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Faculty Showcase

Learning and Teaching Center proudly hosts  Highline Faculty Showcases. The goal is to make teaching more public: the Showcase in an opportunity for faculty to talk about, and for others to hear about, what faculty have learned that is making a difference in their teaching practices. Let’s celebrate the work teachers are doing!

Have suggestions for faculty work to highlight for upcoming faculty showcases? Working on an amazing project that you’d like to share with colleagues? Reach out to the LTC and let us know!

Spring 2026 Faculty-Led Innovations in Teaching & Learning

Join your colleagues on Wednesday, May 27th, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. for the 2026 Faculty-Led Innovations in Teaching & Learning, a Spring Showcase highlighting the incredible work of Highline faculty in Communities of Practice (CoPs), workshops, and professional development this year. Discover new teaching strategies, innovative approaches, and inspiring stories from your colleagues!

This year’s showcase will feature:

  • Helen Burn (Mathematics) – The Rebirth of the Oral Exam to Ensure Academic Integrity
  • Lisa Voso (Communication Studies) – Fostering authenticity and human-centered communication in an online class
  • Audra Lord (ELCAP) – Writer’s Voice: Thinking Critically about AI
  • Edith Diaz Sierra (Education) – Hands on learning. Bringing ECE Theories to life
  • Hugo Puerto (Anthropology) – Facilitating Knowledge in Relationship: Community Engagement and Interactive Online Learning
  • Natalie Hughs (Physical Education) – Accessible and Luxe Formatting for Canvas Pages
  • Laura Manning (Communication Studies) – Small Group Resumes
  • Monica LeMoine (English) – AI-Friendly or AI-Free: A Two-Track Course Model Built on Student Choice

Recordings from previous showcases

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June 4, 2025 Spring Showcase: Faculty Innovations in Teaching & Learning

  • Rashmi Koushik (ELCAP Faculty) – How to Get the ‘Hot’s with Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Kristin Raine (Psychology Faculty) – Reimagining Contexts to Support Development
  • Natalie Hughs (Physical Education) – Humanizing Online Learning/Effective Teaching
  • Patrick Kwon (Mathematics) – Using Social Media for Teaching
  • Robin Martin (ELCAP) – It’s a Splash – Try Liquid Syllabi
  • Aaron Hayden (CIS/Computer Science) – Four Easy Applications for Generative AI to Technical Topics
  • Laura Sposato (Chemistry Faculty) – CUREs Don’t Have to be Scary!
  • Laurie Stusser-McNeil (ELCAP) – Self-Assessment of Equitable Teaching Strategies
  • Aleya Dhanji (Physics Faculty) – The Many Faces of Group Quizzes

February 2, 2023  Sabbatical and Fulbright Awards

  • Lonnie Somer (Anthropology Faculty) – Sp22 sabbatical to explore and investigate survey, excavation and preservation techniques used at ancient cultural sites
  • Samad Chakour (Business Faculty) – W22 Fulbright winner 

May 1, 2023 – Culturally Responsive Teaching

Robin Martin presents “Grading without bias: Using performance-based rubrics and equitable grading practices” (o – 13:40)  activity handout

Aaron Ottinger presents “The self and culturally Responsive teaching: Reintroducing the “i” in College writing”(13:40 – 35:46)