Teaching Curve 30 Misbah Hyder on Trauma-informed Teaching in IR

Dr. Misbah Hyder, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Teaching Excellence Center at the United States Naval War College in Rhode Island in the US. She consults with faculty there and trains instructors in trauma-informed teaching in professional military education environments. She is co-editor with Michael Murphy on a forthcoming volume Teaching Political Science and International Relations for Early Career Instructors.

The episode explores 

•       How to leverage the study of pedagogy into a fulfilling institutional role supporting the development of colleagues as teachers. 

•       The concept of trauma-informed teaching and how adopting it shifts perspectives on pedagogy. 

•       Specific trauma-informed teaching tactics that make a difference in both the content and practice of IR courses. 

The interview was edited for length.

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to the steering committee for the International Studies Association’s Innovative Pedagogy Initiative, the folks at ISA HQ, and special thanks to Sarah Dorr, Joel Lorenzatti and Josephine Anderson for logistical and technical support. 

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For 23 more stories about innovative and effective teachers of international studies, check out Pedagogical Journeys through World Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020: https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030203047