Wisconsin Teaching Scholar

July 1, 2025

UW-Milwaukee Professor of Communication Wisconsin Teaching Scholar, 2020-22 Co-Director, Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars (Starting in 2026) Nothing happens the way you expect it to. The trick is to find joy and meaning in the unexpected. Changing universities is simultaneously thrilling and daunting. I had established myself at my previous university, earned tenure, and was […]

July 1, 2025

UW-Green Bay Associate Professor of English and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Wisconsin Teaching Fellow (2012-2013) (University of Wisconsin–Sheboygan) Wisconsin Teaching Scholar (2017-2018) (University of Wisconsin–Sheboygan) Embracing Technicolor in Teaching and Learning What I love most about the WTFS program is the space to think about, talk about, and even fail at, teaching interventions–or, more […]

July 1, 2025

UW-Madison Professor, Dairy Systems Management Affiliate Faculty, The Nelson Institute Wisconsin Teaching Fellow, 2001 Wisconsin Teaching Scholars, 2009 In writing this essay I hope to share with you, dear readers, the central role that the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has played in my professional growth and development as a member of the University […]

April 12, 2025

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Wisconsin Teaching Scholar (UW-Eau Claire), 2002-03 Bridging SoTL in Teaching, Research, and Leadership: A Personal Reflection Higher Education was my second career. I served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Clinical Director for almost 10 years. When I first began teaching it […]

April 7, 2025

UW-Oshkosh Professor, Teaching & Learning Wisconsin Teaching Scholar, 2020-21 As a teacher educator, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has impacted my understanding of teaching, learning and my role within a classroom in a variety of ways. Over many years I learned a great deal from my colleagues at UW Oshkosh who were engaged […]

April 7, 2025

UW-Green Bay Professor& Director, Social Work Professional Programs Wisconsin Teaching Fellow, 2019-20   My interest in assessing learning through my courses’ outcomes preceded my involvement in SOTL—in fact, as a new higher education instructor, I had never heard of the scholarship of teaching and learning. I had presented in two different venues on teaching strategies […]

April 7, 2025

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-Barron County Professor Emeritus of Communication Arts and French  Wisconsin Teaching Scholar, 2003-04   The Role that SoTL Played in My Career in Higher Education The year 2004 was a transformative year in my career in higher education. I had been teaching in the Communication and Theatre Arts Department in Wisconsin’s two-year […]

April 7, 2025

UW-River Falls Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Wisconsin Teaching Fellow, 2001-02 Wisconsin Teaching Scholar, 2009-10 Co-Director, Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars, 2012-18   I arrived at UWRF in the fall of 1999 planning to continue the disciplinary research I was trained to do as a graduate […]

April 7, 2025

Rollins College Director, Endeavor Foundation Center for Faculty Development Wisconsin Teaching Fellow (University of Wisconsin-Barron County), 2001-02 Wisconsin Teaching Scholar (University of Wisconsin-Barron County), 2006-07 Co-Director, Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars, 2006-11   When I was in graduate school, I was part of a year-long, university-wide program for graduate students who’d won the campus’s teaching […]

April 4, 2025

University of Wisconsin-Richland Professor Emeritus of English Wisconsin Teaching Scholar, 2008-09 The feeling of solidarity and connection was crucial as I kept on teaching. It was a long career, and harder and harder as the years went on thanks to political shenanigans. But connecting with SoTL as a discipline and WTFS colleagues were vital lifelines. […]