Campus Community Workshop: Beauty of Being Human - Guest Speaker Dr. Nina Namaste, Elon University

Please share with others that our guest speaker Dr. Nina Namaste will be exploring ways to bring intentionality to how we communicate the importance of the work we do and the impact it has on our well-being. Skills, such as critical thinking, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving, all are necessary for success in various aspects of our lives. As students continue to learn ways to incorporate liberal arts skills for their careers, daily lives and personal well-being, hear from our invited guest speaker on steps to take and the means to be more intentional in the communication of those skills. Dr. Namaste will be providing examples and carrying out some activities with the audience. Come learn how to help share in the Beauty of Being Human.

When: Monday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m.

Where: A&S Auditorium

What: Public workshop on Liberal Arts Skills in the Profession and Personal Well-Being.  Open to the campus community!

Bio: Nina Namaste is Professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Elon University. Her core disciplinary research focuses on food-related imagery as a means to express issues of race, class, and gender identity formation within contemporary Spanish texts. Her SoTL research explores transformative learning experiences, interdisciplinary thinking skills, and intercultural development, particularly in study abroad contexts, for both students and faculty. She teaches courses in food studies (in Spanish and English), genders and sexualities studies, and the general studies curriculum at Elon. Additionally, she has led two semester-long experiences abroad; all of her courses focus on interdisciplinarity and intercultural development, regardless of whether they are on or off-campus.