The Sheridan Center invites faculty of any rank (including staff with faculty appointments) to participate in a Faculty Writing Group. Writing groups can be an invaluable source of motivation and accountability, and the Faculty Writing Group is a “guilt-free” group that prioritizes spending time in community and goal-setting together. Each group meeting begins with a brief goal-setting exercise and concludes with a short reflective conversation. Please register to receive the Zoom link for the session.

In this workshop, Dr. Stephanie Jones will cover syllabi (re)construction which includes discussions and takeaways on: building classroom community, increasing classroom participation, holding tough conversations, calling out anti-black and ableist policies, and centering culturally relevant text selection. Please register for this event.

Are you interested in discussing ways to improve STEM education at Brown? Science Friday is a vibrant learning community, where STEM instructors and staff members share ideas, experiences, and challenges related to STEM education. In our first meeting for the semester, we will set community agreements and brainstorm topics for the semester. Please register.

This roundtable honors the author-activist bell hooks, who passed away in late 2021, with a focus on her book, Teaching to Transgress (originally published in 1994). Jessica Metzer, Senior Associate Director at the Sheridan Center, will open the roundtable with a discussion of Chapter 3 (“Embracing Change”). Next, three Brown faculty will showcase how they teach Teaching to Transgress in their undergraduate and graduate courses: jesús hernández (American Studies and Swearer Center), Ravit Reichman (English), and Jonathan Readey (Nonfiction Writing Program, English & Provost’s Faculty Teaching Fellow, Sheridan Center). Extensive Q&A and sharing of other teaching ideas will follow these brief presentations. Attendees are encouraged to pre-read Chapter 3 of Teaching to Transgress, which is available online to Brown community members. Please register.

The Sheridan Center invites faculty of any rank (including staff with faculty appointments) to participate in a Faculty Writing Group. Writing groups can be an invaluable source of motivation and accountability, and the Faculty Writing Group is a “guilt-free” group that prioritizes spending time in community and goal-setting together. Each group meeting begins with a brief goal-setting exercise and concludes with a short reflective conversation. Please register to receive the Zoom link for the session.

In this presentation, Dr. Jones will expound upon the origins of curriculum violence in classrooms and its antiblackness roots–perspectives that are typically overlooked in professional development for faculty. We will consider these pressing questions together: How can the study of racialized trauma help fuel collective understandings of how curriculum violence is embedded in classrooms and often mistaken for academic rigor? What does it look like for educators and academics to engage in a process of reflecting upon their own pedagogical stances for the goal of racial justice and liberation? Please register for this event.

The Sheridan Center invites faculty of any rank (including staff with faculty appointments) to participate in a Faculty Writing Group. Writing groups can be an invaluable source of motivation and accountability, and the Faculty Writing Group is a “guilt-free” group that prioritizes spending time in community and goal-setting together. Each group meeting begins with a brief goal-setting exercise and concludes with a short reflective conversation. Please register to receive the Zoom link for the session.

Are you in charge of a recitation section as a UTA? Have you been asked to design assignments? Do you want to learn more about how to design an effective assignment? Then this workshop is for you! This workshop is for undergraduate students who teach in any capacity at Brown (e.g. UTAs, tutors, mentors, etc.) and want to learn more about how to create a clear assignment for their students. We will work together using the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework. Come prepared with an assignment to work on or to provide feedback. After a mini lecture and case study, you will be broken out into small groups to provide peer feedback on your assignments. This workshop is the second part of a series, however the first workshop is not necessary to attend. Registration is required.

Are you interested in discussing ways to improve STEM education at Brown? Science Fridays is a vibrant learning community, where STEM instructors and staff members share ideas, experiences, and challenges related to STEM education. In our first meeting for the semester, we will discuss a recent Inside Higher Ed article on “How Identity Shapes Science” by Colleen Flaherty. Please register for this event.

