Episodes
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Teaching Up
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Creating an environment where members of the learning community can be taken seriously as their own authentic selves requires planning. In this episode, Celeste Atkins joins us to discuss how shifts in context, like reframing an assignment, can impact the way people engage with each other and the content.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Hacking Assessment
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Traditional grading systems often encourage students to focus on achieving higher grades rather than on their learning. In this episode, Starr Sackstein joins us to discuss how classes can be redesigned to improve student engagement and learning. Starr has been an educator for 20 years and is currently the COO of Mastery Portfolio, an educational consultant, and instructional coach and speaker. She is the author of more than 10 books on education, including the best-selling Hacking Assessment: 10 ways to go gradeless in a traditional grades school, which has just been released in a new edition.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Reframing Academic Expertise
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Professors are generally represented in popular culture as white male experts who dispense knowledge to their students through lectures. Young female professors are often encouraged to portray themselves as authoritative figures, even when this role does not reflect their personalities and their educational philosophies. In this episode, Rebecca Scott joins us to discuss how she has rejected this stereotype by sharing vulnerability and building classes that rely on the co-creation of knowledge.
Rebecca is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Harper College, and also a guitarist and vocalist in the band Panda Riot, which just released their fourth album. She's also the author of a chapter in Picture a Professor, edited by our friend Jessamyn Neuhaus from SUNY Plattsburgh
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Picture a Professor
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
What does a professor look like? In popular culture the professor is white and male—a sage on the stage. In this episode Jessamyn Neuhaus joins us to discuss the role context, employment status, and embodied identity play in our teaching realities and experiences.
Jessamyn is the Director of the SUNY Plattsburgh Center for Teaching Excellence and a Professor in the History Department at SUNY Plattsburgh. She specializes in the study of pop culture, gender studies, and teaching and learning. Jasmine is also a recipient of the State University of New York's Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, and the editor of Teaching History: a Journal of Methods. She's the author of Geeky Pedagogy: a Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to be Effective Teachers. And Jessamyn is the editor of Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning, which will be released by West Virginia University Press this fall.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Higher Ed’s Next Chapter
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
During the past two years, faculty have experimented with new teaching modalities and new teaching techniques as we adapted to the COVID pandemic. In this episode, Kevin Gannon joins us to reflect on what we have learned during these experiences and what we are in danger of forgetting. Kevin is a history professor who has recently accepted a new position as the incoming director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence at Queen's University of Charlotte. He is also the author of Radical Hope, a Teaching Manifesto, which is available from West Virginia University Press.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Engaged Teaching
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
The past two years have been challenging for teachers to navigate and be excited about. In this episode, Claire Howell Major joins us to discuss what it means to be an engaged teacher as well as practical resources to support teachers on their journey. Claire is a Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership Policy and Technology Studies at the University of Alabama. She is the author or co-author of several superb books and resources on teaching and learning.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Latina Educational Developers
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Our intersectional identities impact our positionality in the work that we do. In this episode, Carol Hernandez joins us to discuss her qualitative research addressing the experiences of educational designers from an underrepresented group.
Carol is a Senior Instructional Designer and Faculty Developer at the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Stony Brook University. Carol recently successfully defended her dissertation at Northeastern University. In it she examined the simultaneity of the multiple identities experienced by Latina educational developers working in higher ed. Before moving into higher ed, Carol was an award-winning journalist.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Pandemic Teaching: Week 109
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
We take a break from our usual interview format in this episode to reflect on how our teaching has continued to evolve as we moved through a second year of pandemic teaching. We also speculate a bit about the longer term impact of the pandemic on teaching in higher education.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Student Mental Health
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Faculty everywhere have been observing an increase in student reports of mental health issues during the last few years. In this episode, Katherine Wolfe-Lyga and Kyle Dzintars join us to discuss how faculty, counseling centers, and institutions can work together to better support our students during challenging times. Kate and Kyle are both New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Kate is the Director of the Counseling Services Center at SUNY Oswego and Kyle is a Senior Counselor and coordinates the Counseling Outreach Peer Educators program at SUNY Oswego.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Transformative Storytelling
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
From the earliest days of human society, storytelling has played an important role in transmitting and sharing knowledge. In this episode, Laura Colket and Tracy Penny Light joins us to discuss how storytelling can be used in higher ed to help us reflect on and understand the rich diversity and the commonalities that exist within our educational communities.
Laura and Tracy work together in the Department of Educational Services at St. George's University in Grenada. Laura is an Associate Professor, the Director of the Master of Education Program, and the Associate Director of the Leadership and Excellence in Academic Development Division in the Department of Educational Services. Tracy is a professor in the Master of Education Program and the Director of the Leadership in Excellence in Academic Development Division. Laura and Tracy are co-editors of Becoming: Transformative Storytelling for Education’s Future, and together they founded the Center for Research on Storytelling in Education.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.