Teaching “After” the Pandemic: Perspectives on Trauma, Teaching, and Learning

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Featured Event – Dr. Mays Imad

Professor, Pathophysiology, Pima Community College

Teaching “After” the Pandemic: Perspectives on Trauma, Teaching, and Learning

sponsored by The Office for Faculty Advancement

Co-sponsors: Instructional Technology Design Services (ITDS), Department of Biology, Department of Psychology

Description: 

In this keynote address, Mays Imad, and professor of pathophysiology and biomedical ethics at Pima Community College,the founding coordinator of the Teaching and Learning Center, and a Gardner Institute Fellow, will draw on her research on stress, self-awareness, advocacy and classroom community in relation to cognition, metacognition, and ultimately student learning and success.

Bio:

Mays Imad is a neuroscientist and professor of pathophysiology and biomedical ethics at Pima Community College, the founding coordinator of the Teaching and Learning Center, and a Gardner Institute Fellow. Dr. Imad’s current research focuses on stress, self-awareness, advocacy, and classroom community, and how these relate to cognition, metacognition, and, ultimately, student learning and success. Through her teaching and research, she seeks to provide her students with transformative opportunities that are grounded in the aesthetics of learning, truth-seeking, justice, and self-realization.