Teaching & Learning Community for Graduate Students and Postdocs
TIIP’s Teaching & Learning Community for Graduate Students and Postdocs is an intergenerational space where graduate students and postdocs come together to meet their peers, faculty, and staff to discuss the scholarship of teaching and learning and other relevant teaching topics in higher education. The community meets monthly (via Zoom), and the goal and agenda of each session is determined by the members of the community. By joining and participating in the Teaching & Learning Community, you will:
- Develop an understanding of cutting-edge research on pedagogy
- Gain both general and discipline-specific perspectives on teaching
- Build presentation and discussion facilitation skills by leading sessions
The Teaching & Learning Community is open to all members of Rutgers-New Brunswick (graduate students, postdocs, faculty, staff) seeking to learn, connect, and be inspired.
As graduate student and postdoc members, your roles will include:
- participating in regular meetings
- leading discussions on selected journal articles and other relevant teaching topics
- providing peer support for one another
As faculty and staff, your roles will include:
- participating in regular meetings
- leading discussions on selected journal articles and other relevant teaching topics
- providing mentorship to the graduate student and postdoc members of the community, as part of the Mentorship Team
If you are passionate about teaching and are interested in becoming an active member of a diverse community of fellow educators, reach out at GradTeaching@rutgers.edu for more information, and fill out this interest form.
The Teaching & Learning Community for Graduate Students and Postdocs is the successor of the longstanding Rutgers Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (RASTL), which started within the School of Graduate Studies. Recent topics discussed include the relevance of reading materials in syllabi, the merits of discussion boards for asynchronous classes, and navigating generative artificial intelligence tools.
2025 – 2026 Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Members
- Fariha Binte Abedin, Graduate Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ezinne Adarkwah, Graduate Student, Personal Care Science
- Anish Ari, Graduate Student, Toxicology
- Matthew Brown, Postdoctoral Scholar, Entomology
- Marissa Caldwell, Graduate Student and Lecturer, Communication
- Katherine Cann, Graduate Student, Geography
- Deepangsu Chatterjee, Postdoctoral Scholar, Environmental Sciences
- Zoey Eddy, Graduate Student, Social Psychology
- Sophia Fox-Dichter, Graduate Student, Public Policy and Planning
- Lauren Hall, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biochemistry and Microbiology
- Souvik Mandal, Graduate Student, Nutritional Science
- Aminata Mbaye, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology
- Gantt Meredith, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Engineering
- Jessica Mingoia, Graduate Student, Art History
- Cristina Naha, Graduate Student, Social Work
- Nehal Naser, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- LaTiana Ridgell, Graduate Student, Childhood Studies
- Elizabeth Siaw, Graduate Student, Plant Biology
- Hrishikesh Telang, Graduate Student, Communications and Information
- Kayla Wentzel, Graduate Student, Media Studies
- Cintia Velazquez Delgado, Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics
- Gill Woody, Graduate Student, Economics
- Riana Wulandari, Graduate Student, Health Behavior, Society, and Policy
Mentorship Team
- Tracie Addy, Founding Director, Institute for Teaching, Innovation, and Inclusive Pedagogy
- Pauline Carpenter, Instructional Design & Technology Specialist, SAS Office of Undergraduate Education
- Matt Charnley, Associate Teaching Professor, Math
- Liz Decker, Assistant Teaching Professor, English
- Zeynep Gursel, Associate Professor, Anthropology
- Jamie Kim, Assistant Director of Teaching Development, Institute for Teaching, Innovation, and Inclusive Pedagogy
- Sharon Stoerger, Assistant Dean for Programs and Assessment, School of Communications and Information