This episode features an interview with Jonathan Hunt, Professor of Rhetoric and Language and Director of USF’s Writing Center, who is a former member and co-chair of USF’s Academic Integrity Committee.  Jonathan reflects on USF’s Honor Code, explains the process of reporting a suspected infraction, and shares insights gleaned from research on cheating and plagiarism. The conversation also explores deeper questions about how we define “cheating,” why students take short-cuts, and how we might approach academic integrity in a manner that aligns with USF’s Jesuit values. The opening segment also includes ruminations about how ChatGPT poses both challenges and opportunities for promoting academic integrity in higher education.

In this episode, USF’s College of Arts and Sciences International Studies Assistant Professor Quỳnh N. Phạm converses with Vassar College’s Political Science Professor Andrew Davison about teaching-learning as conversation. Davison shares his pedagogy of caring and approaching students as interlocutors with insights about the material. He also shares his experience of not entering into a graded relationship with students in order to expand the range of consideration and give space to voices that tend to be silenced or excluded. Continuing the conversation, Phạm reflects with USF CTE co-directors Marilyn DeLaure and Eugene Kim on the importance of attending to students’ diverse and unequal conditions of learning, engaging multiple traditions and sources of knowledge, and fostering a co-learning space that can be “reciprocally challenging,” hospitable to risk-taking, and potentially transformative for everyone involved.

Mary Wardell-Ghirarduzzi (USF Vice Provost for Diversity Engagement and Community Outreach) and USF CTE co-directors Eugene Kim and Marilyn DeLaure reflect on ways in which race and racism factor into every aspect of life, including academia. Wardell-Ghirarduzzi discusses DECO’s work fostering dialogue about racism and equity at USF, and expresses her optimism in the wake of the racial justice protests of 2020.

Danny Dominguez (School of Education) has a conversation with Eugene about how and why she uses podcasting in her classes to connect with her students.

Marilyn talks with Kevin Lo (School of Management) about how he incorporates the Jesuit principle of cura personalis (care for the whole person) into his teaching, both in person and online.

In this episode, we talk with Kelly L'Engle (School of Nursing and Health Professions) about the work done by USF's Public Health Working Group. Join us to learn about evolving public health recommendations and safety protocols, what in-person teaching and learning might look like, and what to expect once we return to campus.

Download the USF Public Health Working Group's June 5, 2020, white paper here: http://tiny.cc/ee3osz

Heartbeat sound effect credit: Mike Koenig - http://soundbible.com/1001-Heartbeat.html

In this episode, we talk with Star Plaxton-Moore (Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good) about planning and teaching community-engaged learning courses during the pandemic. Join us in hearing about challenges, opportunities, and best practices in having students engage in online community partnerships.

Our guest is Dr. Joan Faber McAlister, who teaches at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Joan is a seasoned teacher who has offered online courses for many years. In this episode, she reflects on how teaching online enables her to do things that can’t be done in a regular classroom, and also shares specific suggestions for course design.

The first episodes of the new CTE Podcast by the University of San Francisco's Tracy Seeley Center for Teaching Excellence are now available. We invite you to listen to the short foreword, where we discuss the genesis and goals for the podcast.