The Sheridan Center invites faculty of any rank (including staff with faculty appointments) to participate in a Faculty Writing Group. Writing groups can be an invaluable source of motivation and accountability, and the Faculty Writing Group is a “guilt-free” group that prioritizes spending time in community and goal-setting together. Each group meeting begins with a brief goal-setting exercise and concludes with a short reflective conversation. Please register to receive the Zoom link for the session.

Are you in charge of a recitation section as a UTA? Have you been asked to design assignments? Do you want to learn more about how to design an effective assignment? Then this workshop is for you! This workshop is for undergraduate students who teach in any capacity at Brown (e.g. UTAs, tutors, mentors, etc.) and want to learn more about how to create a clear assignment for their students. We will work together using the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework. Come prepared with an assignment to work on or to provide feedback. After a mini lecture and case study, you will be broken out into small groups to provide peer feedback on your assignments. This workshop is the second part of a series, however the first workshop is not necessary to attend. Registration is required.

The Sheridan Center invites faculty of any rank (including staff with faculty appointments) to participate in a Faculty Writing Group. Writing groups can be an invaluable source of motivation and accountability, and the Faculty Writing Group is a “guilt-free” group that prioritizes spending time in community and goal-setting together. Each group meeting begins with a brief goal-setting exercise and concludes with a short reflective conversation. Please register to receive the Zoom link for the session.

Are you in charge of a recitation section as a UTA? Do you come up with your own lesson plans for tutoring? Are you interested in knowing how to create an effective lesson plan as a teacher? Then this workshop is for you! This workshop is for undergraduate students who teach in any capacity at Brown (e.g. UTAs, tutors, mentors, etc.) and want to learn more about how to create effective lesson plans for their role. Come prepared to design a lesson for an upcoming recitation, problem-solving session, office hours, etc. This workshop is part of a series, following workshops include: Assignment Design 101 and Talking about you Teaching. Registration is required.

Are you in charge of a recitation section as a UTA? Do you come up with your own lesson plans for tutoring? Are you interested in knowing how to create an effective lesson plan as a teacher? Then this workshop is for you! This workshop is for undergraduate students who teach in any capacity at Brown (e.g. UTAs, tutors, mentors, etc.) and want to learn more about how to create effective lesson plans for their role. Come prepared to design a lesson for an upcoming recitation, problem-solving session, office hours, etc. This workshop is part of a series, following workshops include: Assignment Design 101 and Talking about you Teaching. Registration is required.

The Sheridan Center invites faculty of any rank (including staff with faculty appointments) to participate in a Faculty Writing Group. Writing groups can be an invaluable source of motivation and accountability, and the Faculty Writing Group is a “guilt-free” group that prioritizes spending time in community and goal-setting together. Each group meeting begins with a brief goal-setting exercise and concludes with a short reflective conversation. Please register to receive the Zoom link for the session.

In this workshop, we will review strategies for creating an inclusive learning environment, provide an overview of Sheridan’s digital teaching resources, and show you how to get support from the Center and its campus partners throughout the semester.

This session is designed for faculty and postdocs who did not have the opportunity to attend the Launch New Faculty Teaching Orientation, and will include plenty of time for Q&A. Please register.

Are you interested in discussing ways to improve STEM education at Brown? Science Friday is a vibrant learning community, where STEM instructors and staff members share ideas, experiences, and challenges related to STEM education. Please register.

Are you interested in discussing ways to improve STEM education at Brown? Science Friday is a vibrant learning community, where STEM instructors and staff members share ideas, experiences, and challenges related to STEM education. Please register.

Are you an instructor interested in online discussions for your course? Join experts from the Sheridan Center’s Digital Learning & Design team for a 50-minute workshop where we compare Brown’s available platforms and review best practices for engaging students in productive online discussions. Platforms to be compared include Canvas, Ed Discussion, and Harmonize. Participants will leave the workshop better able to select and implement a platform for their course discussion needs. Please register.