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Karen Thornber Appointed as Bok Center Faculty Director

June 04, 2024

Dean Hopi Hoekstra has announced the appointment of Professor Karen Thornber as the next Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, as of July 1, 2024. Professor Thornber is the Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in...

June 2024 Teacher-Scholar Spotlight: Alexia Simon

June 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...

Pedagogy Fellows 2023–24: Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn

June 03, 2024

This year marks the 19th cohort of the Bok Center’s Pedagogy Fellows Program, a collaboration between the Bok Center, academic departments, and the Office of Undergraduate Education. Each year, we train more than 25 Pedagogy Fellows (PFs) to be teaching...

Thank-a-Teacher Spring 2024

May 31, 2024

This past spring semester the Bok Center continued our Thank-a-Teacher program to elevate students’ appreciation for their instructors, as part of our goal of celebrating teaching in the FAS. We asked students: Do you have an instructor who is making a...

Teaching Matters: Celebrating Teaching and Learning in Community

May 02, 2024

At our 2nd annual Bok Graduate Community Celebration on April 26, we were excited to honor this year’s Teaching Certificate recipients, our new Teacher-Scholar Spotlights, and all of the graduate students who engaged in our programming over the past year...

May 2024 Teacher-Scholar Spotlight: Grant Barkley

April 30, 2024

May 2024 Teacher-Scholar Spotlight: Lee Cannon-Brown

April 29, 2024

Undergraduate Pedagogy Fellow Wins Campus Award

April 24, 2024

We're thrilled to congratulate Emmalee Manigat, one of our Undergraduate Pedagogy Fellows (UPFs), for being named the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year Award winner across the entire Harvard campus! Emma has been a dedicated member of the UPF...

Building Your Foundation for Graduate School with the International Summer Institute

April 24, 2024

How will I fit in at Harvard? How can I feel more comfortable using English? Will I make friends? If you’re an incoming international PhD student, these and other questions may be on your mind as you prepare to start this exciting chapter of your career...

A House Away from Home: A Tour of Undergraduate Life at Harvard

April 03, 2024

The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning’s Professional Communication Program for International Teachers and Scholars provides training and resources on English speaking, intercultural communication, and teaching skills. Culture and Communication...