Sherrerd Center for Teaching & Learning
The Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning was founded in 2009 through a generous bequest from the family of Kathleen Compton Sherrerd '54 and John J. F. Sherrerd, longtime supporters of excellence in teaching at Smith College. The center enables the academic success of all Smith students through faculty development efforts that support teaching and learning at the college.
News & Events
How to Teach and Learn with the Museum of African American History and Culture
Tuesday, May 2, 2017, from 5:30–6:30 p.m., Smith College Campus Center 103/104
Pizza provided for the first 30 attendees
Please join student and faculty Innovation Challenge Grant participants as they reflect upon their recent visit to the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C. Learn more ►
Exploring the ABCs of Inclusive Course Design
May 19, 2017, noon–3 p.m. (lunch included)
Kahn Colloquium Room
Sponsors: Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning, Office of the Provost, and the Office of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity
Facilitators: Shannon Audley (EDC) and Borjana Mikic (EGR)
In her book Can We Talk About Race?, author Beverly Tatum argues that only some students are reflected in college course curricula. Using her ABCs of inclusivity, this workshop will: 1) work to uncover what our unspoken assumptions may be in structuring our courses; 2) discuss the potential implications of those assumptions on who is included in the story that our course tells about our field; and 3) reshape our own classes so that they begin to reflect all Smith students. Learn more ►
Summer Institute: Student-Faculty Pedagogical Partnership
May 23, 2017, and May 24, 2017, from 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
A maximum of 10 Smith College faculty members will spend two full days on a variety of activities related to student-faculty partnerships. Learn more ►
Administration/Leadership
Floyd Cheung
Director of the Sherrerd Center
Professor of English Language & Literature and American Studies
Johanna Ravenhurst
Sherrerd Center Coordinator
Advisory Board
2016–17 Members
Patricia DiBartolo
Caroline L. Wall '27 Professor of Psychology
Angie Hauser
Assistant Professor of Dance
Susannah Howe
Design Clinic Director, Senior Lecturer in Engineering
Tom Laughner
Director of Educational Technology Services
Beth Powell
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Sara Pruss
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Alan Rudnitsky
Professor of Education & Child Study
Kevin Shea
Professor of Chemistry
Sujane Wu
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages & Literatures
Zaza Kabayadondo
Co-Director of the Design Thinking Initiative