My approach to teaching and educational development has been heavily influenced by pedagogical training from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan and the American Association of Philosophy Teachers.
Grants
2021-2023: Large Course Initiative Grant for COGSCI 200: Introduction to Cognitive Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
2021 Instructional Development Fund Grant, Center for Research on Learning & Teaching, University of Michigan
Project: “Illuminating Interdisciplinary Writing and Research in Moral Psychology: A Speaker Series”
Recent Teaching Programs
(upcoming) Winter 2024 Sweetland Faculty Fellow, University of Michigan (competitive selection)
2021 Large Course Initiative, “Teaching Beyond COVID,” University of Michigan (competitive selection)
2021 Inclusive Teaching Program for Lecturers, Center for Research on Learning & Teaching, University of Michigan (competitive selection)
Scholarship
Kearns, K., Hatcher, M., Bollard, M., DiPietro, M., Donohue-Bergeler, D., Drane, L., Luoma, E.,. Phuong, A., Thain, L., & Wright, M. (2018), “Once a scientist…": Disciplinary approaches and intellectual dexterity in educational development. To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, 37: 128-141.
In this essay, my co-authors and I discuss the unique disciplinary approaches we each bring to our work as educational developers. Further, we discuss the value of thinking inclusively about disciplinary approaches and bringing a multiplicity of disciplinary epistemologies to bear during classroom observations and consultations with clients.