Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 06/10/20262) get students into resources that will help them identify which candidates and positions will represent their priorities. (man, that character limit is SHORT!). #Teaching #civics 000
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hey #highered, if you can carve out time for one activity, discussion, or minor assignment for democracy, here are ways to 1) motivate voting by helping students connect important issues in their disciplines to the ballot AND ... crlt.substack.com/p/supporting...crlt.substack.comSupporting Students as New Voters: Taking Issues to the BallotGuest post by Dr. Bethany Morrison 111
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I have barely been on Bluesky the last year because I need a little algorithm/organizing tools in my social media or I'll only see the folks who post 20 times a day. Has anything improved on this front? 001
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I wrote a thing! U-M faculty have integrated #democracy, elections & civic learning into their courses ACROSS the disciplines in really neat ways. Can't wait to see the ideas that come out of our 2026 retreat! #HigherEd #FacDev #Civics #BlueskyIsHard crlt.substack.com/p/integratin...crlt.substack.comIntegrating Civic Learning and Democracy Across our Schools and Colleges: Examples from the PDTS Course Planning RetreatU-M faculty across the disciplines contribute to the public purpose of higher education to prepare students for citizenship 000
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I wrote a thing! U-M faculty have integrated #democracy, elections & civic learning into their courses ACROSS the disciplines in really neat ways. I love supporting faculty in this work. #HigherEd #FacDev #Civics crlt.substack.com/p/integratin...crlt.substack.comIntegrating Civic Learning and Democracy Across our Schools and Colleges: Examples from the PDTS Course Planning RetreatU-M faculty across the disciplines contribute to the public purpose of higher education to prepare students for citizenship 000
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 13/05/2026U-M's John Keane wrote an incredibly thoughtful reflection about a major redesign of a large-enrollment introductory statistics course. Their two-pathway course model (and how they introduce it to students) was particularly useful to me. #HigherEd #FacDev crlt.substack.com/p/unstandard...crlt.substack.com(Un)standard Deviations: Active Learning in a UM Gateway CourseThis post was authored by a winner of the 2026 U-M Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize (TIP), sponsored by the Provost’s Office, CRLT, and the University Library. 020
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 16/10/2025This is the best comment ever! Thank you! 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 15/10/2025I've been wanting to write more—from my own voice—and the CRLT Substack made a small step possible. This piece is intended as a guided tour of some CRLT and Ginsberg resources supporting instructors building skills for better civil discourse #highered #teachlearnsky crlt.substack.com/p/promoting-...crlt.substack.comPromoting Democracy: Fostering Skills for Better Civil DiscourseResources to support instructors preparing students for productive engagement with differing viewpoints, values, and experiences. 152
Reposted by Dr. Bethany N. MorrisonDerek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 30/09/2025How can you manage hot moments in the classroom when just about any topic can be a hot one? Today on the podcast I talk with @prairiedogking.bsky.social and @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social about navigating high-stakes discussions in the year 2025. www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/epis... 033
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Anyone else use Steve’s Lava Chicken to explain the concept of “bad” words to their kids? 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Ways my PhD training fundamentally altered my brain, part 51: I just thought to myself: potential meanings of "teaching statement" has a very narrow distribution, while "teaching portfolio" has quite a wide one. How do I communicate that like a normal person? Should I make a graph? 020
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Thanks, Mirya! I'll check these out! (Incidentally, I just met Tyler at a new U-M faculty event and he first pointed me to civicsearch!) 000
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 01/09/2025that help students 1. learn about how these races connect to issues they care about or 2. help them research the candidates in these low-information races. For example, civicsearch.org has this potential. TIA! ( @mirya.bsky.social @emayfarris.bsky.social ? - sheesh, I need to meet more S&L folks!)civicsearch.orgCivicSearchSearch local government meetings and texts 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Hey #polisky, esp. folks who teach state & local politics, I'm working on a short piece on supporting students' engagement in down-ballot/local elections *across the disciplines.* I'm looking for resources/tools students could engage with as an in-class activity or homework...civicsearch.orgCivicSearchSearch local government meetings and texts 120
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Ugh. Why’s it so hard to pick up a class to adjunct??? 😫Come on! I’m super qualified—My fulltime role is all pedagogy all the time. I have a PhD from a top 20 school. I don’t need much from you, local colleges! Just want to do the thing I love, so I can enjoy & be good at supporting others doing it.it.my 240
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Does anyone else find themselves using an em-dash to avoid using too many exclamation points in email???? Gotta rein it in for #highered #academicsky 140
