Spring Pedagogy Symposium

Every Spring Quarter, the CCTL invites the UChicago community to learn from and talk together with a distinguished speaker in higher education pedagogy.

2024 Symposium - Friday, April 26 | Ida Noyes Library

This inaugural Spring Pedagogy Symposium provides a space for discussion, learning, and community-building with Kevin Cokley, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Cokley is an award-winning psychologist and professor whose research dismantles the myth of intellectual indifference and inferiority among Black and minoritized students.

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Schedule

Session Descriptions

• Feeling Like a Fraud: Imposter Phenomenon, Student Motivation, and Student Achievement - In the keynote address, Dr. Cokley will discuss his research on the relationship between discrimination and imposter phenomenon, especially among underrepresented students, and how these experiences can affect students' motivation, academic achievement, and mental health.
• Shifting Perspectives: Helping Students Overcome Imposter Phenomenon - This guided lunch discussion will focus on how imposter phenomenon research can be applied in the learning environment. Faculty and instructors will leave with ideas to make their classrooms into spaces where students can build their self-confidence, boost their motivation, and challenge imposter phenomenon.

For Undergraduates

Dr. Cokley will also host a discussion for undergraduate students, Confronting Imposter Phenomenon, at 2:30PM. For more information, please see our Upcoming Events page. 

If you would like to share the undergraduate discussion event with students, please download the Confronting Imposter Phenomenon Flyer.