Mindfulness in the (Online) Classroom
As a teacher of writing and mindfulness, I often use cross-genre approaches in my classrooms. For my writing classrooms, that might mean simple breath work,
Aurora D. Bonner
April 20, 2020
Philosophy of Teaching
Leading Our Classes Through Times of Crisis with Engagement and PEACE
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has caused a fast and radical shift across colleges
Donald A. Saucier, PhD, and Tucker L. Jones, MS
March 25, 2020
The Four Agreements in Academia
While I have read the book The Four Agreements five times, I had not perused this book since I accepted a professorship in 2012. When
Emily Faulconer, PhD
March 9, 2020
Defining and Denouncing Student Shaming: A Teacher’s Reflection
*Editor’s note: Every so often we like to give Faculty Focus readers an inside look into The Teaching Professor. The following article was recently featured
Katie E. O'Leary
February 10, 2020
Purposeful Pauses and Mindful Communication: Good Techniques for Teachers
The life of a faculty member is filled with noisy busyness—planning class sessions, grading, meeting with students, advising, committee work, research, scholarship, and publications. We
Tena Long Golding, PhD
January 17, 2020
The Focus is You: Bonnie Slavych
This month’s The Focus is You features Bonnie Slavych, PhD, assistant professor of Communication Disorders at the University of Central Missouri. After Slavych’s first semester
Faculty Focus
October 10, 2019
Bringing PEACE to the Classroom
One of the most intriguing, and perhaps intimidating, aspects of walking into a class for the first time and introducing yourself is deciding who you
Donald A. Saucier, PhD
September 9, 2019
The Focus is You: Adam Arenson, Historian
In this week’s, The Focus is You, we chatted with Adam Arenson, PhD, associate professor of History at Manhattan College and director of the Urban
Faculty Focus
August 22, 2019
The Focus is You: Tracie Addy
This week on The Focus is You, we’re learning a bit more about Tracie Addy, PhD, MPhil, Director of the Center for the Integration of
Faculty Focus
August 15, 2019
Remembering Our Mission to Teach
Have you ever become so frustrated with students and overwhelmed by your workload that you start questioning what you are doing? At times it can feel suffocating. Baruti Kafele, an educator and motivational speaker offers a perspective of being mission oriented to educators and others working with young people in our nation’s classrooms. He suggests affirming your goals and motivations to facilitate successes among students. However, in the college classroom, it is also essential that we, as faculty members, remember and affirm our purpose, acknowledge the contributions we make in students’ lives and professional pursuits, and respect the call or passion that brought each of us to the teaching profession.
Candice Dowd Barnes, EdD
May 17, 2019
