TEA Recipients Listed by Academic Area
The Teaching Effectiveness Award honors a small number of outstanding graduate student instructors each year who have made a significant contribution to teaching and learning in their departments through identifying and responding to a problem they have encountered in a class, laboratory, or section they have taught. Their contributions are documented in one-page essays, accessible here by the general academic area in which each GSI taught. (Their departments are also noted below.)
Additionally, the essays may be browsed by teaching-and-learning topic via the GSI Teaching Ideas page in the GSI Online Library.
Academic Areas:
Sciences
Quantitative and Engineering Fields
Social Sciences
Languages and Literatures
Humanities
Sciences
“Yes, and..” in Grant Writing, Nancy Freitas, Energy and Resources Group, 2023
Integrating Social Responsibility into the Graduate Chemistry Curriculum, Kay Xia, Chemistry, 2023
Assemble your Team! Harnessing the Power of Teamwork to Promote Student Engagement and Learning, Leah Gulyas, Plant and Microbial Biology, 2023
Managing Student Anxiety Surrounding In-Person Learning, Ethan Boynton, Plant and Microbial Biology, 2023
Detangling Quantum Problems, Oxana Andriuc, Chemistry, 2022
There’s No Shame in Asking Questions, Dhruva Karkada, Physics, 2022
Hands-on Simulation of Frog Development and Experimental Embryology Engages Students and Promotes Learning, Danielle Spitzer, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2022
Disability Visibility and Inclusive Design in STEM Pedagogy, Taormina Lepore, Integrative Biology, 2022
Helping Organic Chemistry Students Develop Metacognitive Problem-Solving Skills, Katherine Blackford, Chemistry, 2021
Adaptive Equity-Oriented Pedagogy: Equipping Educators to Overcome Barriers to Learning in STEM, Andrew Estrada Phuong, Education, 2021
Increasing Student Engagement by Using Poll-based Teaching, Chitraang Murdia, Physics, 2021
How to Teach Botany Lab Remotely: Get Off Zoom, Use Real Plants!, Michael Song, Integrative Biology, 2021
Putting Global Patterns in Perspective with Experiential Interdisciplinary Learning, Natalie Graham, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2020
Reframing Failure: Teaching Iterative Troubleshooting over Results in Laboratory Science, Holly Gildea, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, 2020
The Student Becomes the Master: Student-Led Problem Solving in “Flipped” Office Hours, Jade Fostvedt, Chemistry, 2020
Promoting Understanding from Experiments by Visualizing Results in an Introductory Organic Chemistry Lab, Jakob Dahl, Chemistry, 2020
Developing Narratives for Aspiring Biologists, Victor Reyes-Umana, Plant and Microbial Biology, 2019
Using Phenomena-Based Inquiry to Increase Class Participation, Rachael Olliff Yang, Integrative Biology, 2019
The Power of Personalized Interventions, Audrey Haynes, Integrative Biology, 2019
Getting in Touch with Your Inner Physicist, Badr Albanna, Physics, 2005
Everyone Loves a Good Argument: Encouraging the Use of Programming Languages in Biology, Eric Armstrong, Integrative Biology, 2016
Training Molecular MacGyvers Using the Immunologists Toolbox, Nicholas Arpaia, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2009
The Importance of Implicit Feature Awareness for Problem Solving in Organic Chemistry, Jordan Axelson, Chemistry, 2014
Teaching Students “Street Smarts” Necessary for Navigating Peer-Reviewed Literature, Jeffrey Benca, Integrative Biology, 2013
Research Methods Applied to Public Health Topics: Using Breakout Groups to Foster Problem Solving and Critical Thinking, Jennifer Bensadoun, Epidemiology, 2001
Fostering the Ability to Think Like an Experimenter in a Lecture Course, Daniel Bliss, Molecular and Cell Biology (Home Department: Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute), 2013
Current-Literature Problem Solving as a Connection to the Real World: How Solving a Problem in the Classroom Expanded Professor-Graduate Student Mentorship from the Laboratory into the Classroom, Suzanne Blum, Chemistry, 2004
Building a Better Review Session through Active Learning, Beatriz Brando, Chemistry (Home Department: Education), 2016
Plant Morphology is Just a Game, Riva Bruenn, Plant and Microbial Biology, 2016
Shaping Abstract Genetics Concepts into Concrete, Accessible Knowledge, Jingxun Chen, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2018
Teaching Young Scientists to Speak the Way They Think, Seemay Chou, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2009
Improving Biology Papers through Peer Review, Christopher Clark, Integrative Biology, 2009
Teaching by (Bad) Example, Julia Comerford, Astronomy, 2006
Slimemolds vs. the MCATs, J. Peter Coppinger, Plant and Microbial Biology, 2003
Teaching an Uncommon Sense, Sarah Cunningham, Integrative Biology, 2003
