As part of Harvard University's COVID-19 response, the Bok Center staff are now working remotely. We are available to consult with instructors via Zoom and are offering programming online. Please email us at bokcenter@fas.harvard.edu and visit the Teaching Remotely pages of our website.

Partnering with Faculty to Create Transformative Experiences

"When you’re putting together a course, you need to draw on more minds than your own." Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Prof. of History
Creating a Community of Graduate Student Teachers

The Bok Center offers graduate students more than professional development—it offers them a home beyond their departments.
Connecting Undergraduate Education to the World

The Bok Center's socially-engaged outreach programs help students take their coursework beyond the classroom.
Where Students Design their Own Educations

In the Learning Lab, undergraduates and graduates create experiences that are as magical as they are meaningful.

Exploratory Seminar

Decolonize Harvard? Dismantling Academic Racism/Colonialism
Fridays, 2:00–3:30pm | 12 February, 12 March, and 16 April 2021

Faculty interested in investigating settler colonialism/coloniality, genocide/epistemicide, and Eurocentrism as they emerge in the extant structures and cultural practices of Harvard University are invited to join this spring’s Bok Exploratory Seminar on Racial Injustice.

Learn more and register

Current News

A pedagogy fellow stands in front of a group of her peers answering a question.

Make an Impact as a Pedagogy Fellow

January 21, 2021

We are now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 cohort of Pedagogy Fellows. Pedagogy Fellows enhance training and support for teaching fellows within their departments and across the FAS. They lead pedagogy seminars and workshops, consult with TFs, and develop resources on teaching and professional development for their peers.

Through their work and the Bok Center’s training, Pedagogy Fellows grow in their own careers as teachers and scholars. Each year, fellows report on how much they learn...

Teaching Through Tumultuous Times

January 11, 2021

In the wake of the attack on the nation’s Capitol last week, President Bacow wrote, “As members of a university community dedicated to truth, learning, research, debate, and service, we condemn ignorance and hatred, and stand in support of the rule of law and the role of knowledge.”

Regardless of your discipline, current events relate in some way to your teaching—whether this means...

2019-20 Bok Annual Report

January 5, 2021

We are pleased to share our 2019-20 annual report, which showcases highlights from the year, including how we helped facilitate the transition to remote teaching, examples of courses we supported, and stories of students who have taken part in our programming. Especially given the challenges of the past year, we are proud of the strength of our community, and that we worked with more faculty and graduate students than ever before.

View our annual report.

Upcoming Events

2021 Jan 25

Faculty Office Hours (Bok, Academic Technology, and Libraries)

Repeats every week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday until Fri May 28 2021 .

10:30am to 11:30am

Drop in at any time to have representatives of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Academic Technology for the FAS, and the Harvard Library answer any of your questions about Canvas, Zoom, technology in teaching, or anything else pertaining to remote teaching.

Join via Zoom

2021 Jan 27