Kenneth Quick

TLC Spotlights interview one or more faculty and staff members to focus on a particular teaching and learning issue. This spotlight interview with Dr. Gina Rae Foster, Director of John Jay College’s Teaching and Learning Center, focuses on how understanding trauma and resilience can make us better …

Neurophysiologist and Associate Professor of Psychology Jill Grose-Fifer is the only professor at John Jay to have won the Distinguished Teaching Prize twice, first in 2009 and then again in 2019. In this interview Professor Grose-Fifer discusses fostering student growth in large classes using inte…

Associate Professor of History, Matthew Perry, discusses winning the Distinguished Teaching Prize 2019, having students write one-minute papers at the end of class, group work, engaging students in active learning, using self-reflection to prompt student growth versus teaching students to think lik…

Eloísa Monteoliva-García, Assistant Professor of Translation and Interpreting (Spanish), discusses winning the 2019 Distinguished Teaching Prize after less than two years at John Jay College. She talks about the importance of structure, clarity and rules in her courses, creating coursework that enh…