Safire Dejong Email & Phone Number

United States

Amherst, Ma

Amherst, Ma

Primary instructional responsibility, including curriculum design and pedagogy and syllabus development, for one 4-credit section per semester of EDUC 210, Social Diversity in Education (General Education I & D) which meet twice-weekly. Teach individual sections of 30 students, assign and grade papers and/or projects, hold weekly office hours, and turn in final grades. Topics include racism, (cis)sexism, transgender oppression, heterosexism, classism, religious oppression, ableism, and theory and concepts that are foundations for social justice education. EDUC 210 fulfills part of the University’s general education “diversity” and “interdisciplinary” requirements. Critical thinking and writing are important ingredients of the course, as well as the experiential and interactive approach to social justice education.

Amherst, Ma

Mentor graduate student co-facilitation pairs and coordinate of all aspects of Education 392 D, K, G, E, I & L—single issue weekend workshop courses; coordinate all aspects of recruitment, retention and communication with students enrolled in the course; design and facilitation of First Night orientation.

Amherst, Ma

Co-instructor of intergroup dialogue co-facilitator training and lead consultant for semester-long course. Responsibilities include developing and updating curriculum, briefing and debriefing dialogue sessions with co-facilitators of course, providing feedback and observation of co-facilitators and supporting a reflective learning process.

Amherst, Ma

Assist Residence Director in the management of a coed tower housing 576 students, primarily first and second year undergraduate students. Select, train, supervise and evaluate staff members. Supervise 18 Resident Assistants in the areas of programming and community development. Train Resident Assistant student staff and Cluster Office staff on building security procedures. Responsible for the implementation and development of the community development plan for the entire cluster. Carry out duties as one of three judicial officers for over five hundred students in residential cluster. Prepare and deliver individual and group presentations on: RA Roles and Expectations, Conflict Transformation Skills, Diversity and Social Justice Dialogues, and Semester Goal Setting, Departmental Social Justice Initiatives

Amherst, Ma

Co-Instructor for a 3-credit course on social justice in residence halls. Course focuses on developing awareness of social identities and social group membership as it pertains to developing community characterized by social justice in a multi-cultural Living Learning Community in Gorman Residence Hall.

Amherst, Ma

Co-instructor of graduate practicum course; coordinate logistics of graduate practicum course; support and mentor workshop facilitators; collaborate in design and facilitation of course.

Amherst, Ma

Create educations materials, including curriculum and marketing materials to promote awareness about interpersonal violence. Facilitate workshops about stalking, and cyberstalking, interpersonal violence and sexual assault. Coordinate awareness events. Collaborate with each of the Five Colleges in educational events.

Amherst, Ma

Co-instructor for a race/ethnicity focused intergroup dialogue course where students practice consciousness-raising, relationship building across cultural and power differences, and strengthening individual and collective capacity to promote social justice across race/ethnicity. Introduced specific knowledge and skills to engage in dialogic communication for both self and social inquiry. Developed course material and lesson plans; facilitated class discussions, graded student work, and performed other administrative duties as assigned.

Amherst, Ma

Co-instructor for an undergraduate, one-credit seminars on racism, sexism and heterosexism; developed curriculum, individual course materials and lesson plans; facilitated class discussions; graded student work, and conducted other duties relevant to the design and implementation of the course.

Amherst, Ma

Co-led annual three-day Intergroup Dialogue facilitator trainings for Five College faculty and staff in preparation to facilitate six-session sustained dialogue for other Five College faculty and staff.

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Social Justice Education

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Social Justice Education