Faculty Reading Community

Overview

Open to all full time faculty, the Faculty Reading Community (FRC) is an opportunity to join Center for Teaching and Learning Educational Development staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. Participants engage in pedagogical conversation revolving around a chapter or group of chapters from a recently published book on teaching and learning. Books are chosen for a combination of their practical advice, evidence-based strategies, and wide applicability to a variety of disciplines. Advanced registration for this reading community is required and registration is limited each semester.

Summer 2026 Faculty Reading Community – Starts July 8th!

Registration opens in May!

The featured book for the Summer 2026 Faculty Reading Community will be One Classroom at a Time How Better Teaching Can Make College More Equitable by David Gooblar.

From the publisher’s website:

One Classroom at a Time provides practical, research-based recommendations for teachers and administrators who want to narrow academic gaps. David Gooblar explains the psychological hardships facing many marginalized students—including stereotype threat and belonging uncertainty—and provides detailed remedies. This wide-ranging guide also offers advice for mitigating burdens of financial insecurity and designing classes that work for all students regardless of disabilities. The emphasis throughout is on helping instructors and administrators understand not just the principles of equitable pedagogy but also the reasoning; not just what works, but why it works.

In the twenty-first century, college courses shouldn’t be built for imaginary students of yesteryear. One Classroom at a Time shows how we can tailor pedagogy to the students of today, so that all of them can secure the education and the success they deserve.

Meeting Mode and Time:

The FRC will meet on Zoom from 11am – 12:00pm on the following consecutive Wednesdays:

• July 8th
• July 15th
• July 22nd
• July 29th

Participants are asked to attend at least 3 of the 4 meetings in order that we can sustain a productive community. Faculty will receive a print copy of the book courtesy of the CTL. Seats are limited.

The Summer 2026 reading community will be facilitated by Rick Moore, Associate Director for Faculty Programming. For questions about the Faculty Reading Community, please contact Rick (rick.moore@wustl.edu).

Books Used in Prior Semesters

• Spring 2026: Productive Failure: Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing by Manu Kapur
• Fall 2025: The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI by Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger
• Summer 2025: The Present Professor: Authenticity and Transformational Teaching by Elizabeth A. Norell
• Spring 2025: A Pedagogy of Kindness by Catherine Denial
• Fall 2024: Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto by Kevin Gannon
• Spring 2024: Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education by David Clark and Robert Talbert
• Spring 2023: Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom by Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy
• Fall 2022: Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert
• July 2022: Promoting Inclusive Classroom Dynamics in Higher Education: A Research-Based Pedagogical Guide for Faculty by Kathryn C. Oleson
• Spring 2022: Connected Teaching: Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education by Harriot Schwartz
• Fall 2021: Small Teaching: Every Day Lessons from the Science of Learning (Second Edition) by James Lang
• August 2021: What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching by Addy et al.
• Spring 2021: Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It by James Lang
• Fall 2020: Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching by Derek Bruff
• Spring 2020:How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching by Josh Eyler
• Fall 2019: Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning by James Lang
• Spring 2019: Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter Brown, Henry Roediger, and Mark McDaniel

For more information on the Faculty Reading Community or to suggest a book, please contact the CTL at ctl@wustl.edu.