Here is a sampling of notable publications by CSU faculty dedicated to professional growth for faculty and improved learning outcomes for students.
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Transparent Design in Higher Education Teaching and Leadership
This book serves as a guide for educators to implement a transparency framework institution-wide for improved learning and student retention. Chapter 10 on using transparency to close opportunity gaps was co-authored by Emily Daniell Magruder, Ph.D., along with faculty and faculty developers at CSUN and Cal State LA.
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Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity
Kimberly Tanner, Ph.D., professor of biology at San Francisco State who leads the Science Education Partnership and Assessment Laboratory (SEPAL), wrote this important article published in the fall 2013 issue of the journal
CBE Life Sciences Education.
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Equity-Minded Faculty Development: An Intersectional Identity-Conscious Community of Practice Model for Faculty Learning
Kimberly A. Costino, Ph.D., dean of undergraduate studies at CSU Dominguez Hills, describes a community of practice model for engaging faculty in a scholarly approach to teaching and curriculum development based in the science of learning to promote equity-minded institutional transformation in the February 2018 issue of the
Metropolitan Universities Journal.
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Learning from the Learners: Successful College Students Share Their Effective Learning Habits
This book, edited by Elizabeth Berry and Cynthia Z. Rawitch, professors emerita, and Bettina J. Huber, retired director of Institutional Research, all of CSUN, is based on a 10-year study that asked successful students of diverse backgrounds to report what they do as learners to succeed.
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Why Learner-Centered New Faculty Orientations Matter: Organizational Culture and Faculty Retention
Whitney Scott, Ph.D., professor and director of Faculty Development at CSUN, co-wrote this article published in the January 2016 issue of the Journal of Faculty Development.
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Universal Design for Learning: Assistance for Teachers in Today’s Inclusive Classrooms
Sally A. Spencer, Ed.D., professor of special education at CSUN, documents the benefits of universal design for learning for today’s diverse classrooms in the Summer 2011 issue of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning.
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