Kinesthesis in Science: Where Red Rover Meets Quantum Mechanics, Steve Dawson, Astronomy, 2000
Why Am I Doing What I Am Doing?, Varsha Desai, Chemistry, 2018
Undergraduate Astronomy Journal Club, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Astronomy, 2004
Teaching Alice, William Dichtel, Chemistry, 2004
Motivating a Broad Audience with Research, Sophie Dumont, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2004
Science Education: Focus on Core Analytical Skills, James Endres, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2003
Building the Big Picture, Alejandro Figueroa-Clarevega, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2011
“Is This Right?” Building Confidence in Scientific Reasoning, Francesca Fornasini, Astronomy, 2012
Teaching Mitosis and Meiosis Using Metaphor and Play-Acting, Benjamin Freedman, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2006
Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries through Drama, Oron Frenkel, Public Health, 2005
Using a Focal Organism as a Teaching Tool in General Biology, Maria Goodrich, Integrative Biology, 2007
From Theory to Obama: Innovative Teaching Methods to Increase Participation, Zoe Harris, Public Health, 2009
Development of an Inquiry-Based Activity from a Content kIntensive Curriculum, Amanda Heddle, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2003
TALC: Individualized Assistance through Collaborative Learning, John Johnson, Astronomy, 2002
Teaching to Different Modes of Learning, Alexander Kauffman, Integrative Biology, 2000
Boosting Class Engagement with Software-Driven Section Worksheets, Nicholas Kern, Astronomy, 2017
Bringing Concepts to Life through Field Trips, Allison Kidder, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2011
A Clinical Approach to Human Anatomy, Britney Kitamata-Wong, Integrative Biology (Home Department: Optometry), 2015
Understanding Long-Term Ecological Change with Tree Rings, Kevin Krasnow, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2012
A Solution for Inclusion: Keeping Advanced Students Stimulated Without Leaving Others Behind, Nadia Kurd, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2014
Bringing Astronomy Down to Earth: A Teaching Strategy That Helps Develop Intuition, Aaron Lee, Astronomy, 2010
Improving Board Work with Colors, Yi-Chuan Lu, Physics, 2016
Instilling Effective Study Skills in Students: Start Early, Know Your Weaknesses, Jennifer McGuire, Integrative Biology, 2007
Breaking Down the Barriers Inhibiting Effective Learning Environments, Yekaterina Miroshnikova , Molecular and Cell Biology (Home Department: Bioengineering), 2013
Applying Economic Concepts to Environmental Problems, Shanthi Nataraj, Agricultural and Resource Economics (Home Department: Economics), 2009
Utilizing a Unifying Experiment to Enhance Conceptual Integration, Jason Ng, Vision Science, 2006
An Example of the Use of Frameworks in Skills-Based Learning, Terry O’Brien, Integrative Biology, 2000
Social Science Meets Physical Science, Jessica Owley, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2004
Incorporating Practice into Theory-Based Curriculum, Lyn Paleo, Public Health, 2003
Lessons from a Lesson on Stellar Evolution, Kathryn Peek, Astronomy, 2005
Solar System on a Laptop: Visualizing the Dynamic Universe, Daniel Perley, Astronomy, 2006
Achieving Widespread Participation through Evidence-Based Classroom Discourse, Elise Piazza, Vision Science, 2014
Improving Laboratory Courses, Nicholas L. Pivonka, Chemistry, 2001
Transforming Quizzes into Teaching and Learning Tools, Jennifer Powell, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2001
Players in the Pathway, Susan Schwab, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2002
Beyond Bean Counting: A New Laboratory to Teach the Concepts of Microevolution, Sonja Schwartz, Environmental Science, Policy and Management (Home Department: Molecular and Cell Biology), 2012
Encouraging Deep Learning in an Introductory Course, Jessica Shade, Integrative Biology, 2010
Emphasizing Concepts in a Yeast Genetics Laboratory, Elizabeth Shank, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2003
Designing a Better Laboratory Course, Richard Keith Slotkin, Plant and Microbial Biology, 2005
A Pre-Lab Assignment for a More Efficient and Effective Laboratory, Jessica Smith, Chemistry, 2011
Interdisciplinary Team Peer-to-Peer Learning with Guided Inquiry, Dwight Springthorpe, Integrative Biology, 2015
Linking Theory and Experiment in a Biochemistry Lab, Giulietta Spudich, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2001
Using Individualized Student Feedback to Enhance Learning in Chemistry 4A, Christiane Stachl, Chemistry, 2016
A Voice in the Sciences, Ryan Steele, Chemistry, 2007
Making the Connections: Dissecting Fatty Acid Biosynthesis, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Chemistry, 2008
