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Eric Fournier

@efournier.bsky.social
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Director of Educational Development at Washington University in St. Louis Award winning geography professor now working to help make faculty, grad students and postdocs more effective teachers.

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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
My editorial on the indirect cuts. This is an opportunity for campuses to come together to make the case for higher education. Leaders need to step up and ask for support and lead. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A direct hit
Late last week, the Trump administration set off a frenzy in the US scientific community when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that indirect cost reimbursement for federally funded re...
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
New book alert! Thriving in an Academic Career. This one just arrived in the mail. I've got a chapter on course design (co-written with Meg Gregory). This should be a useful resource for early career faculty and Ph.D. students.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
New book for early career faculty and grad students! Topics range from time management to grant writing to service expectations. I contributed a chapter on course design drawn from our CTL's Course Design Institute. Perfect for a new faculty seminar or reading group tinyurl.com/8cwae4bd
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Thriving in an Academic Career: An International and Interdisciplinary Guide for Early Career Faculty
This book provides an invaluable guide on how to achieve a successful and fulfilling academic career. Academics must balance multiple roles and responsibilities, between teaching, research, and offeri...
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
@liznorell.bsky.social interviewed me for this book and I’m proud to have my story included among so many amazing educators.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Gingko sunshine on a rainy day.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Students value instructors who they perceive to be clear in their communication, supportive in their approach, proactive in implementing active learning strategies, and exhibit personal and professional attributes that positively influence their learning experience acue.org/wp-content/u...
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We are looking for a new Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation to help us figure out “the whole AI thing” and whatever comes next wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation - The Center for Teaching and Learning
Scheduled Hours 37.5 Position Summary The Assistant Director will focus on educational applications of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and other innovative technologies in higher education an...
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Elina Salminen introducing the WashU CTL’s new mascot. The bear needs a name.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Overheard while walking across campus. Student 1: “I’m a visual learner”. Student 2:  “”You know there is no empirical evidence that supports the idea of learning styles”.
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Rick Moore @prairiedogking.bsky.social · 09/07/2024
My colleague reflects on using GenAI in the humanities ctl.wustl.edu/a-humanists-...
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A Humanist’s Adventures with AI - Center for Teaching and Learning
Like anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past two years, I’ve been having an increasing number of conversations about generative AI. Because of the prominence of the topic in the world ...
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
Does posting cloud pictures violate Blue Sky policy?
Dramatic clouds in St. Louis MO USAMammatus clouds in St. Louis MO.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 20/04/2024
I was delighted to help my dear friend and colleague Jennifer Speights-Binet accept an award for Outstanding Small Department at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Even though I’m not with Samford University anymore, I did hire Jennifer so I feel OK taking partial credit
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Marc Watkins @marcwatkins.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Newer AI systems like the free version of Claude 3 easily mimic writing to sound more human-like vs ChatGPT. What does it mean for writing, teaching, and learning if you can train a bot that sounds like you in mere moments? marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-a-tex...
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When A Text Generator Writes Like I Do
Before the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain and Europe, a peculiar profession existed—a knocker-upper. For a fee, knocker-uppers would rouse the public come morning and douse the lights each eve...
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
Getting ready for office hours under the cherry tree outside Eads Hall on the beautiful WashU campus.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Very posh setting for my “Writing a Faculty Teaching Statement” workshop. The Chancellor’s Room at WashU!
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
The Center for Teaching and Learning is delighted to announce this new series honoring some of WashU’s most distinguished teachers.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Irony! Right in the middle of a Super Bowl T-Mobile internet ad, our T-Mobile internet goes out.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
I wrote a blog post on Why Students Drop Classes in the First Week of the Semester. Intended for early career faculty and a reminder that there is a hidden curriculum on both sides of the desk. ctl.wustl.edu/why-students...
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
@edufuturist.bsky.social Hi Bryan. I talked with one of your former students (now with Georgetown’s Red House) at the recent AAC&U meeting in DC and she said some very kind things about your engaged and enthusiastic teaching.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 22/01/2024
An icy, work-from-home day in St. Louis, but Archie the dog is being a supportive office mate.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
I am loving my new camera bird feeder. I now know that cardinals don’t care for peanuts.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
Over 200 WashU faculty have gathered for the revival of our bi-annual teaching conference. 20 concurrent sessions and 70 presenters! ITeach2024
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Josh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Important post from @youtoobio.bsky.social on @dccmath.bsky.social & @roberttalbert.bsky.social's substack. A question, though: if instructors work to address these issues & to confront biases that occur, can we turn that final conference into a driver of equity? gradingforgrowth.com/p/ungrading-...
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Ungrading Has an Equity-Related Achilles Heel
Implicit bias is unavoidable in ungraded courses
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Has anyone read this? It was just gifted to me. I love the image of a pizza brain on the cover.
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
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Higher ed's top 10 developments of 2023
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
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Eric Fournier @efournier.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
Final Exam week at WashU. The sidewalks are empty, but the library is full!
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