{"product_id":"picture-a-professor-interrupting-biases-about-faculty-and-increasing-student-learning-9781952271670","title":"Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of evidence-based insights and intersectional teaching strategies to inspire transformative student learning and interrupt stereotypes about what a professor looks like.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePicture a Professor\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepresenting 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducators 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Raising awareness of challenges diverse instructors can face when teaching in higher ed classrooms and sharing empowering and tested solutions are both much needed. Picture a Professor does both and more. Grounded in the experiences of scholars teaching in the classroom, the book is a valuable resource for instructors, administrators, those responsible for promotion and tenure decisions, and educational developers partnering with a diverse faculty. Much praise to Jessamyn Neuhaus and chapter authors for addressing the often undiscussed truth that not all instructors who teach are afforded the same privileges.”- Tracie Marcella Addy, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWhat Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this collection, the authors weave scholarship, personal narratives, and practical teaching ideas into an intersectional call to action that, when reflectively implemented, will positively transform our college classrooms for years to come.”Travis Thurston, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eResilient Pedagogy: Practical Teaching Strategies to Overcome Distance, Disruption, and Distraction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Embodied Identity, Empowering Pedagogy, and Transformative Learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessamyn Neuhaus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e The First Day: Strategies for Starting Strong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. How Blind Professors Win the First Day: Setting Ourselves Up for Success\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eSheri Wells-Jensen, Emily K. Michael, and Mona Minkara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Critical Reflexivity as a Tool for Students Learning to Recognize Biases: A First Day of Class Conversation on What a Professor Looks Like\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eJesica Siham FernÁndez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Commonalities and Research: A One-Two Punch to Combat STEM Fears and Biases on the First Day of Class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eKelly E. Theisen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Where’s the Professor? First-Day Active Learning for Navigating Students’ Perceptions of Young Professors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eReba Wissner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e Making Connections: Strategies for Building Trust and Rapport with Students\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Using Experiential Learning to Humanize Course Content and Connect with Students\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreanna Boppre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Collaborative Rubric Creation as a Queer, Transgender Professor’s Tactic for Building Trust in the Classroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eFen Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Reflect to Deflect: Using Metacognitive Activities to Address Student Perceptions of Instructor Competence and Caring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa Eblen-Zayas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. From Absentminded Professor to Epistemic Collaborator: Reframing Academic Expertise through Vulnerability and Metacognition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Scott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Black Man in a Strange Land: Using Principles of Psychology and Behavior Science to Thrive in the Classroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eErik Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e Anti-Racist Pedagogies: Strategies for Increasing Equity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Beyond Making Statements: The Reflective Practice of Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. Gabriela Torres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Rippling the Patterns of Power: Enacting Anti-Racist Pedagogy with Students as Co-teachers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eChanelle Wilson and Alison Cook-Sather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Beyond “Good Writing”: Enacting Anti-Racist Policies in Academic Writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacinta Yanders and Ashley JoEtta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e Teaching with Our Whole Selves: Strategies for Instructional Authenticity and Pedagogical\/Professional Success\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. The Superpowers of Visual Ambiguity: Transfiguring My Experience of Colorism and Multiheritage Identity for Educational Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonna Mejia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Sharing Our Stories to Build Community, Highlight Bias, and Address Challenges to Authority\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Mayes-Tang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Teaching Up: Bringing My Blackness into the Classroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eCeleste Atkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Empowered Strategies for Women Faculty of Color Navigating Teaching Inequities in Higher Ed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eChavella T. Pittman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138442527063,"sku":"9781952271670","price":21.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781952271670.jpg?v=1751919422","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/picture-a-professor-interrupting-biases-about-faculty-and-increasing-student-learning-9781952271670","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}