Hello everybody! My name is Vidya Surti! I am a junior majoring in Anthropology and English, with a Chemistry minor and a Global Health Certificate. I was awarded a Chancellor’s Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship through the Frederick Honors College. I am creating a Disability Archive combining teaching methods on critical disability studies and the digital humanities….
Category: Chancellor’s Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship
Supplementing Organic Learning: An Introduction
Hello fellow members of the Frederick Honors College community! My name is Goutham Lakkaraju and I am a current Junior at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Molecular Biology and minoring in Chemistry and Hispanic Language and Culture. This fall semester I am working alongside Dr. Jaclyn Powell in creating an interactive video learning platform…
CUTF: Expanding Organic Chemistry Beyond the Classroom
My name is Joanna, and I am a senior majoring in biology with a global health certificate and am also completing a Master’s of Public Health in epidemiology. This semester, I am working with Dr. George Bandik and his organic chemistry 1 course (CHEM 0310) in an effort to extend the concepts they learn beyond…
CUTF: A Computational Social Sciences Exploration
This semester, I am an undergraduate teaching assistant for Political Theory and the Future Analysis. Under Dr. Andrew Lotz’s mentorship, I will aim to bring analytical and technological components to what is typically a theory and discussion based class. Growing fields such as data science and artificial intelligence have a role in the successful learning…
CUTF: Portals and Paradoxes in Physics 1
Hi all! My name is Eli and I’m a junior majoring in Physics and Mathematics. This semester I’m working with Dr. Tae Min Hong to incorporate fun topics from the internet in Physics 1 (PHYS 0174) assignments. In my high school and college physics 1 experiences, one of my struggles was the dullness of a…
CUTF Introduction – Note by Note: Strengthening Skills Within the Heinz Chapel Choir
Hey there! My name is Chloe Weiss, and I am in my final year at Pitt as a Bachelor of Philosophy candidate in Music Performance and Fiction Writing. You might recall that I previously served as a 2021 Creative Arts Fellow, where the conclusion of my fieldwork involved the curation of a pedagogical exhibit, “Get…
CUTF (09/23/22): Fracturing the Monstrous Feminine
Snow White bit the apple. The clock struck midnight. Rapunzel let down her hair. And the little mermaid swam up. Once, there was a king who had a daughter. And this princess, right away, was adored. She was born and she was loved. The king, her siblings, everyone. When people looked at her, they saw…
CUTF: Helping General Chemistry Students Develop Study Skills
Hello everyone, my name is John Edurese, and I am a junior majoring in Biological Sciences with the intent to pursue a career in medicine. Additionally, I am working towards a Certificate in Conceptual Foundations of Medicine through the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. I am very excited to be participating in the…
CUTF and Readings In Contemporary Fiction: The Power of An Idea
Over the past semester, my experience teaching in Readings In Contemporary Fiction has transformed my outlook as both a student and aspiring educator. Going into this experience (especially from a student perspective), I already knew I wanted my teaching to be student-focused. The syllabus itself reflected my goals; I chose readings that were targeted at…
A River Never Truly Flows in One Direction, Reflections on a Chancellors Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship
Teaching, much like learning, is a process that takes time and iteration, adjustment and patience. It’s about developing tools and implementing them only to find that the tools themselves need to be adjusted. Sometimes the goal isn’t even the completion of the task, or even conveying a message, but rather developing a method for how…