Stretching the Field of View, James Su, Vision Science, 2007
Overcoming Emotional Reactions to Chemical Reactions, Mercedes Taylor, Chemistry, 2016
Groupwritten, Meredith Thomsen, Integrative Biology, 2003
Chemistry: The Other Foreign Language, Joel Thornton, Chemistry, 2000
Seeing for Yourself, Ryan Turner, Astronomy (Home Department: Earth and Planetary Science), 2013
Teaching Students How to Create a Picture Worth a Thousand Words, Julie Ullman, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2010
Understanding Biological Shape with Pipe Cleaners: An Exercise in Integrating Multiple Learning Styles, Jann Vendetti, Integrative Biology, 2008
How to Encourage Lecture Attendance through Discussion Activities, Mathew Wedel, Integrative Biology, 2004
Achieving Higher Efficiency in Chemistry Labs Using Electronic Scheduling, Rong “Rocky” Ye, Chemistry, 2015
Using the Peer-Review Process to Stimulate Classroom Discussion, Bryan Zeitler, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2003
Quantitative and Engineering Fields
Using Poster Presentations to Promote Science Communication and Student Engagement, Enze Chen, Materials Science and Engineering, 2023
Designing Soft Participation Policy for Remote Instruction, Mengxin Wang, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 2022
Zoom Labs: Replicating Hands-on Learning in Virtual Education, Mallika Bariya, Materials Science and Engineering, 2021
Visualizing Stochastic Processes, Ella Hiesmayr, Statistics, 2021
Finding New Ways to “Read the Room” in a Year of Remote Teaching, Jessica Katz, Energy and Resources Group, 2021
Remote Hands-on Hardware Lab: Aiming at 0% Discount in Learning Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Panagiotis Zarkos, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2021
Conquering the Top 10 Algorithms of the 20th Century, Andrew Shi, Mathematics, 2020
Lowering the Entry Barrier to Build Inclusive Lab Spaces, Seiya Ono, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2020
Revolutionizing Classroom Problem-Solving to Mimic the Real World, Haefa Mansour, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2020
Teaching Students to Think Creatively about Problems, not just Answer Them, Casey Finnerty, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2020
Mapping the Math: Using Concept Maps to Learn Controls Theory, Jeremy Adams, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2020
Learning How to Learn: Teaching Self-Awareness in Engineering, Adam Uliana, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2019
Teaching Fast and Slow: The Gradual Introduction of Scientific Writing in a Fast- Paced Lab, Clarissa Towle, Materials Science and Engineering, 2019
From 40 to 400 to 1,400: Providing Formative Feedback in Large-Scale Courses, Kevin Lin, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2019
Learning Why and not just How, Anamika Chowdhury, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2019
Mathematics: The Universal Language of Science, Antar Bandyopadhyay, Mathematics and Statistics, 2002
When Wrong is All Right, Gautam Borooah, Mathematics, 2004
Teaching Students with Diverse Backgrounds, Matias Cattaneo, Economics, 2007
Using Prediction, Competition, and Reflection to Make Connections in Calculus II, Danielle Champney, Mathematics (Home Department: Education), 2010
Learn at Your Own Pace, Angela Chau, Bioengineering, 2007
Teaching My Students to Fish, A. S. (Ed) Cheng, Mechanical Engineering, 2001
The Meaning Behind the Symbols, Aubrey Clayton, Mathematics, 2005
Intuition Is What You Need to Take Home!, Caroline Delaire, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2014
Now Students, Don’t Forget to Play your Video Games, John DeNero, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2008
Breaking the Mathematical Language Barrier, Alexander Diesl, Mathematics and Statistics, 2003
Strategies to Provide Information Without Providing Answers, Christie Dowling, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005
Searching for the Big Picture, Ladan Foose, Chemical Engineering, 2008
View from the Corner Office: Changing Student Perceptions about Thermodynamics, David Gardner, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2017
Interaction and Integration: How to Teach Students with Varying Expertise, Robert Held, Bioengineering, 2007
The Challenges of Teaching in Summer Session, Conrad Hengesbach, Mathematics, 2012
Teaching Effectiveness Essay, Justin Hollenback, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2013
An Effective Review Session (without Teaching to the Test), Stacy Jackson, Energy and Resources Group, 2011
Help Them Help Themselves!, Nicholas Knight, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2014
The Kitchen as a Laboratory, Naomi Kohen, Materials Science and Engineering, 2008
