About DCTEThe Center sponsors programs and events related to teaching and learning in higher education; consults and collaborates with individuals, offices, departments, and programs that impact teaching and learning; gathers and disseminates resources on teaching and learning in higher education to all teaching faculty; and produces, supports, and promotes the scholarship of teaching and learning on campus and in the broader higher education community.D'Amour Center for Teaching ExcellenceDCTE_af0be6da-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea00The Center for Teaching Excellence works to foster and contribute to conversations about teaching and learning at Assumption College.Assumption CollegeAll Assumption College faculty, full- and part-time, are welcome to attend Center events and take full advantage of its resources.James M. Lang, Ph.D.Director -- James M. Lang is a Professor of English and the Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College in Worcester, MA. He is a member of the Fulbright Specialist Program roster in higher educatHead Shotion. He has a B.A. in English and Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. in English from St. Louis University, and a Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University.Jim is the author of five books, the most recent of which are Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2016), Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty (Harvard University Press, 2013), and On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching (Harvard UP, 2008). He serves on the editorial board for the journal College Teaching, and edits a new series of books on teaching and learning in higher education for West Virginia University Press. He has also developed an online course on Principles of Effective College Teaching, available from Magna Publications.Jim writes a monthly column on teaching and learning for The Chronicle of Higher Education; his work has been appearing in the Chronicle since 1999. His book reviews and public scholarship on higher education have appeared in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Time, and America.Sarah Rose Cavanagh, Ph.D.Associate Director for Grants and Research -- Rose Cavanagh is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Associate Director for Grants and Research of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College in Worcester MA. She has a B.A. in Psychology and Women’s Studies from Boston University and a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Tufts University.Her research considers whether the strategies people choose to regulate their emotions and the degree to which they successfully accomplish this regulation can predict trajectories of psychological functioning over time. Most recently, she is investigating whether small interventions targeting emotions at the start of class can yield benefits for student learning. This work is funded by a generous grant from the Davis Educational Foundation and is being conducted in collaboration with James M. Lang, as well as a collaborative team centered at Tufts University and University of Massachusetts Medical School.Her book, The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, is being published by West Virginia University Press as part of James Lang’s series on teaching and learning in higher education. You can more read about it here and pre-order it here.Sarah also blogs on affective neuroscience for Psychology Today and writes essays for online and print magazines on the topic of the psychology of emotions, including Motherboard and Darling magazine.Beth PetersonInstructional TechnologistExcellent learning_af0be856-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea00To foster and contribute to conversations about teaching and learning_af0be93c-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea00TeachingLearningExcellencePrograms & EventsSponsor programs and events related to teaching and learning in higher education._af0bea0e-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea001ProgrammingConduct regularly scheduled events._af0beaea-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea001.1Regularly scheduled events include a monthly Food for Thought luncheon series; a Faculty Learning Community dinner each semester; and an Innovations in Higher Education Lecture Series in the spring.Consultation & CollaborationConsult and collaborate with individuals, offices, departments, and programs that impact teaching and learning._af0bebb2-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea002Observation & ConsultationsConsult and collaborate with Assumption College faculty members, offices, departments, and programs._af0becfc-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea002.1Assumption College FacultyAssumption College faculty members, offices, departments, and programsAssumption College OfficesAssumption College DepartmentsAssumption College ProgramsThe Director of the Center is available to consult or collaborate with individual faculty members or with offices, departments, or programs on all matters related to teaching and learning on campus.ResourcesGather and disseminate resources on teaching and learning in higher education to all teaching faculty._af0bedf6-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea003The Center gathers and disseminates resources on teaching and learning to the campus community, including information about conferences, new books and periodicals, trends in higher education, and work being done by faculty on campus.ConferencesDisseminate information about conferences._af0beee6-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea003.1Books & PeriodicalsDisseminate information about new books and periodicals._af0befcc-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea003.2TrendsDisseminate trends in higher education._af0bf0b2-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea003.3Faculty WorkDisseminate work being done by faculty on campus._af0bf18e-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea003.4Assumption College FacultyScholarshipProduce, support, and promote the scholarship of teaching and learning on campus and in the broader higher education community._af0bf274-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea004Higher Education CommunityNew Faculty OrientationWork with the new faculty throughout the year to ensure a smooth transition to teaching at Assumption College._af0bf350-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea004.1Research & ConferencesProvide research and conference support._af0bf436-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea004.2Assumption College FacultyResearch and Conference Support: The Center provides funding for faculty to attend teaching conferences in order to learn about and bring to campus the latest in innovative pedagogies; it also has funds available to support small-scale teaching innovations on campus.Teaching ConferencesProvide funding for faculty to attend teaching conferences._af0bf51c-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea004.2.1Assumption College FacultyTeaching InnovationsProvide funding to support small-scale teaching innovations on campus._af0bf60c-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea004.2.1Teaching & LearningConduct and publish research on teaching and learning in higher education._af0bf6f2-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea004.3Higher EducationScholarship of Teaching and Learning: The Director conducts and publishes research on teaching and learning in higher education, and supports and collaborates with faculty who wish to explore or produce scholarship on teaching and learning in higher education.Collaboration & SupportSupport and collaborate with faculty who wish to explore or produce scholarship on teaching and learning in higher education._af0bf7e2-13e8-11ea-bfe6-c47e2783ea004.3.1Assumption College Faculty2019-11-30http://www1.assumption.edu/cte/about/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net