Annual Spring Teaching Conference

CTL’s annual teaching conference began in 2005 in partnership with colleges across UNM, and was originally titled Success in the Classroom.

The goals of the conference are to:

  • Showcase the great pedagogical work taking place at UNM.
  • Promote and motivate creativity and innovation in teaching.
  • Encourage and support reflective practice and the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL).
  • Invigorate the teaching and learning conversations on campus.
  • Facilitate and promote intra- and cross-disciplinary conversations and collaborations on teaching and learning.
  • Create an environment that motivates the formation of teaching communities of practice within and across departments.

Save the Date! 2025 Spring Teaching Conference

Wednesday • April 9th

In-Person Conference Day
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Student Union Building (SUB Level 3)

Wednesday • April 9th

Teaching Excellence Awards
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Ballroom C (SUB Level 2)

Thursday • April 10th

Virtual Conference Day
9:30 am – 4:45 pm
Via Zoom

Leola Paquin headshot

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Leola Tsinnajinnie Paquin

Faculty Wellbeing as Pedagogy: Building a Sustainable Community of Practice

Leola Tsinnajinnie Paquin (she/her/hers) is Diné/Illocano, an Associate Professor of Native American Studies and the 2024-2026 UNM Presidential Teaching Fellow. She is/was in the Institute for American Indian Education, the Online Course Advisory Council, the Diversity Council Curriculum Subcommittee, the Student Experience Project, Expanding Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences, and the Academic Affairs General Education Fellows on Race and Social Justice.
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Past Teaching Conferences

Each year the conference includes a keynote speaker or speakers and panels and/or workshops featuring UNM instructors (faculty, graduate students, and staff). Notable keynote speakers include: Sylvia Hurtado, Karen Kelsky, Jesse Aleman, and Kelly Hogan.

Past themes included:

  • Native Pedagogies
  • Teaching and Social Justice
  • Teaching Across Difference
  • Engaging Undergraduates
  • Graduate Students as Teachers
  • How Graduate Students Teach: Pedagogies, Learning, and Leading

Conference Archive

Spring Teaching Conference 2024
Spring Teaching Conference 2023