Gabriela Pleschova and I just published an essay in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, analyzing 3 recent books books on student belonging in higher ed. Free version: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/S4EDS... If you can't access the essay, ping me and I'll get it to you.

Alone Together? New Insights on Belonging for Student and Institutional Success

Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 58, No. 3, 2026)

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Drew Koch: Relationships are the most important feature of successful innovation! Harnessing relationship-rich learning environments can result in transformative change, inspired by the work of @peterfelten.bsky.social, Leo Lambert, @isisartzevega.bsky.social, and Oscar Miranda Tapia. #Gardner25

Celebrating (wooooohoooo!) the release of my new book, Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom (@oupress.bsky.social) with a refreshed website. Find info & bonus open access materials on the Books page: jessamynneuhaus.com/books

Books by Jessamyn Neuhaus — Jessamyn Neuhaus

Scholarship of teaching and learning...with a side of snark

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Historians - as you think about the new semester, consider this first-day exercise as a way to get conversation going about what historians *actually* do, and the context within which we do it. catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...

Excited to see this one out! I got to read an advance copy and it is a great read. Kudos @dgooblar.bsky.social!

I'm excited to see this article with @peterfelten.bsky.social published in Change: "Learning and Teaching with AI". We draw on three 'big' books on AI and link them to, among other things, discussion of Kapur's ideas of productive & unproductive failure & success www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Learning and Teaching with AI

Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 57, No. 3, 2025)

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I've started explicitly addressing some of what's described in this article as I go on my merry way, institution to institution insisting that we can and must continue to teach writing. There's two main risks. Both are real. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

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Highly recommend this piece by D. Graham Burnett that really grapples with the fact that LLMs can produce an incredibly convincing simulation of human thought, but also why we can't treat the simulation as the same was what happens when humans think. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?

Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.

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I love this - confronting low attendance and disengement by making students feel like they matter rather than jumping to the-lecture-is-dead or banning recordings. #AcademicSky www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/not-a...

Not all students want to fit in, but every student wants to matter

Making students feel they matter can dramatically improve lecture attendance. Here are ways to do it

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New exhibit on campus about US & UK propaganda posters from world wars, curated by a fab Elon University student. Which of these seems most appropriate for today?

Have you heard about the virtual gathering for #EducationalDevelopers #EdDevs? We are especially interested in platforming presenters who are not typically lead presenter. This is your time to shine #InCommunity #SoTL #SoED! #Gather2Resist25 bit.ly/VirtualGathe...

Today on the podcast, another Take It or Leave It panel! Three amazing guests -- @liznorell.bsky.social, @bbarre.bsky.social, and Bryan Dewsbury -- discuss recent hot takes on teaching and learning. It's artificial binaries and deep discussion! intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/epis...

Take It or Leave It with Liz Norell, Betsy Barre, and Bryan Dewsbury - Intentional Teaching

We’re back with another Take It or Leave It panel. I invited three colleagues whose work and thinking I admire very much to come on the show and to compress their complex and nuanced thoughts on teach...

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I had the best time chatting with Christopher Richmann for the Professors Talk Pedagogy podcast. You can listen in at this link! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

Kindness in the Academy with Catherine Denial

Podcast Episode · Professors Talk Pedagogy · 02/19/2025 · 42m

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@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social I think this links well to our work on what makes students trust teachers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Engineering students trust teachers who ask, listen, and respond

Trust is an important aspect of learning. However, there is little published research on how students perceive its value. In this article, we report on engineering students’ perceptions of the role...

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Gavan Watson, PhD@gavan.ca · 2y ago

New paper in the Canadian Journal for #SoTL has a study with implications for large-classroom teaching: it’s subtle cues like eye contact and smiling that seem to boost student perceptions of teaching quality. Read more in the paper: ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...

For over 20 years, I've been at schools affiliated w the Council of Independent Colleges; in my experience, CIC has been an unflinching advocate for higher education. So I'm unsurprised, but still heartened, to see this from CIC president Marjorie Hass today. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

My new book is here! In this book I draw upon my research with students and educators to examine how we might find meaningful ways to be critical in contemporary times. The book considers some ways we might enact a relational critical practice

Can we change the quality and status of teaching in higher education? @joniuzzini.bsky.social and I explore that with insights from books by @xueliwang.bsky.social, Mary Wright, & Corbin Campbell. Our answer: only if we do this together. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QZXTN...

