You’re invited: Non-Optimization as a Liberatory Practice with Dr. Doireann Renzi, April 22

Join the Pedagogy Lab, the Center for Feminist Futures, and Dr. Doireann Renzi for Non-Optimization as a Liberatory Practice for Both Faculty and Students: an interactive virtual workshop.

• When: This Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 11am-12pm PT / 2-3pm ET

• Where: Online. Register through Zoom.

• Who: The workshop will be geared toward faculty and students, although you are still welcome to register if that doesn’t apply to you. Because we are limiting the number of slots available, however, we ask that you only register if you can commit to active participation. (If your plans change and you’re unable to attend, please cancel through Zoom to free up your slot!)

Event description

What if we didn’t?

Drawing on research on student-centered learning and holistic teaching, Dr. Renzi challenges the assumption that "better" is always better, inviting us to ask what becomes possible when we interrupt cycles of overwork.

Non-optimization is offered as a liberatory practice that resists system-defined progress and institutional benchmarking, creating space for complexity, humanity, deep learning, and maybe even joy.