Introducing Students to Scientific Writing in E45 Lab Sections, Rajan Kumar, Materials Science and Engineering, 2016
Engaging with Primary Sources and Making Connections to Readings and Lectures, Tania Martin, Architecture, 2002
Incorporating Design-for-Environment into the Undergraduate Product Design Curriculum, Eric Masanet, Mechanical Engineering, 2001
Incorporating Active Learning and Technology into Teaching Economics, Marquise McGraw, Economics, 2012
Dispelling the Fear of Proofs, Ari Nieh, Mathematics, 2006
Teaching Students to Value Hands-on Signal Processing Skills, Frank Ong, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2017
A Hands-On Approach to User Interface Prototyping, Lora Oehlberg, Mechanical Engineering, 2010
Improvement of Academic Intern Experience and Performance in Introductory CS, Tiffany Perumpail, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2018
Think Out of the Box, Gaurav Punj, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 2003
Permission to be Confused, Samuel Nicholas Ramsey, Group in Logic, 2017
Using Students’ Design Work to Teach Design Theory and Criticism, Shawhin Roudbari, Architecture, 2012
Demystifying the Thought Process, Viswanath Sankaran, Mathematics and Statistics, 2002
The Zen of Reductions (How to Understand Computers by Becoming One), Ajeet Shankar, Computer Science, 2003
The E7 Robot Tournament, Ko-Ay Timmy Siauw, College of Engineering, 2009
Bridging Mathematical Models and Managerial Decisions, Auyon Siddiq, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 2015
Implementing the Scientific Learning Cycle in the Confines of a Classroom, Carolyn Sparrey, Mechanical Engineering, 2007
Teaching Quantitative Optical Filter Choice as Part of Practical Microscopy, Neil Switz, Biophysics, 2011
The Advantages of Rearranging the Topics Covered in a Course, Peyam Tabrizian, Mathematics, 2013
Developing Interactive Applets to Help Students Visualize Multivariable Calculus, Thunwa Theerakarn, Mathematics, 2014
Motivating Students with Choice, Mary Trahanovsky, Materials Science and Engineering, 2006
Teaching Science Writing – Learning by Doing and Not by Listening, Sonia Travaglini, College of Engineering (Home Department: Mechanical Engineering), 2018
Teaching Triangulation of Research Methods, Jess Wendover, Architecture, 2003
Skills for Engagement: Teaching Close Reading Techniques in an Interdisciplinary Classroom, Ashton Wesner, Materials Science and Engineering (Home Department: Environmental Science, Policy, and Management), 2018
Social Sciences
Intentional Communication, the Students in the Middle, and Me, Joshua Freed, Political Science, 2023
Making Sense in a Whirlwind: Tools to Study Diverse Political Ideas in Diverse Contexts, Douglas Van, Political Science, 2023
Learning and Teaching in the Age of AI: Exploring the Use of ChatGPT in Class, Meg Everett, Berkeley School of Education, 2023
Towards a Red Pedagogy for Social Work Education, Valentín Sierra, Social Welfare, 2023
Empathy, Salvador Gutierrez Peraza, Ethnic Studies, 2023
Starting Co-Constructed Dialogue Through Video Essay Feedback, Joy Esboldt, Education, 2022
Multimodal Assessments: Expanding Choice and Opportunities for Student Success, Catherine Park, Education, 2022
Transportation Planning: From Theory to Practice, Marcel Moran, City and Regional Planning, 2022
From Skilled Test Takers to Budding Scientists: Overhauling Assessment in Cognitive Neuroscience, Manon Ironside, Psychology, 2022
Ask, Adapt, and Assess: Co-constructing the Remote Classroom to Promote Inclusivity, Equity, and Engagement, Douglas Epps, Social Welfare, 2021
Teaching Causality through an Experiment, Ashwin Mandakolathur Balu, Public Policy, 2021
Practice Having Something to Say: Building Student Confidence through Required Office Hours, Anna Mikkelborg, Political Science, 2021
Going Public: Designing Writing Assignments with Social Impact, Skyler Wang, Sociology, 2021
Inviting Students In: Improving Diversity by Increasing Participation, Kate Pennington, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2020
Understanding Social Welfare Comparisons without Math Anxiety, Carly Trachtman, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2020
Task-Based Language Games: A Solution to Incorporation of Culture in Grammar Lessons, Maryam Moeini Meybodi, Graduate School of Education, 2020
Social Theory as Puzzle: Piecing Together Conceptual Definitions, Samuel Kieke, Sociology, 2020
Facilitating Dialogue and Learning Across Language and Cultural Differences in American Cultures Courses, Frances Ramos, Graduate School of Education, 2019
Making it Real – Developing Socially, Politically, and Ethically Aware Data Scientists, Nitin Kohli, School of Information, 2019
Taking an “Explanation Break”: Helping Students Critique Experimental Methods and Evaluate Evidence, Mariel Goddu, Psychology, 2019
