2024-2025 Class of Fellows
(No) Shame in Speaking: Resources for Navigating Emotions on Campus
ABOUT THE RESEARCH
Shame is a complex, often painful emotion that can influence open expression on campus, with moral, social, and justice-related implications. Shame acts on speech in relationship to fear of judgment, practices of self-silencing, active shaming of certain views, and more. Yet, shame is often taboo on campus. This project clarifies the relationship between shame and expression, and provides principles and strategies for campus communities to attend to these hard, yet important, emotions in support of more inclusive and open expression on campus.
About the Fellow
Penelope Lusk
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Ph.D. Candidate in the Education, Culture and Society Program, University of Pennsylvania
EXPLORE THE RESEARCH
- A Theoretical Framework for Shame and Speech on Campus
- DiaLogic: Thinking Through Big Questions for Dialogue
- Shame-Sensitive Dialogue
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Learn More – Fellows in the Field
The Center’s Fellows are critical to advancing the important work of helping educational institutions foster environments that protect free expression, encourage activism and promote diversity and inclusion. At the conclusion of the annual Fellows Program, the Center is proud to host a series of digital workshops, highlighting the Fellows’ research and findings through interactive Fellows in the Field sessions. This webinar was held on November 4, 2025.
