Claire de Mézerville López and co-host, Kaleigh Mrowka, Ph.D., welcomes Katryna Sardis, to the Restorative Works! Podcast as part of our higher education series.

 

Katryna discusses the importance of creating and sustaining an environment where stakeholders, students, and staff are heard during discussions that affect them. She is helping to set the foundation for others to take methods like listening circles and make them their own. This allows facilitators to feel connected to and responsible for the outcomes they experience. Her team emphasizes true care, humanization, and wellness as being directly related to the quality of the work being produced and services being provided.

 

Katryna serves as the Assistant Director for Inclusive Engagement at the University of Missouri. She oversees the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center and leads the Queer and Trans Employee Resource Group, MIZ‐OUT. Katryna operates in myriad roles, including overseeing diversity, interpersonal violence, and bystander intervention education, which includes peer education programs and professional development opportunities.

 

Tune in to learn more about how Katryna is using restorative practices to uplift and support her team and the rest of the university.