Dolly Chugh (Jacob B. Melnick Term Professor, Management and Organizations Department, New York University)

October 3, 2024

Advisor(s): Matthew Hicks, NHC Teacher Advisory Council

Odds are that you are a lifelong learner (you’re here, after all!). This webinar will invite you to consider what it means to be a lifelong (un)learner. Our context will be the past and its paradoxes. Whether it be at the country, community, organization, or family level, our histories often contain both good and bad. For example, in the United States, essential pieces of our country’s story, like the internment of Japanese Americans, the reality of Columbus Day, or the massacre of African Americans in Tulsa are often less known by some of us. And we might experience guilt, shame, or disbelief when the topics come up. This is where unlearning comes in.

Join award-winning psychologist, speaker, and NYU Stern School of Business professor Dolly Chugh in this interactive talk about the emotional relationship we have with our country and its complicated past. Chugh will spotlight actionable stories and science from her latest book, A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change. Known for her vulnerable, funny, and compassionate voice, Chugh will introduce a psychological toolkit that you will be able to put to use immediately.

Subjects

History / Psychology / Education Studies / American History / Learning / Unlearning /

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