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Can you imagine if the record for holding the Senate floor was done in the spirit of John Lewis's "good trouble" and not held by a segregationist blocking civil rights? www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...npr.orgCory Booker's anti-Trump speech on the Senate floor has lasted 19 hours and countingThe New Jersey Democrat has been criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. Monday. Here's what to know about his marathon speech. 030
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Last fall, I shared a piece on selecting activities for engaging with politics, policy, & social issues in #highered classes. I created a graphic handout to compliment the piece. It’s nonpartisan, with lots of specific activities linked to civic skills students are developing. tiny.cc/PDTS_handouttiny.ccPDTS - Classroom Activities for Engaging with Politics, Policy, and Social Issues_HandoutClassroom Activities for Engaging with Politics, Policy, & Social Issues Across the disciplines, we have valuable opportunities to support our students’ civic learning and democratic engagement by fos... 020
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Resource share! I often get questions about teaching portfolios in my workshops on teaching statements. I've found this #highered job document hard to parse. @ckorpan.bsky.social demystifies it in this guide. I'm excited to start sharing it with our graduate students. #EdDev #FacDev tiny.cc/81r8001teaching.virginia.eduCrafting a Winning Teaching Dossier/Portfolio: Insider Secrets to Stand Out in the Academic Job Market — UVA Teaching Hub<p>How do you successfully document your teaching? In this collection, you will explore self-study approaches that provide you with an authentic representation of your teaching based on evidence of wh... 031
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 28/01/2025sigh. Thanks, ya’ll. I don’t see a clear path for this, but I’ll try to be more attentive/open to possibility. 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Hey #EdDev / #FacDev community, last term I did public-facing writing for the first time in ages. It felt good. The pressure of the election cycle (this was the work on teaching during an election) helped me carve out the time. In the absence of that external force, how do you make it happen? 430
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 27/01/2025higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-tame-t...higheredpraxis.substack.comTip: Tame the Email MonsterStrategies for helping students find answers to their questions more quickly, without being "on call" 10 hours a day. 000
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Looking for resources for managing the deluge of student emails, particularly in large courses. Breana Bayraktar & @roberttalbert.bsky.social have great pieces on it from a few years ago (shared below), but wondering what else folks share with faculty. #facdev #eddev rtalbert.org/dealing-with...rtalbert.orgDealing with academic emailEither we profs are in charge of our email, or it's in charge of us. 100
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 24/01/2025In the morning, I'm all "Yes, I CAN carve out a role for myself, where I can teach, write about teaching, work on civic education across the curriculum, and facilitate impactful programming for faculty. In fact, I'm going to do X and Y and Z today." By the end of the day, I'm allmedia.tenor.coma stuffed animal with the words oh written on itAlt: baby Fozzy the Bear sighs and looks crestfallen with the word "oh" overlaying it. 020
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 23/01/2025@michael-palmer.bsky.social IS @-able! 000
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 23/01/2025It is important that we care about the quality of teaching in higher ed, but there are major limitations to only relying on SETs to assess it. check out Michael Palmer’s great new resource on alternatives (you know, for once you have that tenure!) teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...teaching.virginia.eduHolistic Teaching Effectiveness Framework (UVA) — UVA Teaching Hub<p>This collection highlights a range of teaching effectiveness frameworks developed for higher education contexts, primarily research-intensive institutions. These frameworks provide analytical appro... 100
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Also @bschmidt.bsky.social 's interactive and easy-to-use chart on gendered language in teaching reviews. I think a lot about how instructors could ask undergraduates to engage with it. benschmidt.org/profGender/#...benschmidt.orgGendered Language in Teaching Evaluations 000
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Resource Share: At least once a semester, I reference or share @mirya.bsky.social, Ellen Key, and Rebecca Kreitzer's excellent annotated bibliography of research on bias in teaching evaluations. #favdev #eddev #AcademicSky rebeccakreitzer.com/summaries-of...rebeccakreitzer.comSummaries of Research Articles - Rebecca J. KreitzerSummaries of Research ArticlesThese summaries were crowdsourced and […] 1165
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Wait. There’s a keyboard shortcut for adding links??? This is huge! 100
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Resource share: Georgetown's CTL developed an Inquiry and Discourse Toolkit for instructors in higher ed. It's incredibly well-researched and very thoughtful about the role of belonging, equity, and inclusion in dialogue across difference and deep inquiry into beliefs & assumptions. tiny.cc/znv4001tiny.ccCultivating Skills - Inquiry and Discourse Toolkit - CNDLS 031
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Loving a teenager has reduced me to arguing with an *artisan slime company's* customer support. If I buy $$$ artisan slime on 11/30 & you need 6 days (!!!) to process my order, then you should refund me when the USPS is still waiting on said slime on 12/17. Your ruining Christmas, Snoop Slimes. 030
