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PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' StuffAuthor: Garth Neufeld, Eric Landrum
The PsychSessions podcast is co-hosted by Garth Neufeld from Cascadia College and Eric Landrum from Boise State University. We leverage our connections with psychology teachers from all levels (high school, community college, college, university) and individuals from other occupations to have meaningful conversations about what it means to be an educator. Of course, we veer away from the teaching conversation from time to time to hear about origin stories and the personal perspectives of our guests, touching on current events and topics of interest. Our ASKPsychSessions feature is hosted by Marianne Lloyd from Seton Hall University. For ASKPsychSessions, listeners can submit questions about teaching and learning, and Marianne interviews experts and posts short features with the question and answer together. These features are often thematically grouped, such as information about using learning science to improve psychology instruction or various aspects of improving equity, diversity, and inclusion in your course. Language: en Genres: Education, Science, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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E250: Claude Steele: Trust, churn, and the power of diversity
Episode 250
Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
In this 250th episode of the flagship PsychSessions series, Garth interviews Claude Steele from Stanford University in Stanford, CA. Claude recaps "Whistling Vivaldi" as the story of how stereotype threat emerged in his research and describes "churn" as the psychological vigilance and uncertainty people feel in important, diverse settings where they may be judged through stereotypes. He explains how stereotype threat can impair performance when stakes are high and discusses experiments showing that Black students trusted critical feedback most when it conveyed high standards and confidence in their ability to meet them. He critiques some diversity trainings for heightening identity threat and argues for building trust and "beloved community," emphasizing that those with more power should offer trust first. He also shares brief autobiographical reflections on early college experiences and influential teachers. [Note. Portions of the show notes were generated by Descript AI.]
