Education Journal Club

In Spring 2023, CTEI started a journal club focused on teaching and learning topics in higher education. It is inspired and informed by faculty in the JHU Biology department who ran it enthusiastically in pre-pandemic times. The CTEI ed journal club encompasses all disciplines, so everyone from all fields are free to join us @ CTEI’s Conference Room located in the Greenhouse! We highly encourage participants to also select articles and lead the discussion!

Aside from hosting an informal chat of amazing ideas, we also serve tea and light refreshments. Please register in the link above this webpage, so we have a headcount of how much snacks to serve.

Come for the community & conversation!

Upcoming Journal Clubs

Stay tuned for the next journal club in February 2025.

Hybrid event. In-person max set to 20 participants, virtual max unlimited.

Past Ed Journal Clubs

Monday, December 9, 2024

11 am – 12 pm

Topic: Equity-Minded Syllabus Review Guide

Friday, November 1, 2024

2 – 3 pm

Topic: Investigating Instructor Talk among Graduate Teaching Assistants in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Classrooms

Friday, September 27, 2024

2 – 3 pm

Topic: Student wellbeing and its impact on how students learn

Article: Teaching & Training Specialist Catrish Griffin (Department of Mathematics) will lead the discussion of this article: “Understanding the connection between student wellbeing and teaching and learning at a Canadian Research University: A Qualitative Student Perspective” (Lindsay et al., 2022).

Discussion Leader: Catrish Griffin, Teaching & Training Specialist (Dept of Mathematics)

Hybrid event. In-person max set to 20 participants, virtual max unlimited.

Friday, May 10th, 2024

2 – 3 pm

Topic: Teaching Specialists

Article: “A longitudinal perspective of the experiences and career trajectories of discipline-based education specialists in teaching and learning in higher education” (Code et al., 2023)

Discussion leader: Dean Emily Braley (Department of Mathematics)

Hybrid event. In-person max set to 20 participants, virtual max unlimited.

Friday, April 5th, 2024

2 – 3 pm

Topic: Comparing Course Practices

Article: “Prestige or education: college teaching and rigor of courses in prestigious and non-prestigious institutions in the U.S.” (Campbell, Jimenez, Arrozal, 2018)

Discussion leader: Dr. Anne-Elizabeth Brodsky (University Writing Program)

Hybrid event. In-person max set to 20 participants, virtual max unlimited.

Friday, March 1st, 2024

2 – 3 pm

Topic: Pedagogical strategies

Article: “A Study Planning Exercise Associated with Decreased Distraction Levels among Introductory Biology Students” (Walck-Shannon et al., 2024)

Discussion leader: Dr. Rebecca Pearlman (Department of Biology)

Hybrid event. In-person max set to 20 participants, virtual max unlimited.

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

2 – 3 pm 

Topic: Deficit views on mentoring

Article: “Mentoring in neuropsychology: How theory and practice can support diverse mentees” (Sparks & Ellison, 2022)

Discussion leader: Dr. Constanza Miranda (Department of Biomedical Engineering)

Hybrid event. In-person max set to 20 participants, virtual max unlimited.

Friday, October 6th, 2023

2 – 3 pm 

Topic: Evidence-based, practical mentoring strategies

Discussion leader: Dr. Sunita Thyagarajan (Department of Chemistry)

Maximum in-person capacity reached, but we still welcome virtual participants).