Learning Circles | Administration and Faculty | Academic Affairs

Fall 2023

Learning Circles are small communities of faculty and staff who meet on a regular basis during a single semester. Each community reads a particular book or set of articles on learning and teaching and discusses the book during their sessions. All participants receive a Certificate of Participation for their Faculty Portfolio. Books are provided to each participant. Starting the first week of the semester, books can be picked up outside from FL 416 between 9am - 4:30pm. except for Wednesday.

Click on the book images below for date, time, and registration! Click on the book title for the Amazon description.

Anatomy of Breakthrough

Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most by Adam Alter

Monday @ 12pm on the following dates: 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/27

Location: FL 502

Facilitated by Maritza Sotomayor

Why We Can't Wait

Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday @ 1pm on the following dates: 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/27

Facilitated by Dianne McAdams-Jones

Entering Mentoring

Entering Mentoring by Christine Pfund, Janet Branchaw, Jo Handelsman

Tuesday @ 11am on the following dates: 9/5, 9/19, 10/3, 10/17, 10/31, 11/14

This series is part of Mentoring Undergraduate Research Academy (MURA). Register for this through the OTL event webpage.

Facilitated by Ben Johnson

Teaching Cross Cultural Strengths

Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms by Joe Feldman

Tuesdays @ 1 pm on the following dates: 9/12, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/28

Livestream on Teams

Facilitated by Janel Mitchell

Beyond Lean in book cover

Beyond Leaning In: Gender Equity and What Organizations Are Up Against by Melanie Ho

Tuesdays @ 2pm: 9/12, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/28

Livestream on Teams

Facilitated by Hilary Hungerford

What Inclusive Instructors Do

What Inclusive Instructors Do by Tracie Addy et al.

Wednesday @ 12 pm on the following dates: 9/13, 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/29

Livestream on Teams

Facilitated by Aicha Rochdi & Claudia Jorgensen

The courage to teach book cover

A Voice in the Wilderness: A Poineering Biologist Explains How Evolution Can Help Us Solve Our Biggest Problems by Joseph Graves

Wednesdays @ 2pm on the following dates: 9/13, 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/29

Livestream on Teams

Facilitated by Carl Hjelman & Jess Cusick

Picture a Professor Book Cover

Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning ny Jessamyn Neuhaus

Day and Time: Wednesday @ 3pm on the following dates: 9/13, 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/29

Livestream on Teams

Facilitated by Rachel Arocho, Jennifer Shubert, Sean Crossland

Relationship Rich Education

Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College by Peter Felten and Leo Lambert

Thursday @ 12pm: 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9, 11/30

Livestream on Teams

Facilitated by Sam Gedeborg

The Art of Community

The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging by Charles Vogl

Thursday @ 1pm: 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9, 11/30

Livestream on Teams

Facilitated by Jon Westover & Janel Mitchell