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Dr. Alyssa Hadley Dunn is the Director of Teacher Education for the Neag School of Education and an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. A former high school English teacher, Dunn now focuses her teaching, research, and service on urban education for social and racial justice. She studies how to best prepare and support teachers to work in urban schools and how to teach for justice and equity amidst school policies and reforms that negatively impact teachers’ working conditions and students’ learning conditions. 

Prior to coming to UConn, she was an associate professor at Michigan State University and an assistant professor at Georgia State University. She is the author of three award-winning books: Teaching on Days After: Educating for Equity in the Wake of Injustice (Teachers College Press, 2021); Teachers Without Borders?: The Hidden Consequences of International Teachers in U.S. Schools (Teachers College Press, 2013); and Urban Teaching in America (Sage Publications, 2011) . She has published dozens of articles in journals such as the American Educational Research Journal, Journal of Teacher Education, Teachers College Record, Urban Education, and Teaching and Teacher Education. 

A committed public scholar, she has been a contributor to the Huffington Post and National Public Radio. Among other awards, Dunn is the winner of the Critical Educators for Social Justice Revolutionary Mentor Award from the American Educational Research Association and Michigan State University’s Teacher-Scholar of the Year Award.

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Director of Teacher Education, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Neag School's director of Teacher Education and an associate professor of curriculum, talks about her work and research on how to best prepare and support teachers to work in urban schools and how to teach for justice and equity amidst school policies and reforms that negatively impact teachers’ working conditions and students’ learning conditions. Read more about her in her bio.

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Neag School's Alyssa Dunn Talks About Her Work

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Alyssa Hadley Dunn, the Director of Teacher Education and an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Connecticut.  Dr. Dunn describes the motivation for her book, Teaching on the Days After: Educating for Equity in the Wake of Injustice.  She shares her education journey that led her to better understand racial inequities and how to confront them. We discuss how foundational the classroom community and relationships are to being prepared for any "days after" in K-12 and university teaching.  


Referenced in this podcast:

  •  James Baldwin (https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Baldwin)  - James Baldwin (born August 2, 1924, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 1, 1987, Saint-Paul de Vence, France) was an essayist, novelist, and playwright whose eloquence and passion on the subject of race in America made him one of the most important voices of the 20th century.
  •  Teaching on Days After (https://www.tcpress.com/teaching-on-days-after-9780807766217)  - What should teachers do on the days after major events, tragedies, and traumas, especially when injustice is involved? This beautifully written book features teacher narratives and youth-authored student spotlights that reveal what classrooms do and can look like in the wake of these critical moments. Dunn incisively argues for the importance of equitable commitments, humanizing dialogue, sociopolitical awareness, and a rejection of so-called pedagogical neutrality across all grade levels and content areas. By highlighting the voices of teachers who are pushing beyond their concerns and fears about teaching for equity and justice, readers see how these educators address negative reactions from parents and administrators, welcome all student viewpoints, and negotiate their own feelings. These inspiring stories come from diverse areas such as urban New York, rural Georgia, and suburban Michigan, from both public and private schools, and from classrooms with both novice and veteran teachers. Teaching on Days After can be used to support current classroom teachers and to better structure teacher education to help preservice teachers think ahead to their future classrooms.
  •  Brittney Cooper, Cultural theorist (https://www.ted.com/speakers/brittney_cooper)  - With scholarship and incisive commentary that exposes the marginalized narratives hidden within "mainstream" history, Brittney Cooper writes at the vanguard of cultural criticism.
  •  Waking Up White – Debby Irving (https://www.debbyirving.com/the-book/)  - Waking Up White is the book I wish someone had handed me decades ago. My hope is that by sharing my sometimes cringe-worthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, I offer a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. As I unpack my own long-held beliefs about colorblindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color, I reveal how each of these well-intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated my ill-conceived ideas about race.
  •  DR. BETTINA LOVE - Bettina Love (https://bettinalove.com/)  - Dr. Bettina L. Love holds the prestigious William F. Russell Professorship at Teachers College, Columbia University, and is the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller “Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal.” In 2022, the Kennedy Center recognized Dr. Love as one of the Next 50 Leaders dedicated to making the world more inspired, inclusive, and compassionate.
  •  A Comprehensive Guide to the Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model (https://www.verywellmind.com/bronfenbrenner-ecological-model-7643403)  - Bronfenbrenner's ecological model is a framework that can be utilized to understand the complex systems that influence human development. In particular, this model emphasizes the importance of environmental factors and social influences in shaping development and behavior.

Teaching on the Days After with Dr. Alyssa Hadley Dunn

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What should teachers do on the days after major events, tragedies, and traumas, especially when injustice is involved? This beautifully written book features teacher narratives and youth-authored student spotlights that reveal what classrooms do and can look like in the wake of these critical moments. Dunn incisively argues for the importance of equitable commitments, humanizing dialogue, sociopolitical awareness, and a rejection of so-called pedagogical neutrality across all grade levels and content areas. Teaching on Days After can be used to support current classroom teachers and to better structure teacher education to help preservice teachers think ahead to their future classrooms. Book Features: - Narratives from teachers and students that represent a diverse range of identities, locations, grade levels, and content areas. - Examples of days after that teachers remember, including 9/11, elections, natural disasters, gun violence, police brutality, social uprisings, Supreme Court decisions, immigration policies, and more. - Examples of days after that K-12 and college-aged students remember, including what their teachers did and didn't do.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alyssa Hadley Dunn is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, and author of Teachers Without Borders? The Hidden Consequences of International Teachers in U.S. Schools.


Vivica McCrary is a narrator, voice artist, and stage manager living in the Midwest region of the United States. The warmth and relatability of Vivica's voice, combined with her background in theatrical performance and her musical ear, allow her to bring to life every story she tells.

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Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Published on: January 24, 2023
ISBN: 9798765019184
Duration: 11 hr, 58 min
Genres: Education / General, Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Education / Student Life & Student Affairs, Education / Teaching / General, Education / Violence & Harassment

Teaching on Days After: Educating for Equity in… by Alyssa Hadley Dunn · Audiobook preview

Full title: What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do: Teaching for Equity & Justice on Days After Tragedy & Trauma

What do teachers do in their classrooms the day after a tragic or traumatic event? How do they attend to their students’ needs while teaching for equity and justice?

Dr. Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at UCONN NEAG School of Education has made this a focus of her work as a teacher and a scholar. In her book Teaching on Days After: Educating for Equity in the Wake of Injustice, Dr. Dunn examines examples of days after that teachers remember, including 9/11, elections, natural disasters, gun violence, police brutality, social uprisings, Supreme Court decisions, immigration policies, and more. She also shares examples of days after that K–12 and college-aged students remember, including what their teachers did and didn’t do and how they experienced these moments. Dr. Dunn is a graduate of LSEHD’s undergraduate teacher preparation program in Secondary Education.

Her talk will highlight equity and justice-focused pedagogical approaches that can be used to support current classroom teachers and to to help preservice teachers think ahead to their future classrooms. Dr. Dunn’s talk will provide useful and thought-provoking guidance for teachers and educational personnel in a variety of educational contexts at all levels who navigate these very difficult and all-too-frequent days after.

What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do: Teaching for Equity & Justice on Days After Tragedy

What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do: Teaching for Equity and Justice on Days After Tragedy

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