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 17/12/2024ICYMI: Elizabeth Barre's academic background (and teaching experiences!) make this interview with @bonni208.bsky.social on instructor neutrality so rich and nuanced. teachinginhighered.com/podcast/hold...teachinginhighered.comHolding Class While Holding Our Breath, with Betsy Barre – Teaching in Higher EdBetsy Barre discusses the times when we are holding our breath while holding class on episode 548 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast 030
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 13/12/2024We talk about how #highered instructors, unlike K-12, receive little training in pedagogy. We develop another key skill ad hoc: how to effectively & equitably lead a team of Grad Student Instructors (TAs). Here's a helpful resource by my CRLT colleagues to support this work: tiny.cc/8k51001tiny.ccUMich_CRLT_Strategies for Effective Faculty-GSI CollaborationStrategies for Effective Faculty-GSI Collaboration Invest in team development through regular contact and communication Learn about team member experiences in face to face and remote teaching contexts... 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Emily's reflection doesn’t gloss over the real challenges folks are facing with student reading/writing in #highered, but leaves space for hope. I love that she shared a specific practice that can encourage us & our students to take note of our learning progress. #academicSky #TeachLearnSky 192
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Resource share: When I first shared this infographic on policy writing from U-M Ford School's Writing Center, it was to encourage instructors to breakaway from the traditional academic paper—policy writing is a pleasure to grade! It's improved my own writing, though, that's a bonus! tiny.cc/dz3zzzfordschool.umich.eduPolicy writing overview 032
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Still pretty sure I’m not doing Bluesky right. 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Apparently designer slime is a thing now. Kids these days. Grumble grumble. 😉 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 20/11/2024That happened to me with the sleep machine too. Kicked off the worst bout of insomnia of my life! 000
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Initial thouughts to the “babying” in the post-election piece in the @chronicle.com. I needed a few more characters than Bluesky will permit so... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...linkedin.comBethany N. Morrison, PhD on LinkedIn: Yes, I did read the “babying” in the post-election piece in the The…Yes, I did read the “babying” in the post-election piece in the The Chronicle of Higher Education. A few thoughts: 1. By saying that providing structures and… 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 15/11/2024#POD24 ICYMI, UVA's Adriana Streifer & Dorothe Bach's session on Values-Driven Consultation Moves provided a thoughtful approach & useful strategies to grapple with a common challenge to #facdev / #eddev —how/when do we bring up our concerns about practices/mindsets shared with us in consultations? 030
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I can see the sea otters AND go to the #POD24 afternoon sessions. All I need to do is get on only double decker train going in the right direction of just two options. Easy peasy. 😳 😫 040
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Right??? Felt like I won the conference last night! 020
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Hey #POD24, Kate Flom Derrick & I have been talking with CTLs about the role “one-off” workshops play in their work. I’ve been particularly interested in the question, given the scuttlebutt about workshops relative to intensive programming. Come engage with our initial findings on Monday at 10:30! 081
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 07/11/2024ICYMI, Betsy Barre (WFU) wrote a piece on teaching this week. It's useful and rich. Shout-out to the discussion of whether to act neutral is to appear fair. Our students know that we have beliefs & opinions. If we pretend like we don't, they'll interpret the silence. cat.wfu.edu/2024/11/hold...cat.wfu.eduHolding Class While Holding Our Breath - Center for the Advancement of TeachingLike many, I have vivid memories of my first presidential election. It was the year 2000, and I was voting in the crucial battleground state of Ohio. I was a conscientious student, but I was so distra... 010
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 05/11/2024The werewolf voting sticker is really capturing the energy this year. 120
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 01/11/2024Thought I'd mention this piece one more time, just in case it's helpful to your work, #facdev #eddev #academicsky #highered tiny.cc/PDTS3tiny.ccNavigating the Post-Election Period With Your Students | CRLT 071
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 31/10/2024#facdev #eddev #academicsky #polisky #highered #doHashtagsEvenWorkHere 031
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 31/10/2024It’s challenging to plan for teaching next week with big unknowns and key differences in instructors'/students’ context & capacity. We share options for navigating this moment—small moves to support well-being, ideas to support civic learning and continued civic & community engagement. tiny.cc/PDTS3tiny.ccNavigating the Post-Election Period With Your Students | CRLT 120
Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 25/10/2024Hey #facdev, #eddev, folks headed to the #POD24 conference, is there a conference app yet? Oxford abstracts is not working for me as a means for planning my conference experience! 140