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 and from teaching.
Camden Elliott, G6 in History
Summarize your research in 2 sentences.
From the 1670s to the 1760s, British colonization in the North American northeast was predicated on warfare with the Wabanaki Confederacy. Looking at these wars shows us how colonists, imperial soldiers, and Indigenous people brought very different understandings of the natural world to bear in these conflicts.
What have you learned from teaching?
Teaching is an iterative process; your formation as a teacher is never complete. And your students will impress, challenge, and surprise you.
How did you get involved with the Bok Center?
The history departmental pedagogy seminar (HIST 3920) made me eager to engage in more pedagogy training.
What is something you learned in a Bok Seminar that you’ll use in the future?
In a seminar on teaching writing I learned how to give specific, actionable feedback to students (and to avoid the dreaded "awk" comment on the margins).
What would you say to PhD students about why they should get involved with the Bok Center?
The Bok Center helps you practice teaching and gives you tools that are invaluable in your formation as a teacher-scholar. The seminars allow you to "choose-your-own-adventure." Run, don't walk, to the Bok Center!
What’s a fun fact about yourself?
One time I got to pet a penguin with three players for the New York Mets.
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