Tuesday October 8th, 2-3:30pm
Location: ENW 101
Please register to attend in-person here.
The mental health of our students is receiving long-overdue attention and care. While this recognition has been a positive development, it has led to many questions from professors as they navigate this often-new understanding of students and their wellbeing. These questions include: What is my role as a professor regarding students’ mental health (and what is not my role)? How can I create a classroom atmosphere that acknowledges and supports mental health? What role does my own mental health play in my interactions with students? These are some of the questions we will explore, with specific strategies and tips, in this session on mental health and the university classroom. This session is intended only for faculty and staff.
Dr. Jennifer Buckle is a clinical psychologist and professor in the psychology program at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. Her clinical research focuses on grief, loss, and resilience, and her publications include a practitioner’s guide for working with bereaved parents. She has also published in the area of qualitative research methodology, exploring ethics, positionality and reflexivity, and the integration of visual data in analysis and knowledge translation. All these aspects come together to inform her teaching practice and scholarship, which have been recognized with university teaching awards. Dr. Buckle teaches courses in the psychology of death and dying, psychopathology, tests and measurements, the history of psychology, and introduction to psychology.
