Professional Development
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While at Auburn University, I have found many opportunities for professional development. They are listed below.
Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Program
Spring 2025
Semester long course designed to enhance teaching expertise using evidence-based teaching practices.
Professional Development for Emerging Education Researchers (PEER) Institute
August 2024
Six day long institute supporting “scholars as they become education researchers and expand their research expertise” focused on Discipline-based Education Research.
Pictured here with all of the participants and organizers of the field school.
Auburn University Summer Stem Institute (AUSSI)
July 2024
Weeklong workshop with tailored curriculum from the National Institute for STEM Teaching (NIST). Designed for College of Science and Mathematics faculty, postdocs, and, lab coordinators, and graduate teaching assistants to “redesign courses for student-centered, evidence-based teaching.”
Pictured here with all of the participants and organizers of the institute.
Mathematics Communication Workshop hosted by London Mathematical Society
May 2024
Online workshop focused on communicating mathematics to a wide range of audiences including students and the general public.
Merit Workshop
Spring 2024
A series of workshops “focused on active learning and components thereof, such as using active learning activities, writing rich mathematical tasks, facilitating group work, facilitating productive classroom discussions, and teaching more equitably.” Associated with associated with NSF grant #2315747.
Pictured here with Saidat, Evan, Haile, Arthur, Liam, myself, Isabel, Josey, Melinda, and Valentin.
Workshop to Forge the Yellowhammer Network of Women in the Mathematical Sciences
February 2024
Workshop designed to “provide field-specific professional development and mentoring for graduate students and faculty working in the mathematical sciences from across Alabama who identify as a cis or trans woman.”
Pictured here with Sayantani, Kirti, Haile, Charly, Isabel, myself, Melinda, and Sydney.
Mobile Summer Insitutue (MoSI)
July 2023
Weeklong workshop designed to use “evidence-based teaching practices to create inclusive, student-centered learning experiences that cognitively engage students and increase student learning.”
Auburn University EASL (Engaged Active Student Learning) Training
Summer 2022
Course that teaches instructors how to implement specific active learning techniques into their STEM classes and how it is useful for their students.