Graduate Students
Our teaching duty isn’t just about educating undergrad students. It’s also about providing a space for professional development for our future scholars- graduate student TAs. Here are ways faculty can socialize graduate students into the discipline through mentorship and TA duties. Check out Amanda Mireles’ Mentoring Made Simple: A Conversation Starter for Faculty and Teaching Assistants, on ASA TRAILS.
While most current literature focused on implementing anti-racist pedagogy examines the instructor-undergraduate student dynamic, this article highlights the crucial role of graduate teaching assistants in implementing this pedagogy in the classroom.
Graduate students often feel tension as they balance their teaching and research responsibilities. Stacey Livingstone (2023) highlights a unique opportunity for graduate students interested in public sociology to integrate their research, teaching, and public pursuits through community collaboration all while including undergraduates. Through a detailed description of their own project, graduate student instructors can use Livingstone’s experiences as an instruction.
Our teaching duty isn’t just about educating undergrad students. It’s also about providing a space for professional development for our future scholars- graduate student TAs. Here are ways faculty can socialize graduate students into the discipline through mentorship and TA duties. Check out Amanda Mireles’ Mentoring Made Simple: A Conversation Starter for Faculty and Teaching Assistants, on ASA TRAILS.
While most current literature focused on implementing anti-racist pedagogy examines the instructor-undergraduate student dynamic, this article highlights the crucial role of graduate teaching assistants in implementing this pedagogy in the classroom.
Graduate students often feel tension as they balance their teaching and research responsibilities. Stacey Livingstone (2023) highlights a unique opportunity for graduate students interested in public sociology to integrate their research, teaching, and public pursuits through community collaboration all while including undergraduates. Through a detailed description of their own project, graduate student instructors can use Livingstone’s experiences as an instruction.