Join the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative (UHI) for an information session to learn about the Graduate Certificate in Urban Humanities! This will be an opportunity to meet the core faculty and alumni and ask any questions you have about the program. When: Monday, June 15, noon-1pm Where: Zoom RSVP for Zoom Link The Urban...
The aim of this workshop is to help further develop your confidence in your ability to teach remotely by exposing you to a variety of active learning strategies in digital environments. We will help you begin developing a toolkit for engaging your students effectively during an online discussion section, with opportunities to practice these tools....
Being a TA can be challenging. You juggle research, teaching schedules, important meetings, and your personal life. There is no universal roadmap for how to keep all of these priorities balanced and sequenced properly, but this workshop will help you organize your quarterly schedule and prioritize tasks according to importance and urgency. You will learn...
Ready, Set, Teach! is an annual gathering for faculty, graduate student instructors, and undergraduate students that aims to foster a community around teaching and learning in the humanities, to energize instructors for the new school year, and to highlight student learning experiences. TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 11:00AM-12:30PM Roundtables on Equitable Remote Teaching Inclusive Student Engagement...
Join the Center for the Advancement of Teaching for a hands-on workshop exploring strategies for using technology to foster active learning and student engagement in remote courses. Participants will learn how to maximize the use of Zoom breakout rooms and gain practical experience with online polling and a variety of digital collaboration tools. Attendees will...
Examining one’s own social identity development lays groundwork for authentically preparing to teach equitably and inclusively. Through guided self-reflection and group activities, we will explore how our identities impact our roles as educators and examine ways that social identity threat and other forms of bias negatively impact students. This workshop focuses on creating space for...
A contribution from Jacqueline Barrios, a former EPIC fellow: Join a reading marathon what will cover France E.W. Harper's novel in one weekend beginning Saturday, October 17! It’s a page-turning convention—South LA teens welcome this work by one of the most prominent African American women writers of the nineteenth century. Meet special guests and support the USC...
This workshop, facilitated by CAT and EPIC, explores how various forms of bias impact course design and class dynamics, and helps instructors develop knowledge and skills for interrupting bias and managing hot moments in the classroom. Participants will practice recognizing intent versus impact, as well as a variety of concrete tools for troubleshooting friction in...
Please join us for a panel to prepare faculty for teaching challenges that may arise in relation to the upcoming election. Panelists: Paul Barber, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Equity Advisor for the Division of Life Sciences Nicole Green, Executive Director, Counseling and and Psychological Services (CAPS) Thu-Hoang Nguyen-Vo, Associate Professor, Asian...
Student Affairs, via the RISE Center, is hosting open election reflection spaces for undergraduate and graduate students on November 4, 11, 18, 25 and December 2, 9 from 5:00-6:00pm. Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91910418868.
