Key Frameworks of the Teachings
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Trauma informed teaching and research
The course research in trauma reframes the patriarchal, white, and class-privilege based assumptions in neuroscience trauma studies. The course offers distinct feminist decolonial frameworks for intergenerational healing, somatic reconnection, creative awakenings, and collective change.
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Feminist theory for naming power dynamics
The curriculum recommends dozens of key readings of feminist foremothers. Readings are optional, but you will be introduced to women's intellectual history that is silenced in most of our education! Readings draw from Black, Indigenous, postcolonial, Arab, Jewish, and Chicana feminism.
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Feminist essays, self-assessment guides, and contemplative exercises
The teaching was designed and developed through Ph.D. Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies research on holistic feminist learning methods. The feminist essays, contemplative writing prompts, and reflection exercises invite you to listen within, connecting to your body as you learn.