Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning

by Jessamyn Neuhaus (Editor)

“Does a service to all who would prefer a different path, offering realistic strategies to engage students in undermining scholarly stereotypes.”— Science

Picture a Professor is a collection of evidence-based insights and intersectional teaching strategies crafted by and for college instructors. It aims to inspire transformative student learning while challenging stereotypes about what a professor looks like. Representing a variety of scholarly disciplines, the volume’s contributing authors offer practical advice for effectively navigating student preconceptions about embodied identity and academic expertise. Each contributor recognizes the pervasiveness of racialized, gendered, and other biases about professors and recommends specific ways to respond to and interrupt such preconceptions—helping students, teachers, and others reenvision what we think of when we picture a professor. Educators at every stage of their career will find affirming acknowledgment of the ways systemic inequities affect college teaching conditions, as well as actionable advice about facilitating student learning with innovative course design, classroom activities, assessment techniques, and more.

Genres: Teaching, Academic

326 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2022

Reviews

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This edited collection included diverse perspectives of what successful teaching looks like in higher ed. I found a number of practical ideas I plan to use in my own classroom, and some theoretical perspectives I will think over for quite a while. Highly recommend.

[Amber · Rating 1 out of 5]

Some good bits in each chapter but overall very disappointing.

[Rachelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great essays from a range of faculty to make better teaching experiences for themselves and better learning environments for their students.

[Sadie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish the chapters were longer. It seemed like each author barely had time to outline their ideas before the chapter was over. I definitely recommend checking out the interviews with many of the authors on the Tea for Teaching podcast, because I feel like they got more time to go into their philosophies in depth and provide examples.