Events hosted by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning are open to all University of Mississippi-affiliated faculty, staff, and students unless otherwise indicated.
2026
Analog Approaches in the Age of AI, Liz Norell and Sarah Ligon
Harness the Science of Emotion in the Age of AI: Boosting Engagement and Learning In Person and Online, Flower Darby
Enhancing Student Engagement Using Yellowdig, Laurie Babin
When and Why Students Participate in Class, Liz Norell
Celebrating International Graduate Students: A Panel and Social Hour, Emily Pitts Donahoe and Sandra Spiroff
Doing Research on Our Own Teaching: Getting Started with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Josh Eyler
Large Courses 101: Building Community, Emily Pitts Donahoe
Sparking Discussion Early in the Semester: An Experiential Workshop, Liz Norell
2025
Faculty AI Guides: What We've Learned So Far (Academic Innovations Group), Marc Watkins
Engaging Students through Reacting to the Past: Active Learning in the College Classroom, Jackie Dibiasie-Sammons
Teaching in the Current Moment (for CLA Faculty): Academic Freedom and the Classroom, Josh Eyler
Real Talk about Teaching: Normalizing Educators’ Setbacks, Struggles, and Snafus, with guest speaker Dr. Jessamyn Neuhaus, Jessamyn Neuhaus
Understanding Mental Health from a Learning Perspective, Liz Norell
Teaching In the Weeks Surrounding the Election, Josh Eyler, Liz Norell, and Emily Pitts Donahoe
Strategies for Addressing AI in Large Lecture Courses: A Panel Discussion (Academic Innovations Group), Marc Watkins and Robert Cummings
When and Why Do Students Read for Class?, Liz Norell
How to Grapple with the AI Already on Your Campus (Academic Innovations Group), Marc Watkins and Robert Cummings
Large Courses 101: Active Learning, Emily Pitts Donahoe and Amitesh Singh
Teaching in the Current Moment: Academic Freedom and the Classroom, Josh Eyler
Faculty Panel: Ideas for Introducing Your Syllabus, Liz Norell
The National Academies’ 2025 Report on STEM Education: Findings and Applications, Josh Eyler
Who Are Our Students?, Emily Pitts Donahoe
Back to School: AI Edition (Academic Innovations Group), Marc Watkins and Robert Cummings
Pedagogy in Practice: A Course Design Summit with Dr. Justin Shaffer, Justin Shaffer
Understanding and Supporting Executive Function, Liz Norell
Celebrating International Graduate Students: A Panel and Social Hour, Ísis Arantes, Jamiko Deleveaux, Ivy Liu, and Nadeeja Wijayatunga
Teaching in Turbulent Times: A Community Conversation, Josh Eyler, Emily Pitts Donahoe, and Liz Norell
Infusing Purpose in the Classroom with Transparent Assignment Design, Emily Pitts Donahoe
Page by Page: Motivating Students to Embrace the Desirable Difficulties of Reading, Elizabeth Barre
Reforming Grading at the University of Mississippi, Josh Eyler
Course Design: Motivation in the Age of AI, Emily Pitts Donahoe
Course Design: What Do You Want Your Students to Remember in 20 Years?, Josh Eyler
2024
Book Launch for The Present Professor, by Liz Norell, Josh Eyler and Liz Norell
Developing a Trauma-aware Pedagogy, Emily Pitts Donahoe
Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, a book launch for Joshua Eyler, Tom Brady and Josh Eyler
Leading Difficult Discussions, Josh Eyler
Rekindling Joy & Purpose: Leveraging the Power of Human Connections for Faculty & Student Success, Isis Artze-Vega
How to Bring Down the Temperature When It Comes to Politics (In Classrooms), Liz Norell and Liz Norell
Understanding the ADA and Its Impact on Teaching, Liz Norell
Reclaiming Joy and Purpose in the Classroom—For You and For Your Students, Josh Eyler
Welcome Week Workshop: Making the First Day Count—Setting the Stage for an Engaged Class, Liz Norell
Welcome Week Workshop: Crafting Your Syllabus, Josh Eyler
Welcome Week Workshop: Who Are Our Students?, Emily Pitts Donahoe
Writing Effective Teaching Statements (partnership with Graduate School), University of Mississippi. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Place as Text Experiential Workshop, Liz Norell
Supporting Students’ Mental Health, Liz Norell
