Sarah Rose Cavanagh

@SaRoseCav
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Psychologist, writer, educational developer.

Senior Associate Director of Teaching & Learning at Simmons University.

PI of TUnE-Bio (NSF RCN-UBE Incubator).

Author of SPARK OF LEARNING, HIVEMIND, EMOTION & MOTIVATION (co-author), & MIND OVER MONSTERS (pre-order!).


Writes about emotions, teaching, brains. Enjoys cooking, gardening, fiction, vampires, Halloween, dogs, and the sea.

Cover photo by @lewistontheway on Unsplash

Websitehttps://sarahrosecav.com
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/SaRoseCav
New Book: Mind Over Monstershttps://bookshop.org/p/books/mind-over-monsters-supporting-youth-mental-health-with-compassionate-challenge-sarah-rose-cavanagh/18103978?ean=9780807007570
Newsletterhttps://sarahrosecav.substack.com/

It started with @cogdog sharing about #LiaScript, combined w/ me, once again, wanting to burn a course to the ground.

I'm #learningoutloud throughout the process of redesigning my 2024 Spring course using #markdown #OER #LiaScript #AI and a lot of #CompassionateChallenge (thank you, @SaRoseCav ❤️

No doubt I'll make mistakes along the way and change my mind, often... If that sort of thing is interesting to you, here's how it started:

https://youtu.be/Hp_06wx4lzM

Course redesign An introduction

YouTube

This was really fun to put together Shepherd.com asked me to choose five books that most shaped or best related to the content of my book.

https://shepherd.com/best-books/help-us-face-our-monsters-and-embrace-mental-healt

The best books to help us face our monsters—and embrace mental health

Sarah Rose Cavanagh shares the 5 best books on help us face our monsters and embrace mental health. Have you read How Emotions Are Made?

Shepherd

One week from today....

Friends in the Washington, D.C. area!

June 14th, 6pm come hear me and Abby Marsh chat about fear, anxiety, and the youth #mentalhealth crisis at Busboys & Poets (Brookland location)

Details and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mind-over-monsters-a-busboys-and-poets-books-presentation-tickets-638112941987

MIND OVER MONSTERS | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

Join us to learn how to navigate the mental health crisis affecting young adults today.

Eventbrite

New newsletter with links to slides and recording for our webinar on transforming assessment, grading, and feedback in undergrad biology education - as well as a roundup of all my essays and podcast interviews for the book launch this month.

#education #highered #biology #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness

https://sarahrosecav.substack.com/p/a-transformative-webinar-recording

A Transformative Webinar (Recording & Slides) and Mental Health Awareness Month

Also, what are you reading this summer?

Once More, With Feeling
Gave a keynote on Microsoft Teams today and while we hit a few minor bumps, nothing burst into flames and no Nazgûl appeared and so I’m counting that as this week’s win

"To support youth mental health, we need to provide security for the adults that surround them. To extend the security benefits people like me enjoy for reasons of accident of birth and fortunate circumstances. To reknit a safety net. For youth to aspire to good mental health, they need to see models of good mental health around them."

Wonderful, painful implications for those of us in faculty development from @SaRoseCav

https://lithub.com/how-our-well-being-is-inextricably-linked-to-that-of-those-around-us

How Our Well-Being Is Inextricably Linked to That of Those Around Us

One quiet day last December, I walked my dog Zaffy off-leash in the woods behind my house. As she bounded and bounced in the piercingly white snow, I was struck by the contrast between her and my f…

Literary Hub

I treasure every conversation with
@bonni208, and this was no exception.

We talk monsters, mental health, and motivation on her Teaching in Higher Ed podcast:

#teaching #mentalhealth #motivation

https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/mind-over-monsters/

Mind Over Monsters, with Sarah Rose Cavanagh – Teaching in Higher Ed

Sarah Rose Cavanagh shares about her book Mind Over Monsters on episode 465 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Teaching in Higher Ed

Rounding out the first week of Mind Over Monsters - thanks for all your support!

To order: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710950/mind-over-monsters-by-sarah-rose-cavanagh/

To listen and read relevant articles, podcasts, and interviews, click here: https://linktr.ee/sarosecav

Mind over Monsters by Sarah Rose Cavanagh: 9780807007570 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

An investigation into the mental health crisis affecting young adults today, and an impassioned argument for creating learning environments characterized both by compassion and challenge Alarming statistics...

PenguinRandomhouse.com

Next Monday! Register: https://eventbrite.com/e/transforming-assessment-feedback-grading-webinar-tickets-611217998487

We've been analyzing the data & checking it twice, can't wait to share what we've learned from ~ 300 intro biology instructors about their assessment, feedback, grading practices, barriers to innovation, and hopes for the future.

Transforming Assessment, Feedback, & Grading: Webinar

Come hear the current state of play of assessment, feedback, and grading in undergraduate biology education - and beyond!

Eventbrite

New by me

The surprising recipe for building students’ emotional well-being in the classroom? Rest and joy — for professors.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/they-need-us-to-be-well

‘They Need Us to Be Well’

The surprising recipe for building students’ emotional well-being in the classroom? Rest and joy — for professors.

The Chronicle of Higher Education