Did That Just Happen? Intentionally Addressing and Repairing Microaggression Ruptures in Classrooms

In this course, Dr. Devona Stalnaker-Shofner (EdD, NCC, LPC, Associate Professor at Antioch University) distinguishes between micro-aggressions, micro-assaults, micro-insults, and micro-invalidations as she underscores the deleterious impact they have on student-student, student-instructor, and instructor-student interactions in the classroom. Emphasising the significance of impact over intent, Dr. Stalnaker-Shofner explains a six-stage model which can identify ruptures and also repair relationships in order to move toward the higher ground of transformative justice.