Building Rapport: Faculty-Student Interactions that Improve Connection

Facilitator: Laura Howard

Participants will collaborate to define rapport in faculty-student interactions; explore scholarship on how these interactions can improve connection; and identify specific strategies for building rapport to try in their own classrooms. Discussion topics will include opportunities to build connections and demonstrate care for students, while encouraging meaningful interactions with and among students. Strategies for building rapport will include linguistic choices, effective communication, and evidence-based “faculty persistence” interventions.