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I am delighted to announce that What Inclusive Instructors Do (2021) was a 2022 Stylus Publishing bestseller! What an honor to disseminate our work broadly to instructors and educational developers across colleges, universities, and secondary schools. As noted in the book, “Being an inclusive educator …

I have brief update to share as we welcome in the new year! Our second book, tentatively titled, Advancing Inclusive Teaching, is now under contract with Stylus Publishing. The anticipated release date is 2024. This book will focus on the growth and development of inclusive …

As I’ve partnered with instructors on their efforts to make their learning experiences more equitable and welcoming, I’ve observed a clear need—more resources that visualize inclusive teaching practices and facilitate reflection on instruction. After a few years of deliberation, generous feedback from and the involvement …

As an instructor I once had an experience where a learner taught me important lessons about student mental health. The situation occurred when I was least expecting it, as I was just about to begin teaching class in a lecture hall. I was reviewing my …

At one point in my life I took a class that had a mandatory fail policy. This meant that a line would be drawn below which certain cumulative grades would be designated as failing. Essentially, someone would fail.  This policy was very challenging for me …

Those who interact with me on a regular basis would not likely call me a quiet person. However, earlier in my life, this was not the case. I was much quieter in many of my interactions as a student and as an early professional.   There …

You might be interested in reflecting on or assessing your individual inclusive teaching efforts,  or have general questions about the climate of inclusion within your department or more broadly at your institution. You may want to know which tools already exist in the literature or …

A variety of inclusive teaching resources exist including our book What Inclusive Instructors Do, but there is an elephant in the room. This elephant consists of the personal barriers that inhibit the adoption of inclusive teaching. In a study, my co-authors and I found that …

Like a drive in an unknown territory that has multiple detours, this season of higher education has involved taking different paths for the sake of academic continuity. One group of support staff playing an important role in these efforts is educational developers. As a fellow …

On June 23, 2021 I delivered a keynote presentation for the RECAP Conference hosted by West Chester University. In preparing for the talk, I deliberated on what would help us reflect upon what we learned over these last few years of teaching in higher education …