Educational Consulting and Faculty Development

Presentations and Faculty Development

Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in Higher Education: An opportunity for regulation and co-regulation in learning environments. Teaching Arts Luncheon, Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning, Smith College, February 2024. Collaboration with Atsuko Takahashi, Senior Lecturer of East Asian Languages and Cultures.

Co-Facilitator, Community of Embodied Practice for faculty, staff, and students. Amherst College, Fall 2023 (6 sessions)

Educators’ Perceptions of Trauma in Higher Education, New England Psychological Association Annual Conference, Paper presentation, October 2023

Teaching Circle on Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: A Framework for Equity, Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning, Smith College, fall 2023 (three sessions)

Educators’ Perceptions of Trauma in Higher Education, New England Educational Research Organization Annual Conference, Roundtable Discussion, May 2023

Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for the Resilient Classroom, Teaching Arts Luncheon, Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning, Smith College, April 2023

Becoming Trauma-Informed: A Framework for Faculty, Administrators & Staff, Innovative Educators, 2023

Teaching Circle on Trauma-Resilience in Higher Education, Community of Scholars: Our World in 2D, 3D, and Beyond, Lesley University, 2023

Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for the Resilient Classroom, Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning, Smith College, 2022-2023 (six sessions)

Executive Function in Students Amidst the Pandemic, Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning, Smith College, 2022 (two sessions)

Workshops for Academic Success: Time Management & Study Strategies, Handling the Reading Load, Effective Note-taking, Focus and Distraction, Test Preparation and Test-takin, Thesis writing, Writing Anxiety, and Maintaining Motivation, Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning, Smith College, 2017-2021

Finding Success: How to Support Your Future You Right Now, Schacht Center for Health and Wellness Center, Smith College, 2019

Co-requisite Course Design and Implementation, Holyoke Community College Humanities Department, 2018

Service Learning Successes for Ongoing Collaboration with Voices from Inside, Annual Service-Learning Celebration, Holyoke Community College, 2018

Thanks so much for leading last week's TAL [Teaching Arts Luncheon] on trauma-informed pedagogy. I thought it was extraordinarily useful, with a clear framework as well as actionable advice on how to support our students and ourselves. 

-P.B., PhD.

Smith College, Professor of Psychology

It was my pleasure to participate in Kelly's course in Trauma Informed Pedagogy offered at Smith College.  I found the series to be informative, thorough, and sensitive to the diversity of the participants.  Kelly has a talent for quickly developing an atmosphere of intimacy and creativity within the group which promotes the sharing of experiences and ideas.  I was moved by an exercise she conducted in the final class designed to establish a place of calm within each of us that I still use today. I would welcome the opportunity to participate in any course she offers in the future.

-Rebecca W.

Smith College, Office of Multicultural Affairs

Thank you for the very skillful and compassionate space that you facilitated. I left feeling relaxed and ready for anything in my next class. I did not expect this, because I was tired coming into the final talk. I was able to attend two of your classes and am so happy to have your support and resources that have built upon my growing skill.

- A. P.

Smith College, Wellness Faculty