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Picture a Professor
Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning
Edited by Jessamyn Neuhaus
West Virginia University Press
A collection of evidence-based insights and intersectional teaching strategies to inspire transformative student learning and interrupt stereotypes about what a professor looks like.
First-Generation Faculty of Color
Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service
Edited by Tracy Lachica Buenavista, Dimpal Jain, and María C. Ledesma; Foreword by Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner
Rutgers University Press
Through a comprehensive collection of personal narratives, First-Generation Faculty of Color: Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service is the first book to examine faculty diversity through the experiences of racially minoritized faculty who were also the first in their families to graduate college in the United States.
First-Generation Faculty of Color
Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service
Edited by Tracy Lachica Buenavista, Dimpal Jain, and María C. Ledesma; Foreword by Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner
Rutgers University Press
Through a comprehensive collection of personal narratives, First-Generation Faculty of Color: Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service is the first book to examine faculty diversity through the experiences of racially minoritized faculty who were also the first in their families to graduate college in the United States.
Wrecked
Deinstitutionalization and Partial Defenses in State Higher Education Policy
Rutgers University Press
The changing politics of the Right place it on a collision course with higher education. These political forces support a policy agenda of deinstitutionalization, in which Republican officials both slash funding for and undermine trust in public higher education. Campus leaders respond with partial defenses that provide short-term relief without addressing underlying mistrust. Wrecked traces the disastrous collision between the Right and higher education resulting from these politics, policies and practices.
Inclusive Teaching
Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom
By Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy
West Virginia University Press
Award-winning teachers offer practical tips for addressing inequities in the college classroom and for making all students feel welcome and included.
Teaching Matters
A Guide for Graduate Students
By Aeron Haynie and Stephanie Spong
West Virginia University Press
A practical and evidence-based teaching guide for graduate students across all fields.
Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology
Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World
West Virginia University Press
What does memory mean for learning in an age of smartphones and search engines?
The Successful TA
A Practical Approach to Effective Teaching
By Kathy M. Nomme and Carol Pollock
UBC Press, On Campus
Feel confident stepping into your role as a TA with help from this short, practical guide, which demystifies everything from how to interact with course instructors to giving students feedback on their work.
Black Space
Negotiating Race, Diversity, and Belonging in the Ivory Tower
Rutgers University Press
Protests against systemic racism have swept across elite colleges and universities, raising questions about what it means for Black students to belong on these campuses. Sherry L. Deckman takes us into the lives of students in the Kuumba Singers, a Black student organization with racially diverse members and a self-proclaimed safe space for anyone but particularly Black students, as a case study in exploring race, diversity, and safe space.
You @ the U
A Guided Tour through Your First Year of University
By Janet Miller; Foreword by Roy Bear Chief
UBC Press, On Campus
In this essential guide, university counsellor Janet Miller draws on her wit, wisdom, and decades of experience to help first-time students – of whatever age – prep for and survive their first year of university.
The Reimagined PhD
Navigating 21st Century Humanities Education
Rutgers University Press
Long seen as proving grounds for professors, PhD programs have begun to shed this singular sense of mission. The Reimagined PhD normalizes the multiple career paths open to PhD students, while providing practical advice geared to help students, faculty, and administrators incorporate professional skills into graduate training, build career networks, and prepare PhDs for a range of careers.
Special Admission
How College Sports Recruitment Favors White Suburban Athletes
Rutgers University Press
Special Admission contradicts the national belief that college sports provide an avenue for upward mobility. Kirsten Hextrum reveals the dynamic relationship between the state, elite groups, private entities, educational institutions, and athletic organizations that concentrate opportunities in white suburban communities. Thus, college sports allow white, middle-class athletes to accelerate their advantages through admission to elite universities.
U.S. Power in International Higher Education
Edited by Jenny J. Lee
Rutgers University Press
U.S. Power in International Higher Education demonstrates the advantage that the United States has in international higher education by presenting broad trends as well as in-depth accounts about how power is evident across a range of international activities.
U.S. Power in International Higher Education
Edited by Jenny J. Lee
Rutgers University Press
U.S. Power in International Higher Education demonstrates the advantage that the United States has in international higher education by presenting broad trends as well as in-depth accounts about how power is evident across a range of international activities.
Minding Bodies
How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning
By Susan Hrach
West Virginia University Press
What happens to teaching when you consider the whole body (and not just “brains on sticks”)?
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