Faculty Lunch

Are you switching to a seated final exam this spring or thinking about doing so in the fall? Are you unsure about the pedagogical value of seated final exams, but concerned about potential use of AI for take-home assessments? Join Professor Andrew Gordon...

Join Fiery Cushman (Psychology) and faculty colleagues over lunch to discuss how the section experience can be an invaluable pedagogical commodity. Done right, section forces students to use what they’ve learned, build skills of expression and listening...

Come join Gina Schouten (Philosophy) and faculty colleagues on Wednesday, January 21, 12:00-1:00pm (Plimpton Room, Barker Center 133) for a pre-semester conversation on Norm-Setting for Rich Classroom Conversations. In this session, we'll discuss...

Come join Dan Carpenter (Government), Ned Hall (Philosophy), and faculty colleagues over lunch to discuss a teaching challenge that strikes at the core of the academic enterprise: how do we teach when our students suspect our views on course material...

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Christina Ciocca Eller, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Studies With the rise of accountability in higher education, colleges and universities are sharing more data than ever before concerning their "performance"—especially in regards to their...

Robin Bernstein, Dillon Professor of American History; Professor of African and African American Studies and of Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality In the fall of 2019, Robin Bernstein launched an experimental course titled "Introduction to Graduate...

Logan McCarty, Director of Physical Sciences Education and Lecturer on Physics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Louis Deslauriers, Director of Science Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Senior Preceptor on Physics Despite...

Karen Brennan, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Creating opportunities for students to have choice in and control over their learning is an essential component of designing powerful and meaningful learning experiences...

Michael Pollan, Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer and Professor of the Practice of Non-Fiction Teaching students to write well is one of the most fundamental goals of a university education—and yet it has proven to be one of the most challenging and, for many...