FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Faculty Development Workshops • New Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistant Development • Faculty Book Club

FACULTY BOOK CLUBS

Virtual Faculty Book Clubs are a great way to continue to stay connected with your peers and continue sharing ideas during this time of remote teaching. Harriet can help facilitate discussions and meet virtually to discuss Connected Teaching.

We are able to offer group discounts on books purchased through Routledge Tayor & Francis Group.

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Faculty Development Workshops

Workshops and other faculty development programs can be tailored for new faculty, graduate teaching assistants, experienced faculty, or a general audience.

Selected Presentations & Workshops:

“Time, Space, & Self-Disclosure: Faculty Boundaries Amidst a Changing Higher Education Landscape"”
TBR Virtual Summer Institute, June 2021
“Relational Practice and Student Affairs.”
Trocaire College, February 2020
“Helping GTAs and Faculty Prepare for & Process Challenging Teaching Moments.”
Connection: Closing the Distance 44th Annual POD Network Conference,
Pittsburgh, PA. November 2019.
“Connected Teaching: Navigating the Complexity of Educational Interactions and Relationships.”
Preconference session
Connection: Closing the Distance 44th Annual POD Network Conference,
Pittsburgh, PA. November 2019.
“Disappointment and Failure: When Teaching Almost Breaks Your Heart.”
Presented at Designing Effective Teaching/Lilly
Bethesda, Bethesda, MD. May 2019.
“Disappointment and Failure: When Teaching Almost Breaks Your Heart.”
Navigating a New Landscape: Connected Teaching in Times of Stress and Rapid Change”
Tufts University, May 2024
“Disappointment and Failure: When Teaching Almost Breaks Your Heart.”
“Connected Teaching: How a Relational Approach Fuels Learning and Builds Faculty Resilience.”
Cedar Crest College, August 2022

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Topics

“Harriet enjoys engaging with small groups of faculty and graduate students, virtually and in-person (schedule-permitting). She welcomes virtual opportunities to visit faculty and graduate student book clubs and other working groups, and TA development programs and classes on qualitative research methods. Harriet also enjoys podcast interviews.

Teaching as a Relational Practice

Teaching and Emotion

Disappointment and Failure

Boundaries in Teaching

Intellectual Mattering

Relational Cultural Theory

Critical Incident Technique

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Connected Teaching was my first foray into facilitating an online faculty book club at Simmons University…Over the course of the semester, faculty reconnected with the “5 good things” and in so doing, focused on the joy they derive from teaching and less on the stressors and burnout that many were experiencing at the time. The monthly live sessions came and went and flew by until the culminating event – Dr. Schwartz attended our final book club discussion. It was a memorable conversation where she modeled the relationship building, empathic listening, and curiosity that she described in her book. This is an ideal book club choice, and the insights revealed and lessons learned will resonate long after the last conversation.

Dana Grossman Leeman Senior Associate Director, Tufts University Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

The Center for Excellence in Teaching at Simmons University has used Connected Teaching in several faculty development programs; our faculty have found it engaging and practical and were delighted when we invited Dr. Schwartz to deliver a virtual keynote and book discussion in spring 2021. Dr. Schwartz adeptly created a customized program for our particular context; I was so grateful for her professionalism and flexibility during such a challenging time. I’d be happy to recommend both her and her book.

Jennifer H. Herman, Ph.D.Executive Director, Center for Faculty Excellence, Simmons University