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Becca Nesson Named Executive Director of the Bok Center

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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...

Karen Thornber Appointed as Bok Center Faculty Director

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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...

Associate Director Pamela Pollock Wins 2017 FAS Dean's Distinction Award

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Congratulations to Pamela Pollock for her outstanding contribution to the Bok Center and Harvard community! The Dean's Distinction Award is given to eligible FAS and SEAS staff members who are nominated by faculty and staff members based on their...

Laura Madden

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As Director of Administration at the Bok Center, Laura is responsible for the oversight of the administrative, financial, and staff operations. She holds a MA in Integrated Marketing Communications from Emerson College and a BA in History from University...

Faculty Lunch: Are Students’ Perceptions of Teaching and Learning always Valid? The Role of (Dis)fluency in Passive and Active Learning

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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...

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

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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...

Fall Teaching Conference Workshop: Instructor, Project Manager, Advocate, Mentor, Judge: Being a Head TF

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Adam Beaver, Director of Pedagogy, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning Want to learn more about how to be an effective Head Teaching Fellow? Looking for a forum to talk through what it’s like to work closely with your coursehead, and to coordinate...

Winter Teaching Week Workshop: Equitable and Inclusive Teaching

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Noelle Lopez, Assistant Director, Equity and Inclusion, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning Veronica Dea Santana, Assistant Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences In this session we’ll introduce...

College Fellow Zach Nowak featured in the Chronicle

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Zachary Nowak, a College Fellow in History (and former Pedagogy Fellow at the Bok Center) has been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s teaching newsletter. “ How One Instructor Stopped Himself From Lecturing Too Much” (17 January 2019)...

Fall Teaching Conference Roundtable - Being a Head TF

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Adam Beaver, Director of Pedagogy, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning With experienced head TFs Want to learn more about how to be an effective Head Teaching Fellow? Looking for a forum to talk through what it’s like to work closely with your...

Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching

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The 2018 Harvard Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching is a two-day workshop that will convene a community of STEM faculty interested in applying evidence-based techniques and principles to their teaching. The goals of the two-day workshop are to help...

CANCELLED - Fall Teaching Conference Opening Plenary: Creating the New Normal as a Teacher-Scholar

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Robert Lue, Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning In this opening plenary, hear some words of welcome and encouragement from the Bok Center’s Faculty Director as you think about how to approach your...