Graduate students TAs and instructors form the backbone of the teaching mission of the university, however their roles and pathways into academia are often unclear for the undergraduate students that they teach. In this episode, listen to former graduate students turned educators within and outside of academia, discuss their pathways into teaching, how the book Teaching Gradually, Pedagogy by and for graduate students was conceived at Cornell University's Center for Teaching Innovation and how lessons shared by graduate students have impacted the co-editors as well-as educators across the country. Teaching Gradually was released in October 2021 by Stylus Publishing Company (Acquired by Routledge/Taylor and Francis group in 2023) as a compilation of short 2000-word essays on practical pedagogy contributed by graduate students across universities in Canada and the United States.
Dr. Kacie Armstrong is now a visiting assistant professor of Psychology at Bowdoin College, Dr. Lauren Genova is an assistant professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware, Dr. John Wyatt Greenlee is a medieval historian turned professional cartographer, running his own business surprisedeelmaps.com where he takes requests to make custom maps and Dr. Derina Samuel is the Associate director of graduate student development and leads the international teaching assistant program in the Center for Teaching Innovation, also known as the CTI, at Cornell University. Dr. Preston Cumming is the Graduate Professional Development Lead at CU Boulder, and joined in for this two-part episode.
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