Flex Workshop: Pronouns and How to Use Them

Description

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about the importance of pronouns to queer and trans students and get a glimpse of the laws and policies that support students’ use of pronouns and chosen names on our campuses. There will be lots of time to practice using pronouns correctly in a safe and supportive environment. 

Presenter

Dr. James Andrew Wilson (they/them)

Presenter’s Bio

James Andrew Wilson (they/them) is an English Professor at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA. They are proud to co-coordinate Community of Pride, the state’s first community college queer and trans learning community. They created the four-week professional development course “LGBTQ+ Student Success: Identity, Intersectionality, and Advocacy in Education” for @ONE at California Virtual Campus and regularly facilitate the course for California Community College professionals and faculty around the state. At DVC, they have fulfilled the roles of co-coordinator of Pride Alliance and Pedagogy Lead, among others. They have presented at the CCC LGBTQ+ summit three times. A book chapter, “Becoming Somebody: Queering the Classroom and Resisting ‘Neutral’” was recently published in When Challenge Brings Change: How Teacher Breakthroughs Transform the Classroom. Prior to working in higher education, they created performance work in the US, Canada, and Europe and published articles in Performance Studies and Contemporary Theatre Review.

Focus

 Teaching Support
 Student Support

ADA Accessibility

For ADA accessibility accommodations, please contact Claudia Hoffman at hoffmac@crc.losrios.edu. Contact Claudia for disability accommodations only. For general inquiries, please contact either the facilitators of the event or CRC-prodev@crc.losrios.edu.