Supporting Neurodivergent Students with Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, and Dyspraxia, Liz Norell
Inclusive and Equitable Teaching Practices, Emily Pitts Donahoe and Jazmine Kelley
Alternatives to Traditional Essays, Derek Bruff and Emily Pitts Donahoe
STEM Lunch #3: Course design for student success, Ayla Gafni and Isis da Costa Arantes
Facilitating Effective Discussions for TAs and Graduate Instructors, University of Mississippi. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Teaching Today’s Students, Part 2: The Undergraduate Perspective, Emily Pitts Donahoe
Graduate Reading Group, University of Mississippi. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
STEM Lunch #2: Reconsidering class time through flipped learning, Dan Mattern, Mike Gill, Winn Hutchcraft, and Bibek Kattel
Facilitating Active Learning for STEM TAs, Emily Pitts Donahoe and Amitesh Singh
Teaching Today’s Students, Part 1: Pedagogy for a New Era, Joshua Eyler and Emily Pitts Donahoe
STEM Lunch #1: Helping students learn how to learn, Sharday Ewell
Inclusive and Equitable Teaching Practices, Emily Pitts Donahoe and Jazmine Kelley
Podcasts & puzzles, University of Mississippi. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Yes, And: Igniting Your Pedagogical Imagination, Emily Pitts Donahoe, Derek Bruff, Joshua Eyler, and Liz Norell
Campus writing group, University of Mississippi. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Introduction to SoTL: Where teaching & research meet, Liz Norell
Winter AI Institute, Emily Pitts Donahoe
2023
STEM Lunch Series: Student Belonging in STEM, Rebecca Symula, Susan Pedigo, and Jessica Osborne
Beyond ChatGPT: New Tools to Augment Your Research, Derek Bruff, Kellye Makamson, and Marc Watkins
Getting Started with Alternative Grading, Emily Pitts Donahoe and Josh Eyler
Working with Neurodivergent Students and Colleagues, Liz Norell
Space Matters: Active Learning Instruction in an Active Learning Classroom, Derek Bruff and Amitesh Singh
STEM Lunch Series: Alternative Grading Practices, Eden Tanner and Derek Bruff
Faculty Reading Group: Cheating Lessons, by James Lang, Josh Eyler
STEM Lunch Series: Supplemental Instruction and Other Student Supports, Emily Rowland, Jennifer Meyer, Abigayle Talbot, Reid Bain, and Kaleb Henry
A Pedagogy of Kindness, Cate Denial
Teaching in the Age of AI: What’s Working, What’s Not, Derek Bruff and Robert Cummings
What Instructors Need to Know When Working with Neurodivergent Students, Liz Norell
Inclusive and Equitable Teaching Practices, co-hosted by CETL and the Office of Diversity and Community Engagement, Emily Pitts Donahoe and Jazmine Kelley
Pedagogy Podcasts & Puzzles, Liz Norell
Generative AI on the Syllabus, Derek Bruff and Robert Cummings
2019
Faculty SoTL Poster Session, UM Faculty
Faculty Development Luncheon UM Critical Race Studies Group, UM Critical Race Studies Group
Faculty Development Luncheon with Alexander Heffner (PBS), Alexander Heffner
FacChat with Josh Eyler (Rice University), Josh Eyler
Faculty Development Luncheon with Josh Eyler (Rice University), Josh Eyler
Faculty Development Luncheon with Jami Mathewson (Wiki Ed), Jami Mathewson
Presentation “Wikidata: A New Tool for the Classroom” with Jamie Mathewson (Wiki Ed), Jami Mathewson
Presentation “Diversifying the Faculty” with Dr. Deborah Goldberg (University of Michigan), Deborah Goldberg
Winter Workshop with Dr. Todd Zakrajsek, Todd Zakrajsek
2018
Graduate Instructors’ Seminar in Teaching (GIST), UM Faculty
Dr. Dave Kung (St. Mary’s College of Maryland), David Kung
FacChat on Diversity in the STEM Fields, UM Faculty
UM FacChat with David Kung (St. Mary's College of Maryland), David Kung
Graduate Instructors’ Seminar in Teaching (GIST), UM Faculty
FacChat on Open Educational Resources (OER) and Grant, UM Faculty
Open Educational Resources (OER), Robert Cummings
UM FacChat with Dr. Robert Cummings, Robert Cummings
Graduate Instructors’ Seminar in Teaching (GIST), UM Faculty
Leadership and Growing Leaders, Tim Elmore
Faculty Development Luncheon: Intro to the Writing Center, Brad Campbell
New Faculty Reception, UM Faculty
GI/TA Training Workshop, UM Faculty