We recommend the following titles for reading groups. If your group would like to read a different title, please contact the Kaneb Center.

• Advancing Social Justice: Tools, Pedagogies, and Strategies to Transform Your Campus
  Tracy Davis and Laura M. Harrison; Jossey-Bass; 2013. 272 pages.
• Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
  John Medina; Pear Press; 2008. 301 pages.
• Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty
  James Lang; Harvard University Press; 2013. 268 pages.
• Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning
  Daniel P. Barbezat and Mirabai Bush; Jossey-Bass; 2013. 256 pages.
• The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life
  Parker Palmer; Jossey-Bass; 2007. 272 pages.
• Crafting Digital Writing: Composing Texts Across Media and Genres
  Troy Hicks; Heinemann; 2013. 208 pages.
• Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses, 2nd. Ed.
  L.Dee Fink; Jossey-Bass; 2013. 352 pages.
• Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice, 3nd Ed.
  Geneva Gay; Teachers College Press; 2018. 289 pages.
• The Culturally Inclusive Educator
  Dena Samuels; Teachers College Press; 2014. 176 pages.
• Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms, 2nd Ed.
  Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Preskill; Jossey-Bass; 2005. 336 pages. 
• Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It
  James Lang; Basic Books; 2020. 304 pages.
• Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness
  Christine Harrington, Todd Zakrajsek; Sylus Publishing, LLC; July 31, 2017. 336 pages.
• Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment
  Barbara Walvoord; Jossey-Bass; 1998. 272 pages.
• Encountering Faith in the Classroom Turning Difficult Discussions Into Constructive Engagement
  Miriam Roslyn Diamond; Stylus Publishing, LLC; 2008;. 245 pages.
• How Humans Learn
  Josh Eyler; WVU Press; 2018. 312 pages.
• How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
  Susan Ambrose, et al.; Wiley; 2010. 336 pages.
• Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom Hogan and Sathy. WVU Press, 2022. 272 pages.
• Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice, 2nd Ed.
  Maryellen Weimer; Jossey-Bass; 2013. 304 pages.
• Life of the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education
  Katie Pryal, Blue Crow Publishing, 2017. 210 pages.
• Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
  Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel; Belknap Press; 2014; 336 pages.
• Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks: Decode the Critical Thinking of Your Discipline
  Middendorf and Shopkow. Stylus Publishing, 2017. 276 pages.
• Pedagogy of the Oppressed
  Paolo Freire; Bloomsbury; orig. 1968. 232 pages.
• Peer Review of Teaching: A Sourcebook, 2nd. Ed.
  Nancy Van Note Chism; Jossey-Bass; 2007. 228 pages.
• Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, 2nd Ed.
  Garr Reynolds; New Riders; 2011. 312 pages.
• Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning
  James Lang; Jossey-Bass; 2016. 272 pages.
• Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning
  Ken Bain; Princeton University Press; 2021. 304 pages.
• Teaching and Learning STEM
  Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent; Jossey-Bass; 2016. 336 pages.
• Teaching in Eden: Lessons from Cedar Point
  John Janovy; Routledge; 2003. 208 pages.
• Teaching to Transgress
  bell hooks; Routledge; 1994; 200 pages.
• Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools & Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions
  Stephen Brookfield; Jossey-Bass; 2011. 304 pages.
• Teaching What You Don’t Know
  Therese Huston; Harvard University Press; 2009. 320 pages.
• Teaching with Your Mouth Shut
  Donald Finkel; Heineman; 2000. 208 pages.
• Team Teaching: Across the Disciplines, Across the Academy
  Kathryn Plank; Stylus; 2011. 148 pages.
• What the Best College Teachers Do
  Ken Bain; Harvard University Press; 2004. 207 pages.
• What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching
  Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, Khadijah A. Mitchell and Mallory SoRelle; Stylus Publishing; 2021. 240 pages.
• Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
  Claude M. Steele; W. W. Norton & Company; 2011. 242 pages.