Changing the Quality and Status of Teaching in Higher Education

Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 57, No. 1, 2025)

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New on the UVA Teaching Hub: A collection of resources on the use of self-study to reflect on and document one's teaching, curated by Cynthia Korpan from the U. of Victoria. teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...

Self-Study for Teaching Documentation — UVA Teaching Hub

<p>How do you successfully document your teaching? In this collection, you will explore self-study approaches that provide you with an authentic representation of your teaching based on evidence of wh...

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These will be excellent -- Michael Reder, Bryan Dewsbury, and Mays Imad are amazing individually and together.

Equity Unbound@equityunbound.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 Three free and exciting upcoming sessions that we hope would be of interest! Note: separate registrations. 👉 'Teaching as Intentional Process & Critical Practice: A Syllabus Workshop' by Michael Reder. 21/12/2025 5-7 pm Cairo/ 3-5 pm UTC/10 am-12 pm ET. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

So much fun to talk with @bonni208.bsky.social & Kassidy Puckett about relationship-rich education at scale. 1-on-1 interactions are great, but what about teaching dozens or hundreds of students? We talk new research on Teaching in Higher Ed @tihe.bsky.social: teachinginhighered.com/podcast/rela...

Relationship-Rich Education at Scale, with Peter Felten + Kassidy Puckett – Teaching in Higher Ed

Peter Felten + Kassidy Puckett share about relationship-rich education at scale on episode 551 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

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my 75+ text OER Annotated Bibliography on Belonging in Education is live! it's the academic foundation underpinning my sabbatical Belonging Project: bonstewart.com/belonging/th... if you know of a book/paper on belonging that would enrich this collection, let me know :)

Powerful, inspiring new book by Adriana Aldana, Counterstory Pedagogy: Student Letters of Resilience, Healing, and Resistance. This (open access/free) book (to quote book site) introduces "a tool to challenge dominant cultural narratives & amplify marginalized voices in HE" doi.org/10.36284/cel...

Counterstory Pedagogy

Counterstory Pedagogy showcases the richness of experiences and self-reflection that result from engaging students in counterstory letter writing.

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Join @kiftsally.bsky.social and many, many other brilliant colleagues at this online conference in June!

Sally Kift@kiftsally.bsky.social · 2y ago

👇 #Excited 2 joint keynote w @peterfelten.bsky.social 🌏 #OxfordBrookes Internat T&L Conf 2025 #AcademicAdvising: Nurturing the will to learn🫶 🗓️18-19 June 25 👏AND 19 June #Online #Open2All Call for subs: 🎯 By 31/06/25 💻 tinyurl.com/3pt7w3yv @profsallybrown.bsky.social @herdjournal.bsky.social

Kassidy Puckett & I analyzed ~2000 faculty responses about 'what works' to build classroom relationships with/among HE students. We find 4 main categories: (1) empathy, (2) collaboration/group work, (3) individual interactions, (4) personal stories. www.centerforengagedlearning.org/what-works-w...

“What Works” When Building Educational Relationships?

Faculty mentioned empathy, collaboration, individual interactions with students, and sharing personal stories helps build relationships.

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Learning is, at root, a social activity. For it to be most meaningful, learning has to be done in community. Content delivery is not learning. Plug-and-chug autograded virtual worksheets are not learning.

Jose Vilson, PhD@thejosevilson.com · 2y ago

It's not that I "hate" Sal Khan or that I don't think children don't deserve personalized learning. However, this AI drive is flawed: it assumes that children learn best in isolation. Bringing each child up to speed is fine, but not to the detriment of learning with a community of co-learners.

Higher ed. book of the day: Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College —the classic by @peterfelten.bsky.social and Leo Lambert. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social #StudentSuccess #HigherEd

Thank you @pankisseskafka.bsky.social for this gift: "(Keep in mind: You do not need hours and hours of uninterrupted bliss to commune with Lady Intellect. That is a myth invented by male scholars in the 1950s so they could neglect their families.)" www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

Advice | How to Procrastinate Productively

Self-subterfuge is a key aspect of academic motivation.

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