Teaching and Mentoring

Are you leading discussion sessions and seeking ways to make them more engaging, interactive, and impactful? This workshop is designed to equip discussion facilitators with practical, evidence-based active learning strategies that transform passive audiences into active participants.

You have tons of content to cover and not much time to do so, but you get the sense that most of your students are lost after an hour of lecture. How can you adapt lectures to keep students engaged without sacrificing content coverage?

In this interactive workshop, participants will learn about the role of assessment in the classroom and how transparency in assessment design can both improve assessment validity and alleviate student stress.

Diversity statements have become prerequisitesfor many positions on the academic job market. These statements demonstrate anindividual’s commitment to supporting and prioritizing diversity through theirresearch, teaching, and service.

Office hours are one of the primary settings for student-instructor interactions outside of the classroom and provide a space for academic support, professional development, mentoring, and more. However, office hours are often underutilized by students.

In this online workshop, Jenna Vest and Erica Bender will share student survey insights and present a framework for promoting students' GenAI literacy.

Students learn best when they can see the rich connections that exist between their lives and the topics and skills they’re learning in class. As we know, instructors can help to make these connections explicit by learning more about the students they teach.

How can you ensure a charged discussion in your classroom does not get out of hand, but also includes a diversity of student voices and perspectives?

In this workshop, participants will understand who first-generation students are, the challenges they face, and the strategies we might deploy to best support them in successfully navigating the university experience. Facilitators: Sam Nelson, Musicology, and Isabella Cantu, Sociology.

Facilitated by Dr. Mark Verbitsky (Political Science) and Dr. Katie Healey (CEE), this workshop is designed to help instructors navigate classroom discussions and foster inclusive, respectful learning environments during politically charged periods, such as election seasons.