By Brandon McKinley
In a recently published article, faculty and staff in the UF Center for Arts in Medicine and UF College of Education present best practices for utilizing theatrical arts to reduce social isolation and improve health outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth.
Jeffrey Pufahl, research assistant professor at the Center for Arts in Medicine, emphasizes that LGBTQ+ communities face a lot of barriers and discrimination in society.
“These barriers lead to health outcomes that include increased anxiety, increased depression, and, especially for youth, increased suicidality,” he says.
In a recent report by the Trevor Project the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning young people 42 percent of LGBTQ+ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year.
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CJC Faculty Harrison Hove and Clay Calvert named Teacher and Teacher/Scholar of the Year
Hove is the second CJC faculty member in a row to win Teacher of the Year; Calvert was the first CJC and UF Law faculty member to win Teacher/Scholar of the Year Graphic by Alexandra Brown
Harrison Hove and Clay Calvert, J.D., Ph.D. two faculty members within the College of Journalism and Communications were named Teacher of the Year and Teacher/Scholar of the Year respectively for the 2020-2021 school year.
Faculty members are nominated by students, faculty and staff members, or even themselves to be honored with the UF Teacher of the Year award. Nominees were judged based on their excellence, effectiveness, and innovation within the classroom.
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