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Teaching in Higher Ed

Thank you for checking out the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students.

Bedtime Stories for Academics, with Talia Argondezzi
Oct 2026
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Choosing Metaphors and Changing Minds, with Gardner Campbell
Oct 2026 · 4 books
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Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
a dear friend and colleague named chuck jubin recommended a book called metaphors we live by by two linguists ▶ tap to play from here
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs
her big first book was death and life of great americans think that's close ▶ tap to play from here
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Dark Age Ahead
Jane Jacobs
and her last book before she passed away it was called dark ages ahead ▶ tap to play from here
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Storying Aging and the Art of Making Meaning
Stephen Katz
i want to read stephen kat's book story aging and the art of making meaning ▶ tap to play from here
Embodied Teaching and Learning, with Susan Hrach
Oct 2026 · 8 books
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Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning
Susan Rock
the author of minding bodies how physical space sensation and movement affect learning which was the winner of the twenty twenty two silver nautilus award ▶ tap to play from here
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Transformative Coaching for Faculty and Staff in Higher Education
Susan Rock
she recently co edited transformative coaching for faculty and staff in higher education ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes
Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes
Flower Darby
flower darby su does such a great job of addressing this in her new book about the fizz of teaching online ▶ tap to play from here
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Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self
Manoush Zomorodi
she's just recently published her own book on the ways that the technology is affecting our bodies ▶ tap to play from here
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A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life
Parker Palmer
from his book or or from his thinking around something what he what he refers to as a hidden wholeness ▶ tap to play from here
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The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
Parker Palmer
reading parker palmer's the courage to teach was one of my i think it was the very first faculty book group i ever participated in ▶ tap to play from here
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In a Good Place: How the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive
Leidy Klotz
it's called in a good place how the spaces where we live work and play can help us thrive ▶ tap to play from here
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Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less
Leidy Klotz
but his earlier book that i would also highly recommend is called subtract and it's the s the untapped science of less ▶ tap to play from here
How Our Grading Systems Impact Student Motivation, with Daniel Guberman
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Designing Impactful College Courses
Daniel Cooperman and co-authors
and today he's the first of what i hope will be a number of authors coauthors of the book designing impactful college courses ▶ tap to play from here
Mental Health in College, with Alexis Redding
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Mental Health in College: What research tells us about supporting students
Alexis Redding
today joining me is dr alexis redding to talk about her new edited collection mental health in college what research tells us about supporting students ▶ tap to play from here
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The End of Adolescence: The Lost Art of Delaying Adulthood
Alexis Redding
she's the coauthor of the end of adolescence the lost art of delaying adulthood and the editor and the book we'll be talking about today of mental health in college ▶ tap to play from here
Show Up Online with Your Values Intact, with Dave Stachowiak
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Write Like You Teach: Taking Your Classroom Skills to a Bigger Audience
James M. Lang
seeing a post from jim lang up there about a workshop in ireland based around his book write like you teach and i thought well i have never been so glad to be rejected ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Frayed: Leadership Burnout Among Women in Higher Ed
Frayed: Leadership Burnout Among Women in Higher Ed
Rebecca Pope-Ruark
she has come out with a new book or it's coming out see that's the funny thing is you can't keep track of exactly there's a lot ▶ tap to play from here
Analog and Digital Ways to Engage Learners
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher
Stephen Brookfield
when i read steven brookfield's book becoming a critically reflective teacher he offers us four lenses for how we might become more of who we are as educators ▶ tap to play from here
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Minding Bodies
Susan Rock
comes from susan rock's phrase this is inside of her book minding bodies is students are not brains on sticks and shouldn't be treated as such ▶ tap to play from here
UDL at Scale, with Thomas J. Tobin
Sep 2026 · 3 books
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Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
Thomas J. Tobin
tom's books include reach everyone teach everyone going all to act and the book we'll be focusing predominantly on today udl at scale ▶ tap to play from here
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UDL at Scale: Institutionalizing Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
Thomas J. Tobin
and the book we'll be focusing predominantly on today udl at scale ▶ tap to play from here
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The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook
David M. Parry
