Call for Applications from Senate Faculty to Teach in the LSW program.  This is a 1-year pilot program, beginning Summer 2025.

We are pleased to announce the LSW Initiative, which is a series of 1 unit, P/NP undergraduate courses (taught within one’s home department), aimed at educating students on how to improve their well-being. These experiential courses contribute to UC San Diego’s undergraduate mission by transforming the way preventative mental health can be accessed by students.   

First Course Announced:
Compassion for Self and Others

We are seeking ladder-rank faculty to teach the first course offering of the LSW initiative, “Compassion for Self and Others,” during the 2025-26 academic year, with training during summer 2025. This course was developed and tested in the UC San Diego Department of Psychology (see Frontiers 2023 article). It creates a unique classroom environment by teaching students the skills they need to improve their relationships with themselves and others through a combination of lectures, discussion and experiential exercises in a supportive class setting.

Professors open to apply

Requirements:  Faculty selected to teach the course must participate in a 5-day training workshop in Summer 2025 and commit to teaching the course twice during the 2025-2026 academic year.

Compensation: Faculty will receive $3,500 in summer salary to attend the summer training and $1,500 in research funds for each offering of the course

Learn More:   To learn more about this 1-year LSW pilot program, as well as obtain further details regarding requirements for participating in the program, click here.

Contact:  Please contact the Directors of the LSW Program, Karen Dobkins, Ph.D. (kdobkins@ucsd.edu) or Janna Dickenson, Ph.D. (jdickenson@ucsd.edu) with questions or comments. Please be sure to include ‘interest in LSW’ in the subject line.