Dear Colleagues, I’d like to invite you to join me in welcoming Heather McGhee to our beautiful campus for a thought-provoking evening, including a discussion of her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. This New York Times Bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award has been called “One of today’s [...]
June 2, 10am-1pm PT in Powell 186 (in-person): Creating Connections Symposium on Writing Pedagogy - Generating Text: Teaching, Writing, and Learning in the Age of AI by Writing Programs/Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy (RSVP coming soon) The 6th annual Creating Connections symposium on writing pedagogy will take place Friday, June 2nd. Our theme for [...]
"Systemic Change for an Inclusive and Diverse Faculty" Join us at the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance Summit. Are you striving for a more diverse and inclusive faculty at your institution? Is your research or project focused on these issues? If so, then join us at the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire [...]
Faculty Workshop on Best Equitable Practices in Teaching: Transitioning to the “Post-Pandemic” Classroom Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | Hershey Hall, Room 158 9am - 4:30 pm followed by Reception Sessions will feature faculty and student guest speakers We are now in the midst of a transition to a “new normal” in what many refer to [...]
Benjamin Hà October 18 | 3:00 – 4:00pm PDT Interdisciplinary approaches to advancing anti-racist pedagogies in biology higher education Register Here This talk will review the course structure and pedagogical strategies applied when teaching an undergraduate seminar titled “The History and Racism of Biology Research.” While this course covered broad biology disciplines, many of the strategies [...]
Manuel Ramirez October 25 | 3:00pm – 4:00pm PDT Academic Experiences of Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, Students of Color at UCLA Register here Using qualitative interview data from the UCLA LGBTQ+ Campus Resource Center’s 2023 QTBIPOC Student Experiences Project, we highlight the unique experiences that our QTBIPOC students face on our campus and how to address [...]
Come celebrate our new office space and connect with the team! The Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) invites you to pop-in and check out our [...]
Creating a more inclusive classroom for neurodivergent students About 20-30% of college students are neurodivergent. In this Teaching Tables gathering, we invite you to share your experiences with neurodiversity in and outside the classroom and discuss how we can all better support our neurodivergent students. Resource: Autism Goes to College Podcast. Episode 42: What professors need [...]
Cultivating attention amidst distraction Laptops and cell phone use is extremely common in college classrooms now and there are growing concerns about students’ attention spans. What are some ways we [...]
Paper we will discuss on Dec 3: Yuriev, Elizabeth, et al. “Integrating Generative AI in Chemistry Education: Enhancing Career-Ready Writing Skills in Pharmaceutical Science.” Journal of Chemical Education 102.5 (2025): 1991-2001. CEILS Journal Club for STEM Education About Journal Club: Are you interested in learning about the latest STEM education research but not sure where [...]