ALSB's Pedagogy Podcast

Listen and learn from esteemed members of ALSB's newest section: ⁠Black Faculty Section⁠. This group of Academy faculty focuses on the "needs of faculty of color and the role that our home institutions and the ALSB can have in promoting those needs." Today's episode focuses on the Black experience, but acknowledges intersectional interests and inclusion among other identity groupings. Featured Guests Include: Associate Dean ⁠Robert E. Thomas⁠, Kelley School of Business Associate Professor Emeritus ⁠Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander⁠, Terry College of Business Associate Professor ⁠Anthony McMullen⁠, University of Central Arkansas Organizing Assistance Provided By: Pedagogical Associate Professor Aquesha Daniels, Gordon Ford College of Business   Raw Video Link with Autotranscription is Available at: https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_qgiqgb7o Note: Explicit content is limited to sparse incidents of profanity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message

Eric Sader, Lecturer at Kelley School of Business, shares his recent insights in power and voice in teaching after completion of a related graduate course as a student. Sader also shares a few thoughts on how he utilized AI in the form of ChatGPT in thinking about this pedagogical area. Speaker contact link. Related course link. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message

Hannah Weiser, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice at Babson College, brings her years of experience as both educator and consultant to our podcast in discussion of active and experiential learning.  Learn how with just a beachball or even no tools at all you can quickly and easily enhance classroom engagement.  Guest Bio:  https://www.babson.edu/about/our-leaders-and-scholars/faculty-and-academic-divisions/faculty-profiles/hannah-weiser.php Noted Resource (PICK Analysis):  http://bit.ly/pickanalysis Computer-generated transcription of core interview audio available upon request. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message

Jehan El-Jourbagy, Associate Professor of Business Law & Ethics at Georgia College & State University, shares her experiences and advice in the propagation of civics education through Constitution Week activities.  From her early roots assisting colleague Matthew Roessing, a fellow Academy of Legal Studies in Business scholar, to her plans for the future, Professor El-Jourbagy discusses how she leverages her public relations background in executing impressive programming and makes suggestions on how other campuses can likewise go beyond what is federally required to make the United States Constitution come to life. Guest Contact Information:  https://www.gcsu.edu/business/accounting/faculty-staff Constitution Week Programming Link at Georgia College:  https://libguides.gcsu.edu/c.php?g=726654&p=8543805   Citation for El-Jourbagy's Article on Constitution Week:  Journal of Legal Studies Education Volume 35, Issue 2, 255–275, Summer 2018 Autotranscriptions of core interview audio available upon request. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message

Catharyn A. Baird, JD, brings her extensive teaching experience of over 20 years at Regis University, Denver, Colorado, to help lawyers figure out what teaching ethics is all about.  Professor Emerita Baird, also CEO and Founder of EthicsGame, discusses the context of law and ethics classes, the relationship between these two fields, and ultimately how those with legal backgrounds can effectively teach ethics in the classroom.   Guest Bio:  https://www.ethicsgame.com/exec/site/about_us.html Direct Contact Information:  cbaird@ethicsgame.com  Unedited Video Link of Core Interview with English Autotranscription:  https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_y71tlqvb  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message

Debbie Kaminer, JD, Professor in the Department of Law at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College - City University of New York, explains her use of contemporary themes in teaching legal environment coursework.  She explores the multifaceted nature of such themes through the lens of law, ethics, and even behavioral economics.  Specific to this episode, Professor Kaminer pulls from her expertise in employment discrimination, religion and the law, and vaccine law to describe how vaccine mandates form a great scenario for student learning and engagement.  Professor Kaminer additionally touches on pandemic pedagogy, open access materials, and other items of note that strengthen her approach to teaching. Guest Bio and Contact Information:  https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/faculty-profile/debbie-kaminer/  Related Links:  SSRN Paper, Piece from The Conversation --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message

Michael Koval, JD, MBA, Associate Professor and Business Honors Program Faculty Director at Salisbury University, walks us through his award-winning activity Bistro 24.  Professor Koval leverages experience and a dash of pop culture to obtain the dual objectives of student peer bonding and course overview during day one of his Legal Environment class.  Professor Koval also discusses during this episode the benefits of participation in ALSB's Master Teacher competitions.   Guest Bio and Contact Information:  https://www.salisbury.edu/faculty-and-staff/mrkoval/ Related Citation:  Michael R. Koval, Step away from the syllabus: Engaging students on the first day of legal environment, 30 Journal of Legal Studies Education 179–194 (2013). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message

Jennifer K. Gershberg, JD, Associate Clinical Professor at Robert H. Smith School of Business, joins ALSB's Pedagogy Podcast for an informal conversation on transitioning from legal practice to teaching.  Professor Gershberg explains how and why she went from a full-time civil litigator to full-time academic.  Professor Gershberg also shares tips and impressions that shaped her journey to her present role at the University of Maryland. Guest Bio and Contact Information: https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/directory/jennifer-k-gershberg  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message

Clinical Associate Professor of Business Law Cristen Dutcher, JD, explains the importance of pedagogical research:  Why do it, how to do it, outlets to know, and getting institutions to value it.  Join in for an hour of fantastic resources and conversation to amplify your understanding of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).     Guest Bio and Contact Information:  https://facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/cdutcher/index.php Related Links:  Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, ALSB Publications, Regional Associations, Dr. Jennifer Friberg's Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alsb/message