<p>Norma Montague shares of her experiences going from awareness to action, interrupting bias in the classroom on episode 618 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-21227 size-full" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TIHE618-4.png" alt="When students feel safe in the classroom, then they're going to contribute, invest. That's when I find that I can really increase their rigor and challenge them more." width="930" height="620" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TIHE618-4.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TIHE618-4.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TIHE618-4.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TIHE618-4.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TIHE618-4.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TIHE618-4.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /></p> <p>One thing that my work on inclusive teaching focuses on, is really being able to understand your learner&#8217;s motivations.<br /> -Norma Montague</p> <p>One of the ideas that I learned from a colleague who had recommended a book was the idea of rebranding office hours as student hours.<br /> -Norma Montague</p> <p>I think it&#8217;s important to help students understand what those student hours are for and how they can get the most out of them.<br /> -Norma Montague</p> <p>When students feel safe in the classroom, then they&#8217;re going to contribute, invest. That&#8217;s when I find that I can really increase their rigor and challenge them more.<br /> -Norma Montague</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li class="li4"><span class="s1"><a href="https://business.wfu.edu/directory/norma-r-montague/">Norma Montague at Wake Forrest University</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/425">Episode 425: Inclusive Teaching with Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://wvupressonline.com/node/910">Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom, by Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://susancain.net/book/quiet/">Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can&#8217;t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710950/mind-over-monsters-by-sarah-rose-cavanagh/">Mind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_La9NC90oCk">Tiny Desk Concert: Mumford and Sons</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://www.crucialtracks.org/">Crucial Tracks</a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href="https://feeds.pinboard.in/rss/u:cogdog/t:cooltech/">Alan Levine’s Cool Tech RSS Feed</a></span></li> <li class="li5"><span class="s1"><a href="https://projectgeniusinc.com/products/mix-it-up-scratch-off-date-nights">Mix It Up Scratch Off Date Nights</a></span></li> </ul> <p></div></p>