Monday, July 23, 2018, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT
Patti Owen-Smith, Professor of Psychology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Oxford College
“Developing Faculties: The Power of Contemplative Pedagogy”
As long-since confirmed by Emory’s Williams Award for Excellence in Teaching (and other such awards, as well), Dr. Owen-Smith is a top-notch teacher, but, more to the point for her presentation to us, she is also a top-notch scholar of teaching and a national leader in the field called the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (or SoTL). It was SoTL work that led to her being named a Carnegie Scholar in 2001 and ever since much of her research has focused on affective development in college students as it intersects with learning. In the last decade Dr. Owen-Smith has become an active participant in the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher education devoting much of her scholarly work and research to the integration of contemplative pedagogies into the college classroom. Today, she’ll share insights from her most recent book, The Contemplative Mind in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning speaking specifically to the introduction of contemplative practices in the secular university and the challenges inherent in what many would consider a radical pedagogical approach.