Moving the Needle

Episode 18 - Rethinking Legal Education

Host Erin Hagar talks with Martha Ertman, the Carole & Hanan Sibel Research Professor at the University of Maryland Carey Law School.  They discuss law education, how it’s different from other disciplines, and how it’s evolving. Martha also talks about changes she's made to her teaching, based on new understandings and epiphanies she’s had about today’s generation of learners.

Episode 17 - The Mentorship Toolbox: Concrete Ways to Support Graduate Student Development

Host, Scott Riley, speaks with Dr. Tracy Irish, Clinical Assistant Professor in the STEM Master of Arts in Education program at UMBC and Jennifer Aumiller, Director of the Career and Professional Development Office of Postdoctoral Scholars in the School of Medicine at UMB about the benefits and effects of developing graduate students’ ability to teach in and outside of the classroom.

Episode 16 - Making Learning Accessible to Those of ALL Abilities

Erin speaks with Deborah Levi, Director of Educational Support and Disabilities Services (ESDS) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore about making courses as accessible as possible to the entire student body. 

Episode 15 - Announcing LEAPS, Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars

Dr. Donna Parker and Dr. Christina Cestone co-chairs of LEAPS (Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars), discuss this new initiative designed to support current faculty members at UMB by recognizing and rewarding educational scholarship and innovation, as well as help advance the career paths for UMB educators. 

Episode 14 - Teaching, Research, and Preparing the Next Generation

Dr. Scott J. Riley from UMB's School of Pharmacy discusses the roles of research and teaching in the education and training of graduate students.

Episode 13 - Creating a Welcoming and Inclusive Syllabus

In this conversation, Dr. Cynthia Cravens, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, discusses the ways in which the course syllabus can be an invitation into a relationship with a faculty member, a course, or an entire discipline.

The article that they discuss can be found here: https://journals.shareok.org/jcscore/article/view/87

Taylor, S. D., Veri, M. J., Eliason, M., Hermoso, J. C. R., Bolter, N. D., & Van Olphen, J. E. (2019). The Social Justice Syllabus Design Tool: A First Step in Doing Social Justice Pedagogy. JCSCORE, 5(2), 132-166.

 

Episode 12 - Faculty Development Through Coaching

UMB's Dr. Michelle Pearce, a clinical psychologist and Professor in the Graduate School, discusses her coaching program for UMB faculty along with a faculty/coach pair who worked together in the program last year. Lara Zauner, is a certified professional development coach and Dr. Melissa Motta is a professor in the Dept of Neurology and course director for the Neurology Clerkship at the School of Medicine.

Episode 11 - What, Exactly, is Instructional Design?

Kevin Engler, MS, Eric Belt, EdD, and Becky Menendez, MEd join host Erin Hagar, to discuss the role of the instructional designer in higher education.

Episode 10 - The Potential of Partnerships: Community Engagement and Service Learning in Higher Ed

Dr. Lori Edwards Assistant Professor in UMB's School of Nursing discusses the evolution of community engagement and service learning in higher education.

Ep 9 - Assessing Writing Using an Anti-Racist Framework

Dr. Isabell May and James Wright, MFA from University of Maryland, Baltimore's Writing Center explore the current scholarship in writing studies that addresses linguistic diversity and standards of English.