May 6 | 2025 Teaching & Learning Symposium
LOCATION: ALUMNI HOUSE
DATE/TIME: May 6 | 8:30 AM – 4 PM
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
We will celebrate the accomplishments of educators, connect with colleagues and communities of practice, and collaborate to advance educational innovation.
Register Below
Keynote
Finding a Pedagogy of Hope
Professor Kevin Gannon
Abstract: This session will invite attendees to consider strategies to cultivate and sustain motivation–both for ourselves and our students. We’ll examine the barriers to teaching and learning we’ve encountered after “pandemic pedagogy” and critically reflect on how and why they exist–as well as how we might surmount them. In a guided discussion and reflection, we’ll examine the foundations of a pedagogy rooted in hope and discern what that looks like for our own contexts. Finally, we’ll have the opportunity to frame commitments that also honor our need for sustainability and solidarity.
About Dr. Kevin Gannon
Kevin Gannon is the Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence and Professor of History at Queens University of Charlotte, in North Carolina. Gannon arrived at Queens after a nearly 25-year faculty career in which he served as a program director and department chair, among other roles, before moving into educational development full time. He is the author of Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto (WVU Press, 2020), and the co-editor of The Campus Crisis Toolkit: Strategies and Solidarity for the Rest of Us, publishing later this year from SUNY Press. Gannon is a regular contributor to The Chronicle of Higher Education, and his writing on higher education and history has appeared in such outlets as The Washington Post, CNN, and Vox.
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Learn more about Dr. Kevin Gannon: https://thetattooedprof.com/
Symposium Sessions
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
- 45 minute session (interactive)
- Presenters facilitate a hands-on experience for attendees to conceptualize and build a new approach for teaching or student engagement.
- Designed for attendees to create actionable plans or products to use in their teaching.
Workshops 10:15 – 11:00
- The Pedagogy of Play: Lessons from Capital & The Other Board game + Incorporating Gaming in the Classroom – Sethu Nguna & Matt Newcomb
- The Art of Reading (and Teaching) Theory – Gabriel Matthews
- A Panel with No Panelists: Teaching Under Scrutiny and Finding a Way Forward – Phil Wagner
- Student Insights: Enhancing Engagement in COLL 100 and COLL 150 – Lori Jacobson
Workshops 11:15 – 12:00
- From Theory to Practice: Applying UDL for More Inclusive Teaching – Shaimaa Ibrahim
- Let’s Deliberate – Elizabeth Miller
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Engaging Faculty Colleagues in a Changing Higher Education Environment – Kitty Maynard, Gilpatrick Hornsby, Kevin Gannon, & Adam Barger
- A Somatic Approach to Learning: Integrating Movement into Core Instruction – Valerie Winborne
Workshops 1:20 – 2:05
- AI Networking: Tools, Techniques, and Thought Partners – Camille Andrews
- Using Blackboard AI Chat and Discussion Tools for Student Reflection – Meghan Miller
- Developing Your Broader Impact Identity – Hilary Parmentier, Lisa Lawrence, & Celia Cackowski
- Maximizing Growth Mindset in Curriculum Building – Orley Estrada
SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS
- 25 minute session (presentation)
- Presenters share a teaching and learning practice and facilitate discussion on their experience.
- Designed to provide both depth of information and examples attendees can discuss.
Spotlights 2:20 – 2:45
- Student Learning and Development in the Age of AI – Jim Barber
- Helping students learn: Lessons from comedy, magic, and the big screen – Josh Erlich
- The Role of Personal Storytelling in Teaching Effectiveness – Saurav Pathak
- Bringing Policy to Life: Using Role-Play Activities to Help College Students Bridge the Gap Between Policy, Research, and Theory – Joseph Boselovic
Spotlights 3:00 – 3:25
- The Classroom Era: Critical Reflections on Teaching Taylor Swift – Jay Jolles
- Modifying the Scrum Framework to Develop Teamwork Skills – Alexandra Joosse
- PROPELing Teaching and Learning Forward at William & Mary – Lessons Learned – Leslie Grant
- Career Readiness in Higher Education – Kelly O’Shaughnessy
Spotlights 3:40 – 4:05
- Building Bridges: Deepening Student Connections Through Honesty, Authenticity, and Relatability – Katelyn Oxer
- Mentoring Student Researchers – Sarah Glosson
- AI as a Learning Coach – Jeff Kaplow
- Effective Teaching Principles Framework – Josh Burke
Spotlights 4:20 – 4:45
- 13 Things Nobody Tells You About Teaching College Students – Kevin Smith
- How do students and faculty experience alternative assessment?: Preliminary research findings – Kylie Korsnack & Gabriel Matthews
- Sharing Your Degree: Teaching Students to Engage Different Publics – Terrell Taylor & Isaiah Speight
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Coaching Students to Improve Their Study and Learning – Paul Heideman
POSTER SESSIONS
- Presenters host a printed poster to share highlights from a teaching and learning experience, emerging idea, or research project.
- AI Tutors in the Classroom – Aturo Castellanos
- Enhancing Andragogy with Participatory Action Research Methods: Implementing Photovoice in a Graduate-Level Counselor Education Course – Amber Pope
- Beyond the Classroom: Student-Led Digital Humanities and Long-Term Learning – Thenesoya Martin
- Building a Foundation for Higher-Order Thinking: Enhancing Doctoral Student Engagement in Quantitative Methodology Courses – Ailidh Wallace
- Alumni Engagement through Online Community-Building and Relational Interviewing – Monica Griffin & Maxwell Tipple-Cloe
- Engaging Students with Reflections – Leslie Cochrane
- A Fluid Approach to Chemistry – Isaiah Speight
PARTNER FAIR
Join us for a partner fair featuring units from across William & Mary’s campus.
| Partner Unit | Table Lead |
| W&M Libraries | Mary Oberlies |
| Information Technology | Kristy Walker |
| The Reves Center for International Studies | Kate Hoving |
| The Center for the Liberal Arts | Josh Erlich |
| The Writing and Communication Center | Lori Jacobson |
| The Center for Geospatial Analysis | Shannon White |
| Career Development & Professional Engagement | Kathleen Powell |
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