Faculty nominees were invited to complete a statement of interest to apply to participate in the case-study phase of the project. Prior to starting the interview, we gained applied for and gained IRB approval. From the pool of applicants, six teachers were chosen. From there, Laurie Milford facilitated the cases by adapting the interview and collaborative writing techniques developed by Pat Hutchings, senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and editor of Opening Lines: Approaches to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2000) and Ethics of Inquiry: Issues in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2002). Laurie and the six contributors completed the text of their cases in August 2002.

By clicking on the names below, you will be able to access each author's case study in PDF format. With the PDF file, you will be reading the case study as published in the book Warming Up the Chill: Teaching Against the Structures. You will be able to view a video clip from each interview and view some additional materials related to the authors' teaching. The introduction and conclusion are also available in PDF files.

The Six  Participants and their Case Studies

Donna Amstutz, "Passion:  For Teaching, For Learning, For Living"
Head and Associate Professor
Adult Learning and Technology

Kent Becker, "Spirituality in Teaching: Connecting with the Person First"
Assistant Professor
Counselor Education

Dominic Martinez, "Teaching from the Other Side"
Manager
University Student Recruitment

Mark Ritchie, "Trust, Planned Obsolescence, and a Sense of Play"
Associate Professor
Art

Julie Sellers, "Encountering Diverse Worlds"
Temporary Lecturer
Modern and Classical Languages

Sally Steadman, "Collaborating to Learn"
Senior Lecturer
Engineering