i'm holding up a book called the public scholar a practical handbook by david m parry ▶ tap to play from here
Top Tools for Learning 2026, with Dave Stachowiak
Aug 2026 · 1 book
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Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes
Sinita Sa
sinita is the author of a book called defy the power of no in a world that demands yes ▶ tap to play from here
Special Announcement
Aug 2026
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Writing and Rhetoric Studies in the Loop, with Anuj Gupta and Brian Gogan
Aug 2026
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Servingness and Liberatory Teaching, with Gina Ann Garcia
Aug 2026 · 6 books
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The HSI Movement: Strategies Driving Change at Hispanic Serving Institutions
Gina Anne Garcia
most recently the hsi movement strategies driving change at hispanic serving institutions ▶ tap to play from here
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Transforming Hispanic Serving Institutions for Equity and Justice
Gina Anne Garcia
and that comes from robin g kelly's thinking right everybody sort of cites him for that thinking around freedom dreaming i'm i just borrow it from him but people love it this idea that we can imagine um in in the abolitionist world i've been reading a lot about abolitionists in the abolitionist thinking scholarship is really about abolishing prisons right like it comes from that we borrowed we borrowed it and brought it into education of course we in education we borrow ▶ tap to play from here
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Emergent Strategy
adrienne maree brown
the book that i use as the theoretical foundation for my book the hsi movement is actually adrian marie brown's evergent strategy ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Mariame Kaba
so the three books were um we do this until we free us that's the abolitionist work ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
adrienne maree brown
and holding change adrian marie brown's holding change is about facilitation for movement change work ▶ tap to play from here
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The Correspondent
J.C. Hulsey
the audio book of the correspondent i don't know if you've heard about that book yet but it's all about letter writing it centers on a woman's life and so she writes letters to people and then they write her back ▶ tap to play from here
Outdated Research Notions, with Jane Hammons and Adrienne Warner
Aug 2026 · 2 books
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Fire Weather
John Vaillant
a book that i'm currently reading that's called fire weather by john baliand ▶ tap to play from here
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The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff
the novel's called the vaster wilds by lauren crof ▶ tap to play from here
Everyday Acts of Facilitation with Beth Cougler Blom
Jul 2026 · 3 books
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Design to Engage
Beth Coogler Blum
she's the author of design to engage ▶ tap to play from here
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everyday acts of facility, learning to facilitate through life's ordinary moments
Beth Coogler Blum
and most recently as we'll be talking about today everyday acts of facility learning to facilitate through life's ordinary moments ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
anyway it inspired me to also read a book called your brain on art which i'm about maybe halfway through ▶ tap to play from here
Fostering Skills for Civic Life, with Bethany Morrison
Jul 2026
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A Faculty Guide to Teaching With Video, with Jeff Kim
Jul 2026
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Feedback, Voice, and AI in the Writing Classroom, with Anna MillsFeedback, Voice, and AI in the Writing Classroom, with Anna Mills
Jul 2026 · 4 books
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Cover of AI and College Writing: An Orientation
AI and College Writing: An Orientation
Anna Mills
and is the author of the oer textbooks ai and college writing an orientation ▶ tap to play from here
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How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College
Anna Mills
and how arguments work a guide to writing and analyzing texts in college ▶ tap to play from here
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More Than Words
John Warner
john warner in his book more than words he talks about writing as being messy and spiky ▶ tap to play from here
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Bad Ideas About AI and Writing
Anna Mills
bad ideas about ai and writing ▶ tap to play from here
The Story of Grades, with Luke Green
Jul 2026
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The Fair Feedback Project, with Remi Kalir
Jun 2026 · 2 books
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Annotation
Ramey Khalier
i know that anthropic ingested my first book annotation with mit press ▶ tap to play from here
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Transforming College Teaching Evaluation
Anne Austin
i think this is really gonna become the defining text of this moment in this again space it's by anne austin and colleagues ▶ tap to play from here
How College Students Make, Keep, and Lose Friends, with Janice McCabe
Jun 2026 · 2 books
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Cover of Connecting in College: How Friendship Networks Matter for Academic and Social Success
Connecting in College: How Friendship Networks Matter for Academic and Social Success
Janice McCabe
janice is the author of two books on student friendship connecting in college how friendship networks matter for academic and social sciences ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends: How Campuses Shape College Students' Networks
Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends: How Campuses Shape College Students' Networks
Janice McCabe
and her newest making keeping and losing friends how campuses shape college students networks ▶ tap to play from here
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