Contextualizing Social Theory with Collaborative Timelines, Nicholas Anderman, Geography, 2019
Negotiating European Integration Yourself: Role Playing, Simulations, and Counterfactuals in Teaching Political Science, Sener Akturk, Political Science, 2009
Creating Collaborative In-Class Activities: Minimizing Diffusion of Responsibility and Disinterest during Group Work, Sereeta Alexander, Education, 2008
Externalizing Analyses and Bridging Sub-disciplines, Molly Babel, Linguistics, 2008
Research Methods Applied to Public Health Topics: Using Breakout Groups to Foster Problem Solving and Critical Thinking, Jennifer Bensadoun, Epidemiology, 2001
Increased Class Participation: Accommodating for Diverse Styles and Skills, Elzbieta Benson, Sociology, 2004
Helping Students Understand Prejudice, Helen Boucher, Psychology, 2002
Helping Students Learn (and Effectively Use) What They Already Know, Paul Bruno, Physics (Home Department: Education), 2009
Teaching Students with Diverse Backgrounds, Matias Cattaneo, Economics, 2007
Fun with Phonetics on a Saturday: Bringing Linguistics Up to Date with the Other Sciences, Charles Chang, Linguistics, 2009
Encouraging and Affirming Diverse Forms of Class Participation, Paul Dosh, Political Science, 2000
First Contact: Getting Things Done on Day One, Claire Duquennois, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2017
Social Theory as a Map to the World, Martin Eiermann, Sociology, 2017
Maximizing the Impact of GSI Feedback through Reflections on Writing, Rebecca Elliott, Sociology, 2012
Hide and Go Seek; or, Could We Play with Accounting?, Tatiana Fedyk, Business Administration, 2006
Do Our Students Understand the Relevance of What We Are Teaching Them?, Natalia Ferretti, Political Science, 2001
Reading Theory with Courage: One Way to Teach Critical Reading Skills, Ermine Fidan Elcioglu, Sociology, 2011
Providing Skills, Not Summaries: Improving Reading Comprehension in Political Theory, Mark Fisher, Political Science, 2012
Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries through Drama, Oron Frenkel, Public Health, 2005
Developing a Substantive Understanding of the Concepts of Normality and Pathology, David Gard, Psychology, 2002
Finding Ways that Everyone can Contribute, Creatively: Using Visual Learning Techniques and Small Group Exercises to Promote Cooperative Learning, Kenneth Haig, Political Science, 2006
Playing Teacher: Adding Predictive Power to Students Toolboxes, Emily Hamilton, History, 2010
Bringing Archaeological Theory “Down to Earth,” Anna Harkey, Anthropology, 2014
From Theory to Obama: Innovative Teaching Methods to Increase Participation, Zoe Harris, Public Health, 2009
Teaching Bourdieu: Observing the Habitus in Sites of Consumption, William Hayes, Sociology, 2001
Development of an Inquiry-Based Activity from a Content kIntensive Curriculum, Amanda Heddle, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2003
Reversing Roles: How Would Your Students Devise a Section Lesson Plan?, Veronica Herrera, Political Science, 2007
Sketching Social Theory Collectively, Chris Herring, Sociology, 2015
Getting on the Same Page, Susan Hicks, Geography, 2006
The Tipping Point: Encouraging Inclusive Participation through Productive Failure in a Highly Diverse Student Setting, Sandile Hlatshwayo, Economics, 2015
Bridging the Gap between K-12 and University-level History, Clare Ibarra, History, 2017
An Effective Review Session (without Teaching to the Test), Stacy Jackson, Energy and Resources Group, 2011
The Fourth Crusade Charges into the Classroom, Kathryn Jasper, History, 2009
Engaging with the Thesis Statement: Developing Metacognitive Skills in the Classroom through Peer Sharing, Peer Review, and Self-Review, Jennifer Johnson, Linguistics (Home Department: Education), 2013
Scaffolding Suspension of Belief as a Means to Intellectual and Political Empathy, Brian Judge, Political Science, 2018
Teaching History Students to Read Between the Lines, Lisa Kaborycha, History, 2003
Bringing Concepts to Life through Field Trips, Allison Kidder, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2011
The Feedback Loop: When Less is More, and When More is Less, Johann Koehler, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, 2016
Understanding Long-Term Ecological Change with Tree Rings, Kevin Krasnow, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2012
Deploying General Rubrics to Preclude the Pitfalls of Grading, Christian Lambert, Public Policy, 2016
Teaching Critical Skills in Legal Studies, Sonya Lebsack, Legal Studies, 2007
Introducing Course Themes through Experiential Learning: A First-Section Activity, Naomi Leite, Anthropology, 2008
It Said What?: Reading Critically for Bias and Point of View, Amy Lerman, Political Science, 2005
The Thesis Statement as The Key to Unlock Essay Writing, Julia Lewandoski, History, 2018
