In Snafu Edu Jessamyn Neuhaus boldly foregrounds a reality often downplayed in college teaching advice: no matter how skilled, caring, and well-prepared instructors are, or how motivated and engaged learners are, sometimes things go wrong. The word “snafu” is a noun, a verb, and an acronym, and Neuhaus argues that in all senses it accurately describes the ways teaching and learning predictably and persistently get fouled up in higher ed. In Snafu Edu, she offers evidence-based insights into why these snafus happen, and practical, actionable strategies for recognizing, responding to, repairing, and reducing them.
Snafu Edu is an insightful, equity-minded, highly readable, and deeply honest book. Written in Neuhaus’s engaging signature style, it’s witty, lucid, and extensively researched, filled with pragmatic and empowering advice for real-life teaching and learning.
Join us for a 4-week virtual, author-facilitated, communal reading experience on Jessamyn Neuhaus’s book, Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom.
Dates: February 17th through March 16th
Cost: $15 for 8-week access to the book
Location: Perusall platform -- participate on your own schedule!
Jessamyn Neuhaus is the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) and Professor in the School of Education at Syracuse University. A scholar of teaching and learning, Jessamyn is the author of Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to be Effective Teachers and editor of Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning, both published in the West Virginia University Press series, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Her latest book, Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom was published in the Oklahoma University Press series, Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Education. Jessamyn holds a Ph.D. in history and in addition to two historical monographs, has published pedagogical, historical, and cultural studies research in numerous anthologies and journals, and is editor of Teaching History: A Journal of Methods. As a professor of history at SUNY Plattsburgh, she earned the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and has over twenty years of classroom experience at a range of higher ed institutions, teaching courses on U.S. history, gender studies, history of sexuality, popular culture history, and most recently, the history and discourse of traditional grading systems.
Please note: the course will be available for participants to continue the conversation for 4 weeks after the conclusion of the event. You may unenroll at any time.
