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Teaching Excellence Workshop Supports Non-Ladder Faculty Nominated for Bassett Prize

March 13, 2026

The Bok Center held a teaching statement workshop for nine non-ladder faculty nominated for the OUE’s Anya Bernstein Bassett Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Chloe Chapin, the Bok Center’s Assistant Director for Course Development, led participants...

The Bok Center Develops Oral Assessment Resources with Faculty Partners

March 11, 2026

The Bok Center recently brought together Sarah Craycraft from Folklore and Mythology and Lauren Kaminsky from History and Literature to develop practical resources for implementing oral assessments. Drawing on historical research into the traditional...

Hebrew Students Build Custom AI Practice Tools in Bok Workshop

March 05, 2026

In a recent workshop with MOD-HEB BB students, the Bok Center supported the development of custom AI-powered learning tools. Rather than relying on generic language apps, students designed interactive flashcard interfaces and vocabulary drills populated...

Prompt Engineering Workshop Supports AI Poetry Analysis in COMPLIT 126X/HUM5: Literature and/as Artificial Intelligence

March 04, 2026

The Bok Center collaborated with Moira Weigel from Comparative Literature on a zero-code workshop focused on prompt- and context-engineering techniques. Students learned to break down complex operations into discrete, chainable steps, working from human...

Learning with AI: Learning Lab Undergraduate Fellows’ Spring Projects

March 02, 2026

This Spring, the Learning Lab Undergraduate Fellows have launched their Spring AI Projects, working as part of a small cohort testing and refining AI-based course assignments developed in partnership with faculty. By experimenting with emerging AI...

Learning Lab Featured in College News

January 29, 2026

The Bok Center Learning Lab and Assistant Director Jordan Koffman were featured in a recent article in College News - "Progressing Education at the Bok Center." Tucked inside 50 Church Street on the outskirts of Harvard Square, faculty, graduate students...

Becca Nesson Named Executive Director of the Bok Center

August 24, 2025

Rebecca (Becca) Nesson , Dean of Academic Programs at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will become the new Executive Director of The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Nesson, who is currently dean of...

Harvard Gazette Interview: What's Next for the Bok Center

February 17, 2025

Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director Karen Thornber was recently interviewed about her vision for the Bok Center by the Harvard Gazette. As Karen Thornber envisions the next chapter for the Bok Center, connection, collaboration, and innovation are her...

November 2024 Teacher-Scholar Spotlight: Naohito Miura

October 31, 2024

Welcome to the newest edition of our Teacher-Scholar Spotlight, illuminating PhD students’ insights on teaching and learning! Each month we’ll share the experiences of PhD students who have engaged in Bok Center programming and what they’ve learned about...

October 2024 Teacher-Scholar Spotlight: Cana F. McGhee

October 01, 2024

Welcome to the newest edition of our Teacher-Scholar Spotlight, illuminating PhD students’ insights on teaching and learning! Each month we’ll share the experiences of PhD students who have engaged in Bok Center programming and what they’ve learned about...

September 2024 Teacher-Scholar Spotlight: Veronica Peterson

September 03, 2024

Welcome to the newest edition of our Teacher-Scholar Spotlight, illuminating PhD students’ insights on teaching and learning! Each month we’ll share the experiences of PhD students who have engaged in Bok Center programming and what they’ve learned about...

Behind the Visuals of Harvard Horizons

June 21, 2024

For over a decade, the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning has mentored the PhD students chosen to participate in the Harvard Griffin GSAS Harvard Horizons program. These remarkable scholars take on the challenge of turning their dissertation...