Religion

2022–2023

Kelsey Hanson Woodruff

In the fall semester, together with the HDS teaching fellow liaison, I put on a series of workshops aimed at TFs at different experience levels that focused on the academic job market, difficult conversations in the classroom, and providing feedback to student writing. We also held check-ins, like office hours, where TFs could discuss teaching issues in person or on zoom. In the spring, we facilitated the second annual course, Pedagogy in the Study of Religion. The course focuses on pedagogy in the religion classroom. We had rich discussions with faculty members who shared their teaching experiences, methods, and philosophies.

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2021–2022

Naohito Miura

This year, the HDS TF Liaison, Kelsey Hanson Woodruff, and I organized and facilitated an optional pedagogy course for doctoral students in the Committee on the Study of Religion. The course aims to equip students with skills to be effective Teaching Fellows at Harvard and to develop their own approaches to pedagogy as independent instructors in the field of religion. With faculty guest speakers, we covered various teaching methods, course design, and professional development topics. The course also provided a space to discuss day-to-day success stories and challenges in the classroom.

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2020–2021

Carleigh Beriont

This year, the HDS Teaching Liaison, Lucy Ballard, and I, created a canvas site for Teaching Fellows in Religion. Primarily aimed at current teaching fellows, it is a virtual space for us to gather and share resources related to pedagogy and professionalization and serves to connect teaching fellows and graduate students to events around Harvard and content related to the study and teaching of religion more broadly. It is our hope that future pedagogy fellows provide access to the site in the form of an archive or continue to update and maintain the site.

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