Centering Centers

Nov 08 2024 68 ep. 39 mins 7
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A POD Network podcast that explores the work of Centers of Teaching and Learning and the vision and insights of educational developers in higher education.

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TIA - Virtual Gathering

Nov 08 2024 35 mins  
Today’s episode features Elizabeth Dickens (University of Virginia) and Nausheen Shafiq (University of British Columbia) in discussion of a manuscript on curriculum developers in educational development, which is under review at To Improve the Academy. This is the fifth episode of the partnership between To Improve the Academy and Centering Centers. We hope to pull back the cu

TIA: Impacts of campus disruption on educational developers’ role-identity and teamwork

Oct 17 2024 33 mins  
Today’s episode features Bill Pilny, Benjamin Brock, and Stephanie Laggini Fiore in discussion of their recent To Improve the Academy article, “Impacts of campus disruption on educational developers’ role-identity and teamwork.” The authors apply the Dynamic Systems Model of Role Identity (or DSMRI) to the work of educational developers during the disruption of COVID-19 on

Social Justice Advocacy in Educational Development

Sep 12 2024 36 mins  
Dr. Kim Case, Senior Advisor for Organizational Culture to VCU's Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President for Inclusive Excellence. Dr. Case is a tenured professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and previously served as VCU's inaugural Director of Faculty Success in the Office of the Provost. Dr. Case’s work blends her roles as a social justice educat

Transforming Support for Adjuncts: Insights from Liza Bolitzer

Aug 29 2024 34 mins  
Dr. Liza Bolitzer is an experienced researcher, teacher and project manager dedicated to advancing teaching and learning in higher education. She uses qualitative methods to study how college faculty, institutional leaders, and higher education professionals can advance college students' academic learning. She has shared her work in Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Rese

Adrianna Kezar - Dispelling the Myths

Aug 15 2024 37 mins  
Adrianna Kezar is the Dean’s Professor of Leadership, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. Dr. Kezar holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in higher education administration from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the faculty at

Academic Librarians as Educational Developers?

Aug 01 2024 22 mins  
Today’s episode features Jane Hammons (The Ohio State University), who talks about her recent To Improve the Academyarticle, “Academic librarians as educational developers: Overview, case study, and discussion.” An academic librarian who offers faculty-facing information literacy workshops, Hammons argues that educational developers may have untapped allies in instructional l

Embodiment & AI with Susan Hrach

May 21 2024 53 mins  
For some, artificial intelligence represents the latest development in an age-old series of fantasies about escaping our vulnerable, imperfect, animal bodies. Humans have continuously developed tools to boost our capabilities; in the case of AI, we’re amplifying the speed of cognitive processes. But what capacities remain distinctively human? Dr. Susan Hrach is the author of the

Goose Leadership & Empathy Migrations

Apr 15 2024 50 mins  
Kelly Ferris Lester, Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, received her BFA in Theatre and Dance from the University of Memphis, her MFA in Choreography and Performance from The College at Brockport (SUNY), and her Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. Lester is a Professor of Dance. Prior to her role as Associate

Behind the Scenes with TIA

Mar 29 2024 35 mins  
In the second of our new To Improve the Academy (TIA) partnership episodes on Centering Centers, Associate Editor, Liz Norrell (Associate Director of Instructional Support at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Mississippi), Marina Smitherman (Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Dalton State College in Northwest Geo

Leadership Pathways: Cultivating Equity in Education

Mar 09 2024 38 mins  
Chris Hakala talks with Dr. Leslie Alvarez about her move from psychology to educational development. Dr. Alvarez recounts her work with marginalized students and its impact on her path to faculty development, highlighting the role of equity in teaching. She discusses building a faculty development program and her transition to a director role amid the pandemic. Dr. Alvarez's e