Justice, believing students, and believing in students: according to Dr. Cate Denial, these are the three pillars of “a pedagogy of kindness,” an approach to teaching and learning that centers care for ourselves, as instructors, and care for our students. Dr. Denial, the Bright Distinguished Professor of American History and Director of the Bright Institute at Knox College, Illinois, is also the Primary Investigator of “Care in the Academy,” a Mellon Foundation-funded project examining pedagogies, communities, and practices of care in the academy after COVID-19. Kindness, Dr. Denial stresses, must include reconciliation, forgiveness, and accountability, and it should be distinguished from “niceness.” Join us as Dr. Denial generously details what a pedagogy of kindness might look like in practice, from paying careful attention to the language of our syllabi, to reconsidering our assessment practices, to providing students with fidget toys in online classes. Full episode transcript and references are available on our website.