Workshops and Events
The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence is dedicated to cultivating a culture of lifelong learning, faculty development, and integrative teaching. As part of this effort, the CFDE provides workshop opportunities and events that enable faculty members to improve teaching and pedagogy approaches.
Active Learning for Student-Centered Teaching
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Presenter: Cecilia Gomez, Associate Director of Teaching and Pedagogy, CFDE
Active learning is a proven approach that transforms classrooms into dynamic spaces where students engage, apply, and reflect on what they are learning. This workshop introduces college instructors to a variety of active learning strategies that can be incorporated into courses of any discipline or class size. Participants will explore the pedagogical foundations of active learning and evidence-based techniques techniques to maximize learner-centered teaching and student engagement.
This workshop is open to all faculty, graduate students, post docs, and staff.
Course Design & Pedagogy Faculty Fellows Panel: Innovation and Reflection in Teaching & Learning
Date: November 5, 2025
Location: Zoom
Join us for an engaging discussion on course design, pedagogy, and effective teaching strategies! This moderated, second Course Design & Pedagogy (CDP)/CREATE Faculty Fellows Panel explores how some of the faculty that have completed the program engage in reflection, course (re)design, and innovation as part of their teaching and learning goals. Three faculty members will share what they have designed or redesigned as part of their Fellowship work, what they are currently working on, and what pedagogical strategies and practices they plan to implement moving forward.
The presentation includes a Q&A session with participants attending the panel. Since the Fellows represent a variety of disciplines and approaches to course design, pedagogy, and teaching effectiveness, we anticipate a dynamic and engaging discussion.
Faculty Fellows Panel
- Heather Boldt, Director and teaching faculty, Laney Graduate School, English Language Support Program
- Andrea Fitzroy, Assistant Teaching Professor of Health Equity, Emory College, Center for the Study of Human Health
- Laurie Ray, Assistant Clinical Professor; Director, Women's Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Moderator: Cecilia Gomez (CFDE & CDP/CREATE Fellowship Associate Director)
This workshop is open to all faculty, graduate students, post docs, and staff.
“What happened to reading?"
Date: November 10, 2025
Time: 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Location: Goizueta Business School, W131 (in-person workshop)
Presenter: Dr. Annie Abrams
Organized by Writing Across Emory and First-Year Writing
Co-sponsors: High Tower Fund, Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Institute for the Liberal Arts, Program in Linguistics, Department of English, Center for Faculty Development (CFDE), Emory Writing Center
"What happened to reading?" A workshop on college readiness and critical reading across the curriculum.
Following the disruption of the pandemic and the advent of LLMs, faculty expectations around student reading are increasingly unsure. In this workshop, we will have an opportunity to consider:
- What should we expect of our students when it comes to reading?
- How can we support students as they develop reading practices throughout their studies?
- What roles does reading play in our courses and curricula?
with Dr. Annie Abrams, author of Shortchanged: How Advanced Placement Cheats Students. She received her doctorate from NYU and teaches high-school English at the Bronx High School of Science. Her current reseach examines how the College Board and federal education policy shape student reading.This workshop is open to all faculty, graduate students, post docs, and staff.
Designing the Accessible Classroom
With Dr. Jennifer Sarrett, Universal Design Consultant
Date: Tuesday, November 11
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm via Zoom
In this workshop, Dr. Jennifer Sarrett will discuss how the college classroom can be designed to be as accessible as possible to all students. Inspired by Universal Design & Universal Design for Learning, her approach encourages proactively removing potential barriers to access and addressing them so that all students can benefit. It's accessibility beyond the ADA and is Universal Design for Learning beyond teaching different learning styles. Come ready to rethink your classroom policies, procedures, and structures!
Intended Audience: Faculty, Staff-educators, Instructors, Graduate Teaching Assistants
2025 Fall: "Faculty Connections" Showcase and Networking Event for International Education Week
Date: November 19, 2025
Location: Goizueta Business School (please register to receive all information about the meeting room)
- international collaborations that they are involved with in their teaching, research, or scholarly endeavors
- the type of work that is involved in these collaborations
- how the international nature of their work has enhanced their teaching, scholarship, or research
- Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor, Department of History
- Stephen D. O'Connell, Associate Professor, Economics
- Daniel Walter, Associate Professor of German and Linguistics, Oxford College, Humanities Division
- Sara Pullen, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation; Director, Emory-World Health Organization Collaborating Center
- Anita Rich, Senior Clinical Instructor, Neil Hodgson School of Nursing
- Rodrigo M Carrillo Larco, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
- Ryan Suk, Assistant Professor, Center for Data Science, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
- Nelson Steenland, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health
- Thomas Gillespie, Environmental Sciences, joint appointments with Emory College and Rollins School of Public Health
- Jim Hoesterey, Associate Professor, Religion
- Devesh Pant, Instructor, Department of Cell Biology
- Mariana P. Candido, Winship Distinguished Research Professors, History Department/ Director of the Institute of African Studies
- Kashika Singh, Teaching Professor of Hindi-Urdu, Emory College
- Peter Höyng, Professor, German Studies, Emory College
- W. Michael Caudle, PhD; Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health; Environmental Health Sciences Program
- Rewa Choudhary, Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Matthew Freeman, Professor, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health
- Roxani Eleni Margariti, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology, Ancient Mediterranean Studies
- Natalia J. Bayona Vásquez, Assistant Professor, Biology, Oxford College
- Robin Garcés-Marín, PhD Student in Organization & Management, Goizueta Business School
- Anthony (Tony) Martin, Professor of Practice, Department of Environmental Sciences
Please register by November 17.
Faculty Connections is organized by a subcommittee of the IEW planning team:
- Cecilia Gómez, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence
- Heather Boldt, Laney Graduate School
- Natalie Cruz, Global Engagement Office
- Dana Tottenham, Alumni Engagement