Inclusive Pedagogy
The ND Learning team is committed to supporting your development of equitable teaching practices in order to serve students of all backgrounds and abilities. We offer a range of programming and resources to help faculty, staff, and other campus partners generate inclusive learning experiences.
Inclusive Pedagogy Partnership
The pedagogical partnership program pairs faculty members for a semester with undergraduate students trained in inclusive teaching practices. Our goal is that this program will provide a space for students and faculty to learn from one another about inclusive pedagogical practices that will meet the needs of our diversifying ND community. Pedagogical partnerships have been shown to promote student engagement while creating a stronger sense of community and belonging for students and faculty alike.
We invite any faculty member or postdoctoral and graduate instructors of record to learn more and sign up for the short-term partnership here. If you’re interested in the semester-long partnership, email kaneb@nd.edu.
Current Faculty Partners
Andrew Bartolini
First-Year Engineering Program
Kelley Young
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Hear from a past faculty partner:
Tan Ahn
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Fall 2022
Tsz Man Vanessa Chan
Department of Psychology
Spring 2023
Susan del Valle
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Spring 2023
Victoria Goodrich
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Spring 2022
Huy Huynh
Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations
Spring 2022
Rebecca Tinio McKenna
Department of History
Fall 2022
Nancy Michael
Department of Biological Sciences
Spring 2022
Shawn Miller
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Spring 2023
Margaret Pfeil
Department of Theology
Fall 2022
Forrest Spence
Department of Economics
Fall 2022
Maria Warren
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2023
Consultations and Workshops
We also offer a variety of ways to engage with inclusive pedagogy including workshops, individual teaching consultations, reading groups, and programmatic DEI assessments for specific departments. We can help you explore and address DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) topics such as:
- Inclusive curriculum design and syllabus development
- Creating equitable assessments, assignment descriptions, discussions, and more
- Crafting an effective diversity statement
- Implementing anti-racist teaching practices
- Facilitating difficult conversations that may arise from course content, group dynamics, or other classroom scenarios
- Responding to microaggressions
- Addressing challenging instructor/student interactions
We can also develop customized workshops on DEI topics that are of interest to your specific discipline, department, or academic program. The goal of these targeted workshops is to combine conceptual knowledge of DEI issues with practical, skills-based exercises and resources. If you would like to commission a new or existing workshop for your academic unit, please contact us at kaneb@nd.edu.