Teaching Newsletter
A newsletter centered on teaching and learning hot topics and resources available to the Berkeley instructional community.
2026
- September 23: Designing Course Material for Flexible Access
- August 19: Creating a Welcoming Class from Week One
- August 4: Inspiring Classroom Activities from the Berkeley Teaching Community
- July 16: Course Redesign Without Starting Over
- April 15: Ending the Semester with Intention
- March 15: Exams that Reflect Learning
- February 26: Facilitating Meaningful Discussions
- January 16: Aligning Your Syllabus and Instruction
2025
- December 5: Managing Grading Load
- November 24: Grading for Growth
- October 27: Incorporating Writing to Promote Critical Thinking
- September 10: Beyond Accommodations: Teaching with Accessibility in Mind
- August 26 - Making the First Week Meaningful
- August 13 - Expectation Setting with AI
- July 18 - Rest, Revisit, Reimagine
- May 28 - Interpreting Student Evaluations
- April 23 - Wrapping Up the Semester: Fostering Care, Creating Hope
- March 17 - Academic Integrity
- February 28 - Teaching International and Multilingual Learners
- February 12 - Navigating AI in Teaching
- January 30 - Equitable Assessments and Grading Practices
- January 9 - Student Mental Health
Our teaching newsletter serves as a forum for exploring diverse ideas and approaches to teaching in higher education and is not an academic publication. To provide a broad perspective, we include links to a variety of sources, ranging from peer-reviewed research, educational blogs, and reports on trends in higher education. Advice offered is general and may not be applicable across all disciplines. We encourage you to adapt suggestions to your context. We aim to inspire, not prescribe.
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Newsletter Authors
Jenae Cohn, PhD -- Executive Director
Jenae has worked in higher education for over a decade, supporting faculty in their teaching and advancing student-centered learning. She holds a Ph.D. in English with an Emphasis in Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies from UC Davis, with expertise in digital and information literacy, digital reading, metacognitive thinking, and reading and writing across the curriculum.
Delaram Rahimighazikalayeh, PhD -- Learning Experience Strategist
Delaram (Dela) designs and supports faculty-facing learning experiences across RTL, including trainings, web resources, and strategic programming. With a background in higher education, she understands the complexity of teaching and aims to make faculty development feel useful and connected to instructors’ everyday work. Dela holds a PhD in Hispanic Studies and she taught Spanish language and culture courses at Rollins College prior to joining UC Berkeley.