Mentoring Linguistics Teaching
Most linguists teach. We do it in formal and informal learning spaces—through classes, advising, and conversations about language inside and outside of academia. Despite the ubiquity of this role, development of pedagogical skills for linguistics students and faculty is often deprioritized in favor of development (and recognition) in the areas of research and writing. As a result of this lack of visibility, it is easy for the teaching challenges we face and the strategies we try to resolve them to remain isolated in the silos of our own classrooms. In this talk, I will describe several departmental and national initiatives I have steered that create mentorship communities centered around teaching. In each of these communities, my goal is to create a space in which linguists can learn about, contribute to, and reflect on evidence-based teaching practices and the scholarship of teaching and learning in linguistics.
