Megan specializes in emotional intelligence, prosocial critical thinking, and dignity. Her work combines research in neuroscience, conflict resolution, and social emotional learning.
Articles
Resources & Tools
- Introduction to Dignity
- Quick Emotion Processing Tool
- Field Guide to Self-Criticism
- Elements of Dignity by Donna Hicks Ph.D
- Dignity and Emotional Intelligence: Core Concepts to Manage Hard Conversations at Work
- Dignity and Racism: Using the Elements to Understand, Explain, and Engage
- Dignity and Confronting Racism: A Guide to Having Hard Conversations
- Understanding Anxiety
- Self Care for Uncertainty
- Video guide to Self Compassion
- Understanding Anger
- Emotional Granularity- A video guide
- Understanding Boundaries- A Video Guide
- Boundaries- What they are and how to have them
- Emotional Hijacking
- Metacognition: Thinking about your thinking
- Cognitive Load
- Learned Helplessness
- Frustation Points
- Self-Regulation and Self-Advocacy
- Understanding Dignity
- The 10 Elements of Dignity
- Dignity: How to Practice
- I’m Freaking Out – A Tiny Guide to Manage Anxious Moments
- Anger and your Brain
- Understanding Shame
- Neuroplasticity! The coolest thing about your brain
- Processing Vulnerability
- Unicorns v Rhinos – A Conflict Negotiation Role Play
- 6th grade Dignity Feedback
- Processing Group Dynamics
Reading List
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
- So You Want to Talk About Race
- Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognize Your Privilege, Combat Racism, and Change the World
- Stamped from the Beginning
- Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
- Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict
- We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be
- How Emotions Are Made
- Permission to Feel
- Leading with Dignity
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed
- Queen Bees and Wannabes
- Daring Greatly
- Dare to Lead
- Curse of the Good Girl
- Enough as She Is
- Somebodies and Nobodies
- Age of Opportunity
- End of Average
- Dark Horse