Past Book Discussion Groups
Find a listing of past book discussion group selections.
2022-23 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Fall 2022
- Academic Ableism
- Ungrading
Spring 2023
- Presumed Incompetent
- Unraveling Faculty Burnout
- Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone
- After the Ivory Tower Falls
2021-22 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Fall 2021
- The Manifesto for Teaching Online, Sian Bayne, Peter Evans, Rory Ewins, Jeremy Knox, James Lamb, Hamish Macleod, Clara O’Shea, Jen Ross, Philippa Sheail, & Christina Sinclair
- Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty, James M. Lang
- Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization, Cia Verschelden
- Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto, Kevin Gannon
Spring 2022
- Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College
- Teaching in Higher Ed (Podcast)
- Teaching on Days After: Educating for Equity in the Wake of Injustice
2020-21 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Fall 2020
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, Jennifer L. Eberhardt
- Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology, by Michelle Miller
Spring 2021
- Ethics of Encounter, by Marcus Mescher
- Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes
- How to Be an Antiracist
2019-2020 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Fall 2019
- Teaching with Tension: Race, Resistance, and Reality in the Classroom, edited by Philathia Bolton, Cassander L. Smith, and Lee Bebout
- Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, by Rene Descartes
- The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World In Flux, by Cathy N. Davidson
- Spark of Learning Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, by Sarah Rose Cavanaugh
Spring 2020
- On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life, by Sarah Ahmed
- Publicly Engaged Scholars: Next-Generation Engagement and the Future of Higher Education, edited by Margaret A. Post, Elaine Ward, et al.
- Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology, by Michelle Miller
- Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle
- The Years that Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us, by Paul Tough
2018-2019 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Fall 2018
- Neuro Tribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, by Steve Silberman
- Getting Started with Team-Based Learning, by Jim Sibley and Pete Ostafichuk
- Teaching the Whole Student: Engaged Learning with Heart, Mind, and Spirit, by David Schoem and Christine Modey
Spring 2019
- IGen, by Jean M. Twenge
- Critical Condition: Replacing Critical Thinking with Creativity, by Patrick Finn
- aquamarine blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism, edited by Dawn Prince-Hughes
- Republic, Plato, translated by C.D.C. Reeve
2017-2018 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Fall 2017
- Improving How Universities Teach Science, by Carl Wieman
- Generation Z Goes to College, by Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace
- The Coaches Guide for Women Professors by Rena Seltzer
Spring 2018
- Improving Student Learning, by Allan R. Odden
- Are You Smart Enough?, by Alexander W. Astin
- The War Against Boys, by Christina Hoff Sommers
- Paying the Price, by Sara Goldrick-Rab
2016-2017 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Fall 2016
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
- Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time, by Linda B. Nilson
Spring 2017
- Traditions of Eloquence: The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies, by Cinthia Gannett and John Brereton
- Teaching to Transgress: Education as a Practice of Freedom, by bell hooks
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth
2015-2016 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Fall 2015
- Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice, by Maryellen Weimer
- Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, by Jon Krakauer
- Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, by Peter C. Brown and Henry L Roediger III
- Mindset:The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck