Of the many facets that shape our social identity, one important element is overlooked in many difficult conversations. It is speech.<\/p>\n
In her new book\u202fHow You Say It,\u202fpsychology professor Katherine Kinzler argues that \u201cwe are forever marked by our native tongue\u2014and are hardwired to prejudge others by theirs, often with serious consequences. Your accent alone can determine the economic opportunity or discrimination you encounter in life, making speech one of the most urgent social-justice issues of our day.\u201d\u202f <\/em><\/p>\n Can differences in languages, dialects, and accents, which divide us today, become \u201ca force for the good?\u201d As we read together\u202fHow You Say It,<\/em> we will reflect on how speech can both divide us and unite us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tuesdays, 2:30 \u2013 4 p.m. April 20, May 4 & 18, June 1<\/p>\n 12 PD hours | $200 stipend for attending a minimum of 3 of the 4 meeting sessions and completing a reflective yet action-oriented project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Register<\/a> for How You Say It.<\/em><\/p>\n 5 books are available to borrow at the Faculty Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact Myriam Feldman, Science, or Marie Brissette, BaTS, for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Of the many facets that shape our social identity, one important element is overlooked in many difficult conversations. It is speech. In her new book\u202fHow You Say It,\u202fpsychology professor Katherine Kinzler argues that \u201cwe are forever marked by our native tongue\u2014and are hardwired to prejudge others by theirs, often with serious consequences. Your accent alone ...more about How You Say It – Book Club- Spring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":10532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[150],"class_list":["post-10531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-previous-events","tag-spring-2021"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 02:13:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10531"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10650,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10531\/revisions\/10650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}