The University of Southern Indiana Social Work Department and USI’s Center for Social Justice Education will host this year’s Community of Scholars event featuring Dr. Tracie Addy, Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, October 27 via Zoom. This event is sponsored by the USI College of Liberal Arts and is open to the public at no charge.
Addy’s presentation will discuss the importance of equity and belonging in higher education. She will present the voices of instructors who adopt inclusive teaching approaches within their course designs, learning activities and assessments. Attendees will explore how they can create more inclusive learning environments.
In her current role, she is responsible for working with instructors across all divisions and ranks at Lafayette College to develop and administer programming related to the teacher-scholar model from classroom teaching to the scholarship of teaching. She also serves as the Director of the Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning and Scholarship. Her Center’s many initiatives include a highly rated academy focused on inclusivity for instructors that integrates students as partners.
In addition to these roles, she performs scholarship on teaching and learning and educational development, primarily focusing on learner-centered practices including active learning and inclusive teaching. Addy’s work has been featured in a variety of academic journals as well as other venues such as Inside Higher Ed and University Business, and she has been an invited guest on several podcasts such as Teaching in Higher Ed, Tea for Teaching, Teaching for Student Success and Dead Ideas in Teaching & Learning.
She is a co-author of the bestselling book, What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching (2021). Her forthcoming book, Enhancing Inclusive Instruction: Student Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Advancing Equity in Higher Education, is set to be released in 2024.
Addy earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, a master’s degree from Yale University and a doctorate degree from North Carolina State University.
For more information about this event or to register, contact Dr. Marie Opatrny Pease, Chair of the Social Work Department and Associate Professor of Social Work, at mopatrny@usi.edu. To join the Zoom webinar, follow this link.
