As teaching assistants, presenters of research at conferences, future professors, or leaders of museums or businesses, graduate students now need to develop the skills to communicate to diverse audiences. The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning was established in 1987 with the goal of supporting the ongoing professional development of graduate students and faculty at Brown through a wide variety of programs, consultation services, and publications.

The Sheridan Center is located in the center of campus and has a resource library of books, journals, and videotapes about teaching and communication. Among the Sheridan Center’s programs, services, and publications for graduate students are:

• Orientation for new teaching assistants held each September
• Teaching Certificate programs
• Consultations on classroom and laboratory teaching
• Consultations for academic conferences and interview presentations
• Consultations for the academic job market
• Discipline-specific services through the departmental graduate student and faculty liaison network
• Teaching handbooks, teaching tips, and The Teaching Exchange newsletter