The Institute for Pedagogical Wellness (IPW) is a collaborative program intended to equip faculty and graduate students with pedagogical wellness knowledge and skills to implement in their classrooms. It also provides a space for participants to support each other in teaching and professional development. The IPW participants will then adapt the IPW curriculum and co-create a brief workshop series or learning community meetings tailored to their specific school. Through IPW, we aim to create more healthy and welcoming instructional spaces for our students while supporting the mental health of our faculty and instructional teams.
The next Institute for Pedagogical Wellness will take place in Fall 2025. Applications will be accepted starting Summer 2025.
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Schedule
The next Institute will take place during Fall Quarter from Week 3 to Week 10 on Wednesdays from 12-1:30 PM. The format will be primarily in-person with online accommodations if necessary. Participants can miss up to 2 sessions. Food and drink will be provided. Furthermore, in the Winter of 2025, participants will collaborate with their grad/faculty partner to develop a series of workshops or host a learning community on pedagogical wellness for their specific school.
Institute Topics
- Instructor Well-Being: Stress, Burnout, and Tools for Resilience
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- Rebuilding Connection: Moving Forward from the Pandemic
- Stress and Tools for Resilience
- Calming the Mind: Contemplative Pedagogical Wellness
- Student Wellness: Evidence-Based Strategies for Wellness in the Classroom
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- Positive Energy in the Classroom: Pedagogical Wellness
- Relationship-Focused Education
- Mental Health Skills
- Building a Resilient Campus Community
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- Campus Resources Speed Meet
- DTEI Workshop Best Practices
Eligibility Criteria
- You are a faculty member or graduate student interested in and committed to pedagogical wellness at UCI.
- You are willing to collaborate with another faculty member and/or graduate student to develop a series of workshops or learning communities on pedagogical wellness for your School. Note: We are seeking graduate student and faculty pairs (1 graduate student & 1 faculty member).
- You have some relevant experience with teaching, wellness, facilitating workshops, or being a change agent around mental health/well-being.
Both faculty and graduate students will receive a Certificate of Pedagogical Wellness and a plaque for participating in the program. Graduate students will receive a $1,500 award for completing the program.
Faculty and graduate students are invited to apply together through a collaborative application. The next Institute for Pedagogical Wellness will take place in Fall 2025. Applications will be accepted starting in Summer 2025.
Institute Advisory Board and Facilitators:
| Name, Title | Department |
| Theresa Duong, Pedagogical Wellness Specialist | Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation |
| Danny Mann, Executive Director | Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation |
| Negar Shekarabi, Faculty and Staff Support Services Program Director | Occupational Health |
| Doug Everhart, Director | Center for Student Wellness and Health Promotion |
| Anushree Belur, Senior Staff Psychologist | Counseling Center |
| Larisa Castillo, Associate Professor of Teaching; Director of Pedagogical Development | School of Humanities |
| Sarah Pressman, Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education | Department of Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology, Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning |
| John Guzowski, Associate Professor | Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, School of Biological Sciences |
| Michael Huynh, Ph.D. Candidate | Public Health, Susan and Samueli College of Health Sciences |
| Ariana Mannani, 4th-year undergraduate student | Department of Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology |
IPW Spring 2024 Participants
| Faculty Member | School | Graduate Student Partner | School |
| Adeline Nyamathi | Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing | Mahkameh Rasouli | Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing |
| Dr. Cristina De Haro | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | Maryam Hassani | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences |
| Lisa Naugle | Claire Trevor School of the Arts | Jose Edgardo Argueta | Claire Trevor School of the Arts |
| Roxana Carlo | School of Education | Alexandra Irizarry
Giovanni Sánchez |
School of Education |
| Dr. Joel Milam | Program in Public Health | Frances Krista Morales | Program in Public Health |
| Dr. O’Toole | School of Humanities | Jafet Rodriguez Yak | School of Humanities |
| Brandon Golob | School of Law, School of Social Ecology | Bryant Jackson-Green | School of Social Ecology |
| Jessica Pratt | School of Biological Sciences | Matea Djokic | School of Biological Sciences |
| Erin Lockwood | School of Social Sciences | Nahreen Aref | School of Social Sciences |
| Abdulilah Mayet | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering | Muslim Abdulkarim | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering |
| Mu-Chun Chen
Michael Ratz |
School of Physical Sciences | Shion Fukuzawa | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences |
| Sonali Iyer | Medicine | Zora Mihaley | School of Social Sciences |