who are the students or people, in general, most at risk for developing co-occurring disorders, and is there any way to prevent it? (2:24) How does college life mask mental illness and how do we identify those students? (5:48) Ho...
The importance of multimodality and making online classes accessible with Kristine Koyama /7
August 05, 2020 17:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this episode, we discuss The importance of multimodality and making online classes accessible with Kristine Koyama. Highlights include: What were the challenges and accessibility issues you faced when moving classes online amidst the pandemic? (1:32) How do we support students with different learning styles in an online format? (4:33) What are some of the tenets of creating an accessible online classroom? (7:37) How does multimodality fit with creating an online learning space? (7:3...
DJ Lee discusses "Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots" /6
July 29, 2020 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode, we discuss DJ Lee’s book Remote: Finding Home In the Bitterroots. How does “place” function as an archive? How is writing also a spiritual experience? What were mental hospitals like in the 40s and 50s? What does it mean to write through shame? How is mental illness in some ways un-boundaried like the wilderness? Highlights include: The process of writing the book through finding her grandmother’s memoir box (2:54) Place as archive (6:36) Writing the memoir alongside e...
Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal discusses "Life of the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education" /5
July 01, 2020 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode, we discuss Connecting with Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal on her book, Life of the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education. What are some of the pros and cons for keeping a psychiatric disability hidden? How do we challenge stereotypes and the notion that seeking accommodations is cheating? How do we raise awareness and change the narrative? How do we practice care for ourselves and for our students while also protecting ourselves inside of ...
Self-accommodation, self-advocacy and building resilience with Jason Anderson /4
June 19, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode, we discuss Self-accommodation, self-advocacy and building resilience with Jason Anderson. How do we make accommodations for ourselves, learn how to self-advocate, and figure out what we need so that we can get what we need to be successful? What does it mean to build resilience? What are some resources in the community to help students with disabilities? Highlights include: How Jason became involved in disability services (3:01) The differences between little “d” and big...
Life as a first-generation college student and a single mother from rural Minnesota with Beth Vigoren /3
June 04, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBIn this episode, we discuss: Life as a first generation student and single mother from rural Minnesota with Beth Vigoren. What assumptions do we make about first-generation and/or rural students? How do we handle sensitive, but timely topics in our classroom, that could potentially divide the classroom community, and at the same time, take care of our students’ emotional well-being during these conversations? How do we develop skills in self-advocacy and asking powerful questions? Highligh...
Public health, universal design for learning & the DREAM organization with Meredith Williams /2
May 20, 2020 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode, we discuss: Public health, universal design for learning and the DREAM organization with Meredith Williams. What is public health? What things do we need to think about when teaching students with disabilities? How might the way we think about teaching change? What does college look like for a student with disabilities and how might they receive accommodations and mentorship? Highlights include: What is Public Health? (2:00) The relationship between income and psychologi...
Creative writing, skateboarding & teaching amid the pandemic with John Thurgood /1
May 04, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn this episode, we discuss: Creative writing, skateboarding and teaching amid the pandemic with John Thurgood. How are we stories within stories? What does it mean to explore a place through skateboarding and art? How do we connect course materials to students’ lived experiences? Highlights include: A quote from Kyle Minor’s Praying Drunk (1:45) Creative writing and skateboarding (7:31) Piquing students’ curiosities and getting them invested in composition through researching the commu...
Episode 1: John Thurgood on creative writing, skateboarding, grad school & teaching amid the coronavirus pandemic.
May 04, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBJohn Thurgood talks about creative writing, skateboarding, grad school & teaching amid the coronavirus pandemic. IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS A quote from Kyle Minor’s Praying Drunk (1:45) Creative writing and skateboarding (7:31) Piquing students’ curiosities and getting them invested in composition through researching the communities they live in (13:15) How we’re stories within stories (15:11) Balancing a rigorous curriculum with teaching and learning amid the coronavirus pandemic (...
Creative writing, skateboarding & teaching amid the pandemic with John Thurgood
May 04, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBJohn Thurgood talks about creative writing, skateboarding, grad school & teaching amid the coronavirus pandemic. How are we stories within stories? What does it mean to explore a place through skateboarding and art? How do we connect course materials to students' lived experiences? For show notes and resources, please visit www.stereotype.life. Support the show (https://stereotype.life/donate/)