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Advocating for Yourself: Navigating Your Role as a Researcher and Teacher

Facilitator: Dr. Allyson Mackey, Associate Professor, Psychology

Being a TA with demands from both a research advisor and teaching professor can be a lot. This workshop will discuss how to exactly navigate this in between space and advocating for yourself and needs, while aiming to meet the demands of your advisor and professor. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out […]


  • 108
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The Art and Science of Writing Good Exams

Facilitator: Dr. Joseph Devietti of Computer and Information Science & Dr. David Issadore of Bioengineering

Writing exams that are challenging but fair is arguably one of the most difficult tasks we face as instructors. Drs. Joseph Devietti and David Issadore will start this informal conversation by sharing their own experiences with exam writing. We’ll consider multiple approaches to creating exams that are rigorous, equitable, and aligned with course learning goals. […]


  • CETLI Seminar Room 134
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Using AI to Help Your Students Learn

Facilitator: Drs. Amanda P. Bettencourt, Nursing & Prasanna (Sonny) Tambe, Operations, Information and Decisions

How can instructors use generative AI in ways that help students learn (rather than allow students to take shortcuts)? This conversation will start with Amanda Bettencourt of Nursing and Sonny Tambe of OID talking about how they have used generative AI to improve student learning and promote more interaction with course materials and skills. 


  • Vagelos 2000
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Teaching Students of Different Levels

Facilitator: Dr. Jeffrey D. Winkler, Merriam Professor of Chemistry

A workshop geared towards managing a variety of skill levels and familiarity with course content. Join us for a discussion on actionable ways to create a productive learning environment in classrooms where students have a range of background knowledge. TAs from all disciplines are welcome. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.


  • CETLI Seminar Room 134
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Integrating Your Research and Teaching

Facilitator: Jaydee Edwards, CETLI Graduate Fellow, Earth & Environmental Sciences, and Liz Hallgren, CETLI Graduate Fellow, Communication

How can your teaching practice support your research? And how can your research improve your teaching? This workshop will address the misconception that teaching is a distraction for researchers. We will discuss ways to integrate your teaching role with your research goals and how to articulate the ways in which your teaching positively impacts your […]


  • CETLI Seminar Room 134
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Making Your Recitations More Effective: Tools from the Weingarten Center

Facilitator: Oscar Escudero-Ortega, STEM Learning Specialist, Weingarten Center

Join STEM Learning Specialist, Oscar Escudero-Ortega to discuss Weingarten approved tools and strategies that can be implemented in structuring an effective recitation. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Neuroscience department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.


  • 134 (CETLI Seminar Room)
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Trans-Affirming Pedagogy for Graduate Students

Facilitator: Nat Rivkin, CETLI Graduate Fellow for Inclusive and Equitable Teaching

This workshop will offer applicable strategies for graduate instructors across disciplines to make their classrooms more inclusive of gender expansive students. Drawing on Hil Malatino’s Trans Care (2020), we will discuss practical methods to refine and reorient our approaches to trans-affirming pedagogy. Participants are encouraged to bring and share trans-inclusive teaching strategies and course materials […]


  • 0301
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Teaching Technical Topics

Facilitator: Dr. Alex J. Hughes, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Bioengineering department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.


  • 543 - Cherpack Lounge
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From Application to Campus Visit: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Job Market

Facilitator: Dr. Corine Labridy, Assistant Professor, French and Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies

Dr. Labridy will be discussing how to showcase your strengths in your application materials and what happens during interviews and campus interviews. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the […]


  • CETLI Seminar Room 134
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Helping Students Read More Effectively

Facilitator: Drs. Michael Kane, Economics & Paul K. Saint-Amour, English

Instructors often assign students reading as a way to get students ready for class.  Students, however, sometimes are not sure what role the readings play in class. To begin this conversation, Michael Kane from Economics and Paul Saint-Amour from English will talk about how they motivate students to do the reading and help students understand […]


  • 101
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Helping Students in Distress, Featuring Penn’s Wellness Team

Facilitator: Mia Tian, College Mental Health Clinician, International Specialist, Counseling and Psychological Services

Are you prepared to help a student in distress? Join us for a workshop led by Wellness team member Mia Tian focused on supporting students in difficult times. In this workshop, we will talk about signs of stress, distress, and crisis. You will also learn some general skills to communicate effectively, create a supportive environment, […]


  • CETLI Seminar Room 134
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Teaching Outside Your Area of Expertise

Facilitator: Jeremy Steinberg, CETLI Graduate Fellow, Religious Studies & Lourdes G. Contreras, CETLI Graduate Fellow, Italian Studies

While graduate research training is generally tailored to a specific and narrow subject area, graduate students are often asked to teach or TA courses on a wide range of topics. This might include a survey course in which your area of expertise is just one small component, a course on a topic selected to increase […]


  • Seminar Room, 6th Floor
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Teaching Outside of the Tenure Track

Facilitator: Drs. Steven Weitzman, Ella Darivoff Director, Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies & Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures, Religious Studies; Natalie B. Dohrmann, Associate Director, Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies & Adjunct Professor, Religious Studies; and Anne Oravetz Albert, Klatt Family Director for Public Programs, Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, Lecturer, History

The vocation of teaching in Religious Studies and related disciplines is not restricted to those scholars who hold tenure-track jobs, and its audience is not restricted to undergraduate and graduate students. In this workshop, Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Director Steve Weitzman, Associate Director Natalie Dohrmann, and Director of Public Programs Anne Albert will […]


  • 360
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Teaching (and more) with Tech

Facilitator: Ananth Srinivas, 6th year PhD Candidate, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Are you feeling like you want to engage with your students through tech? Do you hope to make your presentations and materials more interactive? Do you want some different ideas on aesthetics and design on your material? Join us for a workshop with Ananth on the power of technology in the classroom and in your […]


  • 327
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Lessons Learned from Implementing Structured Active Learning for an Undergrad Course

Facilitator: Dr. Kevin T. Turner, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.


