Personal Statement

Get to Know Me

My name is Sanja (pronounced "Sonya") Kadrić and I use she/her pronouns.

My Teaching Style

I am most interested in course design and the scaffolding behind the learning process. I believe that all of the modalities are equal in potential. I strive to center anti-racist principals and content in my teaching and design. 

I gravitate towards Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a pedagogical framework. In my mind, instructional design should begin with the premise that all students learn differently and that all students deserve to learn and to be taught in line with their individual needs and talents. I am especially interested in and practice active learning.

Over the years, I have also learned that it is easy to forget that we are all people with our individual and common burdens. In this spirit, I focus heavily on building community with and among my students. I believe that this is the lynchpin to fostering a safe and inclusive classroom (whatever form it may take), to combating systemic racism in education, and to making education accessible and impactful for all.