Interview - Jane Beal

     

Description

Dr. Beal discusses the importance she attaches to focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion in her teaching, guided at times by the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework that takes advantage of her approaches in hybrid and remote classes. She emphasizes responding supportively to our students’ needs, and noting the richness that diversity brings into our classrooms.

Link to the video [video.ucdavis.edu]

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines [https://udlguidelines.cast.org/]


About the Interviewee

The author of more than 20 books, Dr. Jane Beal is a faculty member in the University Writing Program at UC Davis, where she teaches classes on writing personal essays and exploring narrative medicine, among other topics.

Jane Beal Headshot