Expanding the Classroom: Using bSpace to Encourage Student-Driven Discussion, Ashley Leyba, History, 2013
Encouraging Critical Thinking through Exam Preparation, Sarah Macdonald, Sociology, 2008
An Exercise in Writing Descriptive Field Notes for Anthropological Research, Jelani Mahiri, Anthropology, 2006
Journals: The Key to Small Group Participation, Heather McCarty, History, 2001
Incorporating Active Learning and Technology into Teaching Economics, Marquise McGraw, Economics, 2012
The Undergraduate Research Paper, Karen McNeill, History, 2005
Teaching the Politics of Representation in Development Studies, Brittany Meché, Geography, 2017
Why Dont They Just Go Get Help Themselves? Illustrating the Challenges of Accessing Social Services, Jennifer Morazes, Social Welfare, 2009
Applying Economic Concepts to Environmental Problems, Shanthi Nataraj, Agricultural and Resource Economics (Home Department: Economics), 2009
Social Science Meets Physical Science, Jessica Owley, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2004
Consensus Techniques for Learning Together, Genevieve Painter, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, 2014
Incorporating Practice into Theory-Based Curriculum, Lyn Paleo, Public Health, 2003
Bringing Home the Bacon: Navigating the Congressional Budget Process, Kathryn Pearson, Political Science, 2002
Teaching the 3-Speed Class, Jason Purcell, Political Science, 2009
Theory as Map, Gretchen Purser, Sociology, 2003
Queering Anthropology: A Lived Experience of Critical Knowledge Production, Raphaëlle Rabanes, Anthropology, 2013
Learning By Doing: Using Simulations to Teach Political Science, David Radwin, Political Science, 2004
A New Approach to Teaching and Learning, Timothy Randazzo, Ethnic Studies, 2005
Creating Coherence with Conceptual Maps, Edith Replogle Sheffer, History, 2002
The Challenge of Thinking Historically, Alejandro Reyes Arias, Latin American Studies, 2005
Not Exactly Dick and Jane: Using Children’s Books to Make Theory Accessible, Anne Marie Richard, Education, 2000
Improving Writing Skills and Alleviating Grading Confusion, Christopher Rider, Business Administration, 2005
Encouraging Accountability and Participation through Regular Reading Responses, Alexander Roehrkasse, Sociology, 2017
Policy Consulting Simulations as a Tool for Understanding and Applying Economic Concepts, Anna Rubin, Public Policy, 2013
Teaching the “Errors of the Past”, Matthew Sargent, History, 2006
Making it Matter: Connecting Theory to Reality in Economics, Jonathan Schellenberg, Economics, 2018
Beyond Bean Counting: A New Laboratory to Teach the Concepts of Microevolution, Sonja Schwartz, Environmental Science, Policy and Management (Home Department: Molecular and Cell Biology), 2012
Encouraging Full Participation in Section, Suzanne Scoggins, International and Area Studies (Home Department: Political Science), 2014
The Campus as Laboratory: Teaching Students to Think Historically About the Built Environment, William Scott, History, 2004
Discipline, Practice, Feedback: A Supportive Approach to Teaching Critical Reading Skills, Hayden Shelby, City and Regional Planning, 2016
Conquering “40% of the Grade”: Interactive Strategies for Helping Students Prepare for Comprehensive Final Exams, Wendy Sinek, Political Science, 2006
Attending to Attendance, Tobias Smith, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, 2015
The Semester-Long Research Project Reimagined, Tammy Stark, Linguistics, 2015
Writing the “Other” Answer: Teaching Students to Craft Evidence-Based Arguments, Abigail Stepnitz, Legal Studies (Home Department: Jurisprudence and Social Policy), 2018
Integrating Sociology into Students’ Lives through Twitter, Shelly, Steward, Sociology, 2015
A “Tradeoffs” Method for Soliciting Student Feedback, Sean Tanner, Public Policy, 2011
How to “Show” Sociology in an Academic World of “Telling”, Ana Villa-Lobos, Sociology, 2003
The Hip Bone is Connected to the Thigh Bone: Fostering Higher-Order Learning by Not Answering Students’ Questions, Julie Wesp, Anthropology, 2014
Drawing to Learn: One Way to Teach to Multiple Learning Styles, Laurel Westbrook, Sociology, 2007
The End of Romance: Teaching Students to Rethink “Wild” Africa, Amy Wolfson, African American Studies, 2012
Ethics Beyond the Textbook, Alexandria Yuan, Public Policy, 2016
Practice Matters: The Design and Teaching of an Introductory Clinical Seminar, Christine Zalecki, Psychology, 2003
Languages and Literatures
“A Little Chain of Bright Drops”: Learning to Read Detail, Gabrielle Elias, English, 2022
The “Scholarly I”: Using First Person in the Humanities Research Essay, Laura Ritland, English, 2022
Student-led Discussions Foster Compassion, Anna Tomi, Scandinavian, 2022
To Err Is Divine: Constructive Failure and Its Place in Language Learning, Christopher Jelen, Classics, 2021
