Professor: Sarah N. Baquet, PhD, LPC
Email: Sarah.Baquet@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Office: 1101 James Hall; (718) 951-5876
Office Hours: Tues 4-7pm and Thurs 11-2pm; by appointment
Course Time: 7:10pm-9:40pm Tuesdays
Multicultural competence is built on personal awareness. Gaining awareness of our own cultural lenses (and how they influence what we see and how we respond) requires that each of us step outside our typical ways of understanding the world and the people in it. Often this can be more challenging than we first imagine. It is important that the classroom environment be one of respect and of honesty, honesty not only with others but with ourselves. Though it is not necessary for all of us to agree with one another on every topic, it is important that we are able to share our differing perspectives, first so that others can learn from our ideas and second so that we can learn from others.
As a courtesy to one another and to add to the atmosphere of respect, students are asked to keep their peers’ comments, opinions, and personal experiences in confidence. We work to create an environment in which we hold our own and one another’s feelings and experiences gently and with compassion.