Center for Teaching & Learning

This workshop will be held in-person, on campus (specific location will be announced soon).  

This workshop introduces structured ways to use institutional data to transform classrooms and learning experiences. The session is led by Dr. Bryan Dewsbury, Associate Professor in Biology at Florida International University, Principal Investigator of the Science Education And Society (SEAS) research program and co-author of the recently released Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching.  Dewsbury is a leader in research on the social context of teaching and learning, faculty development regarding inclusive practices, and programming to cultivate equity in education. 

Participants will leave the workshop with strategies for using institutional student data to enhance equity in their classrooms. We’ll consider how we can move from deficit-based analysis (“I have students failing my course”) to a goals-based approach (“How can I remove specific barriers for groups of students?” and “How can I support all learners?”). We’ll also look at strategies for assessing whole course experiences. Grades alone are one measure of what happens in a course, but we can envision together more comprehensive ways of assessing students’ experiences in the classroom. 

This event is supported by the Vice-Provost for Faculty Affairs, the Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and Social Services, the Grossman School of Business, and the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. 

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More about Dr. Dewsbury 

Among Dewsbury’s many accomplishments: In the past year he has published the co-authored The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching and launched a free online course, “Inclusive Teaching”, in cooperation with HHMI Biointeractive.  He is co-PI on the NSF-funded QUBES Deep Teaching Residency, a year-long faculty development program aimed at changing practices and attitudes to promote equity. As an Associate Director of the STEM Transformational Institute, he directs the Division of Transformative Education. As a Fellow with the John N. Gardner Institute , he assists institutions of higher education cultivate best practices in inclusive education. Dewsbury grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and immigrated to the United States in 1999. He received a BS in biology from Morehouse College and an MS and PhD in biology from FIU. Learn more about him at website 

Once you are registered using the green registration button below, you will receive more information (including its location) closer to the date of the workshop.