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Some of the best and brightest of our field have volunteered their time and expertise to make this Institute for New Educational Developers possible. Click below to see a brief bio for each of our talented faculty.

INED Online Pre-Conference Asynchronous Resources

Available asynchronously starting July 1, 2024, during the conference, and for a period after the conference

Bridget Arend, Metropolitan State University of Denver (she/her)

Associate Director of Teaching and Learning, Center for Teaching, Learning and Design, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Bridget Arend, PhD, is the Associate Director of Teaching and Learning at Metropolitan State University of Denver with 25 years of experience teaching and supporting teaching and learning in higher education. She continues to teach courses in Education and Applied Communications at MSU Denver and the University of Denver. Bridget owns a professional development organization called Intentional College Teaching and continues to pursue research interests including teaching strategies in higher education, the role of reflection in learning, and alternative ways to evaluate teaching.

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Day 1: Monday, July 29, 2024

Bridget Arend, MSU Denver (she/her)

Associate Director of Teaching and Learning,Center for Teaching, Learning and Design, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Bridget Arend, PhD, is the associate director of teaching and learning at Metropolitan State University of Denver with 25 years of experience teaching and supporting teaching and learning in higher education. She continues to teach courses in Education and Applied Communications at MSU Denver and the University of Denver. Bridget owns a professional development organization called Intentional College Teaching and continues to pursue research interests including teaching strategies in higher education, the role of reflection in learning, and alternative ways to evaluate teaching.

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Day 2: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Derek Bruff, University of Mississippi (he/him)

Derek Bruff is an educator, author, and higher ed consultant. He directed the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching for more than a decade, where he helped faculty and other instructors develop foundational teaching skills and explore new ideas in teaching. Bruff has written two books, Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching (West Virginia University Press, 2019) and Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments (Jossey-Bass, 2009). He writes a weekly newsletter called Intentional Teaching and produces the Intentional Teaching podcast.

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Day 3: Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Allison Boye, Collin College (she/her)

Dr. Allison Boye served as the Founding Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning for the Collin College System and former Associate Director of the Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center at Texas Tech University. She has been a member of the POD Core Committee, and has also served as Associate Editor for IDEA Center Staff Papers and as a consulting editor for College Teaching. Her work has appeared in publications such as To Improve the Academy, The Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning, and The Scholarly Teacher.

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Day 4: Thursday, August 1, 2024

Christian Castro, Madison College of Engineering (he/him)

A nationally recognized thought leader in inclusive teaching, Dr. Christian Castro has worked in a variety of academic fields in higher education as a faculty member, educational consultant, and administrator for over 15 years. He has served as core facilitator on the NSF-funded program, ASPIRE: National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty, and is a featured expert on the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) inaugural course on inclusive teaching. At the UW-Madison College of Engineering, his portfolio includes leading efforts that integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging with instructional design and faculty development.

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