Professors Talk Pedagogy

Today, our guest is Dr. Laine Scales, professor in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work at Baylor University. Dr. Scales has served in many roles at Baylor, including teaching on the faculty of the School of Education, facilitating Baylor’s Summer Faculty Institute, and for many years as Associate Dean in the Graduate School, focusing on graduate student professional development. In 2016, Dr...

Today our guest is Dr. Gaynor Yancey, Lake Family endowed chair in Congregational and Community Health, Director of the Center for Church and Community Impact, and professor of social work teaching in both the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work and Truett Seminary at Baylor University. Dr. Yancey has won several teaching awards, including outstanding professor in 2006, the Cornelia Marshall Sm...

Today our guest is Dr. Thomas Fergus, associate professor of psychology at Baylor University. Dr. Fergus’ research focuses on gaining better understanding of anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder and the connections between psychological disorders and metacognitive beliefs. A published author on multiple studies related to student text anxiety, Dr. Fergus joins us today to talk about...

Today, our guest is Dr. Jennifer Cognard-Black, professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Dr. Cognard-Black has received 12 faculty development grants from St. Mary's and two Internationalization and Teaching and Learning Grants (2011 and 2016), and she has been given the highest honor for teaching that St. Mary's students bestow, the Faculty-Student Life Award, at three distinct tim...

Episode description - Today, our guest is Dr. Charles Weaver, Professor and Chair of the department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University. In 2020, Dr. Weaver was named a Baylor “Master Teacher,” the highest honor for teaching bestowed by the University. We are delighted to have him on the show to talk about Baylor’s teaching legends, enthusiasm for what you teach, and much more!

Today our guest is Dr. Anne-Marie Schultz, professor of philosophy and director of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core. We are delighted to have her on the show to talk about mentoring teachers, metaphors for teaching, and literature on teaching that speaks to the heart.

Today our guest is Dr. Helen Harris, associate professor in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work. We are delighted to have her on the show to discuss community in online learning. [medfile]