  • Class of 1968 Seminar Room
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Teaching and Mentorship in the Research Lab

Facilitator: Aoife O'Farrell, CETLI Graduate Fellow, Bioengineering & Taylor Tomlinson, CETLI Graduate Fellow, Chemistry

Planning to mentor an undergrad or rotation student in the research lab this summer or fall? Hear from our experienced panelists about tips, tricks, and benefits of mentorship in the lab setting. Food will be provided! All graduate students welcome! Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.  


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Leveraging Generative AI to Develop Practice Questions

Facilitator: CETLI Staff

In this session, we’ll explore prompts and strategies to optimize the use of generative AI tools like Bing, ChatGPT, and Gemini to develop and refine practice questions for students. Participants will have an opportunity to experiment with prompting AI tools during the session and will discuss their experiences in generating questions that align with their […]


  • CETLI Seminar Room 134
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Teaching a Combined Graduate and Undergraduate Class

Facilitator: Drs. Mona B. Merling, Mathematics & Donovan O. Schaefer, Religious Studies

Faculty teaching co-listed undergraduate and graduate classes face the challenge of designing a class for students who have different preparation, different expertise and different motivations for taking the course.  This conversation will feature Mona Merling from Math and Donovan Schaefer from Religious Studies who will share how they create classes that support learning for both […]


  • 4th Floor, Room 425 (past Ormandy Center)
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Music to Your Students’ Ears: Library Resources for TAs and Instructors

Facilitator: Liza Vick, Head of the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library

Music librarian Liza Vick will walk graduate students through the available resources for incorporating music into their teaching materials. This workshop is appropriate for both music and humanities TAs and instructors, as well as graduates from any other disciplines who are interested in incorporating musical sound in their teaching. All graduate students are welcome. This event […]


  • 113
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Active Learning in the Upper Level STEM Classroom

Facilitator: Dr. Brian Gregory, Professor, Biology

Active learning can be an incredible tool to help many students learn and succeed in the classroom. In this workshop we will hear from Dr. Brian Gregory about the active learning strategies he employs in his upper level biology course Genomic Sciences and Genomic Medicine. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of […]


  • 101
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Every Day is a Good Day: Cultivating Connection in the Music Classroom, Featuring Eugene Lew

Facilitator: Eugene Lew, Director of Sound & Music Technology, Music

Join veteran music instructor Eugene Lew for a conversation about project-based learning, working across disciplines, and building collaborative relationships in and out of the classroom. Eugene will share how he integrates his experience with experimental music into the classroom to facilitate a culture of discovery and exploration. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the […]


  • 134 (CETLI Seminar Room)
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Trans-Affirming Pedagogy in Language Classrooms: Creating and Modifying Course Materials

Facilitator: Dr. Julia Heim, Italian Studies

This workshop will provide practical approaches to trans-affirming pedagogy in language classrooms. We will discuss specific strategies for creating and modifying course materials that rely on gendered terms across languages. Participants are encouraged to bring and share trans-inclusive teaching strategies and course materials that have worked well for them in previous classroom settings. Open to […]


  • 134 (CETLI Seminar Room)
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Lecture Delivery Methods In STEM: How to Effectively Convey Knowledge

Facilitator: Artemis Panagopoulou, CETLI Graduate Fellow, Computer & Information Science & Marcus Tomaino, CETLI Graduate Fellow, Economics

What are different delivery methods to communicate technical information to students and when can each be applied? This workshop will explore different ways to teach STEM and quantitative classes focusing on effective uses of presentations, chalk talks, and in-class exercises. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.


  • 317
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Teaching and Generative AI: A Shock to the System…. and an Opportunity?

Facilitator: Drs. Christopher Callison-Burch, Associate Professor, Computer and Information Science & Lilach Mollick, Director of Pedagogy, Wharton Interactive

As the educational landscape evolves with technological advancements, the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) in college-level classrooms presents both opportunities and challenges. This seminar, co-facilitated by Dr. Lilach Mollick, the Director of Pedagogy at Wharton Interactive, who specializes in the development of AI-based pedagogical strategies and has created tools implemented in classrooms globally, and […]


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Teaching Polarizing Topics

Facilitator: Dr. Anthea Butler, Religious Studies

Students have social and political concerns that can enter into the classroom depending on the topic. How do we teach topics like religion, race, and gender during politically charged times? How can we facilitate productive discussions in the classroom? What kinds of pushback should we anticipate from students, and how can we mitigate it before it […]