Spring 2023 Graduate Student and Postdoc Reading Community

Event Description

Join fellow graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning.

The Graduate Student and Postdoc Reading Community discussions in Spring 2023 will involve chapters from Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy’s recent book, Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom. In this book, Hogan and Sathy summarize and translate empirical research on inclusive and equitable teaching into concrete, actionable strategies to support all student learners. They offer highly-portable strategies related to course design and structure, the first days of the semester, the wider learning environment, and student-instructor interactions.

Participants are expected to attend at least 4 of the 6 meetings. Participants who are local and can pick up their book at WashU will receive a copy of the book courtesy of the CTL. Seats are limited.

Meeting Mode: There will be a Zoom link provided for all sessions. In addition, three of our six sessions will have an opportunity for in-person engagement as well. Those who can and who are comfortable doing so are encouraged to participate in-person during the three hybrid sessions.

Meetings will be from 3:30-4:20pm the following Tuesdays. Tuesdays with an asterisk* indicate that there will be an in-person option for this meeting.

Discussion Schedule:
*January 31 Chapter 1: Inclusive Teaching as a Mindset
Feb 14 Chapter 2: The Value of Structure
*Feb 28 Chapter 3: Designing Your Course and Syllabus with an Inclusive Mindset
March 21 Chapter 4: Launching Your Course
April 4 Chapter 5: Classroom Environment and Interactions
*April 18 Chapter 6: Inclusive Practices Outside the Classroom

For questions about the GSPD Community, please contact Dr. Meg Gregory at meggregory@wustl.edu.

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