Presentation/Publications

Session 7: Safe Spaces and Psychological Safety for Students:
Location: Cal Poly Pomona 2025 WINTER INSTITUTE
Date and Time: Thursday, January 16, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speakers: Sally Najera Romero & Paul Hottinger
Session 7: Safe Spaces and Psychological Safety for Students: Adopting the Fearless Classroom Model within Research Collaborations
This session will explore the Fearless Classroom Model, which fosters a psychologically safe, inclusive, and equitable environment. We will discuss strategies to promote psychological safety, acknowledge historical inequities, and create a sense of belonging to enhance student engagement and research excellence.

HICE Conference Presentation
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM / Monday - 1/6/2025 / Room: South Pacific 1
Location: 2025 Hawaii International
Session Topic: Higher Education - Workshop
Session Chair: Kennedy, Denise
The Fearless Classroom equips faculty with skills to create a supportive and psychologically safe learning environment. This fosters trust, respect, and significant positive change in students from the start to the end of the course.

The Importance of Psychological Safety For Hispanic College Students: HACU 2023

Equity Minded Classroom Pedagogy
Sally Romero MLIS and Paul Hottinger MLIS representing the university library presented this poster presentation highlighting the Fearless Classroom at the 2022 California Academic and Research Libraries Association conference. [Read More]
Title IX, Discrimination, and Harassment Edition
The Fearless Classroom: Title IX, Discrimination, and Harassment Edition

2022 MPP Retreat Courageous Leadership in a Post Pandemic Environment
This presentation was given on April 14th at the Cal Poly Pomona 2022 MPP Leadership Retreat which focused on courageous leadership in a post-pandemic environment. The speakers introduced the Fearless Campus as an institutional vision, courageous leadership as the action, and psychological safety as a team outcome.