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BOLD Fellow presents at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Mar. 17, 2016— By Dani Picard, CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow Samantha Tramontano, a graduate student in Earth & Environmental Science and CFT BOLD Fellow, presentedher research on online instructional materials at the 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, which took place in San Francisco in December. Samantha developed videos and online quizzes to help undergraduate geology students develop microscopy...
Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit/3/21/16 with Kane Jennings, Professor of hemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Mar. 10, 2016—Kane Jennings, Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering CHBE 4860/5860: Molecular Aspects of Chemical Engineering Kane Jennings is the Department Chair and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. His research efforts are aimed at the molecular design and fabrication of new surfaces and materials that mimic, replicate, or employ highly functional biological systems. In his...
Class, Race, and the First-Generation Student Label
Mar. 7, 2016—by Ben Galina, Senior Mellon Graduate Teaching Fellow In a recent article for the Atlantic Monthly, “How Low-Income Students Are Fitting in at Elite Colleges” (24 February 2016), Richard Kahlenberg explores the shifting narratives around students who are the first in their families at four-year universities. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and...
Writing the Pedagogy for Professional Schools and Students Guide
Mar. 4, 2016—by Richard Coble, Graduate Teaching Fellow Is there a problem with professional schools? A growing number of commenters and scholars have decried the professionalization of education, the perceived movement in colleges and universities away from the liberal arts and preparing thoughtful citizenship to meeting market-based needs. But does this critique necessarily apply to professional schools?...
Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit 3/15/16 with Mark Schoenfield, Professor of English
Feb. 26, 2016—Mark Schoenfield, Professor of English English 3610: The Romantic Period Mark Schoenfield is Professor of English, a winner of the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Humanities, and a scholar of romanticism, existentialism, and law and literature. His teaching interests are in the latter areas. We will be visiting his course,...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Abby Parish
Feb. 11, 2016—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Abby Parish, Nursing, talks about her teaching philosophy and interests. I teach in Vanderbilt’s graduate nursing program, instructing students who are Registered Nurses who are studying to become primary care nurse practitioners. I coordinate pharamacology, clinical pracitica, and mental...
Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to Feature Grade Center
Feb. 5, 2016—Blackboard support continues to offer email, phone, and one-on-one consultations, or Blackboard users can take advantage of our library of on-demand resources. Drop-in support hours continue to be offered Mondays from 1-3pm. If you missed our January sessions, we discussed grade column organization and inline grading. February spotlight topics are listed below, however you should...
Grad Students, Come Work at the CFT!
Feb. 4, 2016—Each year the Center for Teaching (CFT) hires a number of graduate students as part of its efforts to mentor and train graduate students, including those serving as teaching assistants or instructors of record here at Vanderbilt as well as those interested in developing teaching skills for future faculty careers. The CFT has several types...
Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit 2/4/16 with Brooke Ackerly, Associate Professor of Political Science & Philosophy
Jan. 28, 2016—Brooke Ackerly, Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy POLSCI 3253: Ethics and Public Policy Brooke Ackerly, Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, has wide ranging research interests in democratic theory, feminist methodologies, human rights, and social and environmental justice. Her teaching, consequently, is in the areas of feminist theory and methods, human rights,...
Upcoming Teaching Visit Opportunity
Jan. 27, 2016—The Teaching Visits program is an important way by which the CFT promotes collaborative inquiry and reflection, providing case-based opportunities for Vanderbilt teachers to consider choices they have when constructing their classes. A small group of visitors observes a host’s class on a selected day and then engages in an hour of conversation with the instructor...