Collaborative Learning in Times of Remote Instruction, Jonas Teupert, German, 2020
Online Research in the Age of Google, Nicholaus Gutierrez, Rhetoric, 2019
Creative Writing & Creative Response: Helping Students Cultivate a Critical Voice, Lise Gaston, English, 2019
What is Strange about Fiction?: Embracing Contradictions in Literary Texts to Improve Critical Thinking and Analytical Writing, Kate Driscoll, Italian Studies, 2019
From Lolita to Katy Perry: Bridging the Gap between Text and Students, Erin Bennett, Comparative Literature, 2019
Hands-on Experience of French Irony, Connie Anderson, French, 2001
A New Way to Appreciate Cicero’s Style, Yelena Baraz, Classics, 2003
Charting the Plot of “La Noche Boca Arriba,” Mary Becker Quinn, Spanish and Portuguese, 2002
Giving a New Tune to Grammar, Hélène Bilis, French, 2004
Beyond Plot: Discussing the Stakes of Literary Texts, Vanessa Brutsche, French, 2017
Creating a Research Community, Natalia Cecire, English, 2009
Monstrous Texts: Overcoming Resistance to Literature, Mai-Lin Cheng, English, 2002
References without Referents (Or, How My Class Learned to Start Worrying and Love Thomas Pynchon), Sarah Chihaya, Comparative Literature, 2012
Moving Beyond Plot Summary: Doing Things with Words, Laurence Coderre, East Asian Languages and Cultures, 2014
Empowering Learning: History, Collaboratively, Jesse Cordes Selbin, English, 2014
Ethical Engagement: Practical Solutions for Addressing Plagiarism in the Writing Classroom, Catherine Cronquist Browning, English, 2010
Crafting the Annotated Bibliography: A Storehouse for Reading and Composition Learning, Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez, South and Southeast Asian Studies, 2018
The Interpretive Problem: A Key Concept in Teaching Writing, Carli Cutchin, Comparative Literature, 2017
Re-membering Our Histories, Re-visioning Our Histories, Re-writing Our Selves, Huma Dar, South and Southeast Asian Studies, 2003
Reciting Latin Verse, Edan Dekel, Classics, 2000
Collaborative Grading Rubrics for Assessing Student Writing, Rosalind Diaz, English, 2018
The Theory Scare: Teaching Students How to Grasp Abstract Ideas, Polina Dimova, Comparative Literature, 2008
Shaking up the Standard in a Course on French Phonetics, David Divita, French, 2008
Non-Standard Approaches to Post-modernist Literature, Kate Elkins, Comparative Literature, 2000
Live Digital Translation for Dead Languages, Eduardo Escobar, Near Eastern Studies, 2016
To Risk an Argument: Tweeting towards Independent Theses in English R1B, Kathryn Fleishman, English, 2015
Critical Objectivity and Sentence Style Improvement, Monica Gehlawat, English, 2007
An Epic in Miniature: Collaborations on a Thesis, Lael Gold, Comparative Literature, 2003
Poetry and the Scientific Method, Hilary Gravendyk, English, 2008
Interpretation as Staging: A Lesson in Dramatic Literature, Jordan Greenwald, Comparative Literature, 2014
Becoming Your Own Dictionary: Increasing Participation and Communicative Confidence through Semiotic Brainstorming, Emily A. Hellmich, French (Home Department: Education), 2015
Anatomy of an Essay, Lynn Huang, English, 2011
The Renaissance Lyric Poem as Pop Culture, Kimberly Johnson, English, 2002
Beyond Bland: Inspiring Perceptive and Original Literary Interpretations, Bristin Jones, Comparative Literature, 2018
Translating from Shakespeare to Modernism: An Experiment in How Form Affects Meaning, Marianne Kaletzky, Comparative Literature, 2015
Understanding the Lives of Ancient Egyptians, Deanna Kiser, Near Eastern Studies, 2001
Experimental Method: A Guided Lesson for Synthesizing Science and Literature, Evan Klavon, English, 2017
Multi-Sensory Windows into Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, Stephanie Langin-Hooper, Near Eastern Studies, 2011
Revision Without Tears: In-Class Writing with the Pomodoro Technique, Linda Louie, French, 2017
Elusive Allusions: Discovering Kafka in Coetzee, Sarah Mangin, English, 2013
Literary Scholarship as Cocktail Party: Bringing Students into the Conversation, Leila Mansouri, English, 2016
Sacrifice and Literature (declined to publish), Christopher Mead, English, 2012
Creative Writing and the Horizon of Expectations, Carl Olsen, Scandinavian, 2007
“Telling” Tales: The Quest for Meaning in Indian Folklore, Vasudha Paramasivan, South and Southeast Asian Studies, 2005
Language Pedagogy as a Group Effort, Rahul Bjørn Parson, South and Southeast Asian Studies, 2010
Teaching the Ancient Greek Optative and Subjunctive by Staging Cultural Practice, Timothy Pepper, Classics, 2009
Making it Fun: Framing Literary Discussion as a Social Practice, James Ramey, Comparative Literature, 2007
Revitalizing and Contemporizing Ancient Literature, Heidi Saleh, Near Eastern Studies, 2003
“Is Ariel the same as the Little Mermaid?” Selby Schwartz, Comparative Literature, 2001
A People’s History of the English Language: Dialect Communities, Matthew Sergi, English, 2010
Experiments in Communicative Latin, William Short, Classics, 2005
Writing an Epistolary Novel in a Heritage Speaker Class, Victoria Somoff, Slavic Languages and Literatures, 2004
Creativity in the Composition Classroom, Nichole Sterling, Scandinavian, 2006
Making and Supporting an Argument, Margot Szarke, French, 2013
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Literature but Were Afraid to Ask the Saturday Evening Post: or, How Literature is Like Math, Mayumi Takada, English, 2004
Sources Into Evidence; or, Rethinking the Research Requirement in R & C Courses, Leonard von Morzé, English, 2006
Putting the Text Back in Text Book, Chantelle Warner, German, 2003
X-Axis, Y-Axis, and Zzzz’s: Plotting Narrative at 8 AM, Wendy Xin, English, 2013
From Description to Analysis, Andrea Zemgulys, English, 2000
Free in Theory: Teaching Gender in Historical Perspective, Gina Zupsich, French, 2010
Humanities
Building and Repairing Trust in the Classroom, Jes Heppler, Philosophy, 2023
Experiential Learning with Antiquated Musical Media, Ryan Gourley, Music, 2023
That Which Moves: Affect and Analysis, Kyra Sutton, Rhetoric, 2023
Monstrous Methods for Closely Reading Film, Morgan Jennings, Film & Media, 2023
Mundane to Extraordinary: Working with Primary Sources and Identifying Research Topics, Katherine Bruhn, South and Southeast Asian Studies, 2021
Normalizing Access and Accommodation in Classrooms, Natalia Duong, Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, 2020 **Author has requested essay not to be published
How to Increase Participation in Section, Ravit Dotan, Philosophy, 2019
A New Way to Appreciate Cicero’s Style, Yelena Baraz, Classics, 2003
Musical Form and Active Learning, Laura Basini, Music, 2002
Making a Connection to the Distant Past, Catherine Becker, History of Art, 2004
Teaching Roman Monuments, Kimberly Cassibry, History of Art, 2004
Moving Beyond Plot Summary: Doing Things with Words, Laurence Coderre, East Asian Languages and Cultures, 2014
Self-Portraiture as a Teaching Tool, William Coleman, History of Art, 2012
Writers into Readers, Charles Scott Combs, Film Studies, 2003
What Is It to Truly “See” and How to Deal with the Unseen, Alexandra Courtois de Vicose, History of Art, 2015
Confidence and the Character of Discussion: Attending to Framing Effects, Lindsay Crawford, Philosophy, 2013
Hearing John Cage: An Approach to Introducing Ambient Music, Brian Current, Music, 2000
Reciting Latin Verse, Edan Dekel, Classics, 2000
I Love to Listen to Music, But I Don’t Know Anything About It, Melina Esse, Music, 2001
Teaching Basic Musicianship: An Ode to Chaos, Emily Frey, Music, 2011
Cultural and Communicative Approaches to Teaching Music, Mathew Gelbart, Music, 2000
Reading Quizzes: a Mild Technological Innovation, Jeffrey Kaplan, Philosophy, 2017
(Feminist) Dreams Really Do Come True, Anastasia Kayiatos, Slavic, 2010
Understanding the Lives of Ancient Egyptians, Deanna Kiser, Near Eastern Studies, 2001
Multi-Sensory Windows into Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, Stephanie Langin-Hooper, Near Eastern Studies, 2011
Bringing Opera Closer to Home, Michael Markham, Music, 2005
Engaging with Primary Sources and Making Connections to Readings and Lectures, Tania Martin, Architecture, 2002
Music and Multi Media: Staging Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Anna Nisnevich, Music, 2004
Teaching the Ancient Greek Optative and Subjunctive by Staging Cultural Practice, Timothy Pepper, Classics, 2009
A New Approach to Teaching and Learning, Timothy Randazzo, Ethnic Studies, 2005
If “Writing about Music Is like Dancing About Architecture,” Maybe It’s Time to Draw, Francesca Rivera, Music, 2003
Using Students’ Design Work to Teach Design Theory and Criticism, Shawhin Roudbari, Architecture, 2012
Revitalizing and Contemporizing Ancient Literature, Heidi Saleh, Near Eastern Studies, 2003
Helping Students Master Research: Scavenger Hunts as a Learning Tool in the R1B Classroom, Caitlin Scholl, Comparative Literature, 2016
Experiments in Communicative Latin, William Short, Classics, 2005
Staging the Exchange: Learning to Read and Write Beyond Similarity and Opposition, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Rhetoric, 2015
The Semester-Long Research Project Reimagined, Tammy, Stark, Linguistics, 2015
The Power of Observation in situ (by Proxy), Justin Underhill, History of Art, 2008
Musical Representation and Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Holly Watkins, Music, 2001
Teaching Triangulation of Research Methods, Jess Wendover, Architecture, 2003
The End of Romance: Teaching Students to Rethink “Wild” Africa, Amy Wolfson, African American Studies, 2012
Starting with Art for the First Time, Elaine Yau, History of Art, 2014
Becoming a Better Socrates, Benjamin Yost, Rhetoric, 2005