An Illinois Sampler presents personal accounts from faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and other contributors about their research and how it enriches and energizes their teaching. Contributors from the humanities, engineering, social and natural sciences, and other disciplines explore how ideas, methods, and materials merge to lead their students down life-changing paths to creativity, discovery, and solutions. Faculty introduce their classes to work conducted from the Illinois prairie to Caribbean coral reefs to African farms, and from densely populated cities to dense computer coding. In so doing they generate an atmosphere where research, teaching, and learning thrive inside a feedback loop of education across disciplines.

Aimed at alumni and prospective students interested in the university's ongoing mission, as well as current faculty and students wishing to stay up to date on the work being done around them, An Illinois Sampler showcases the best, the most ambitious, and the most effective teaching practices developed and nurtured at one of the world's premier research universities.

Contributors are Nancy Abelmann, Flavia C. D. Andrade, Jayadev Athreya, Betty Jo Barrett, Thomas J. Bassett, Hugh Bishop, Antoinette Burton, Lauren A. Denofrio-Corrales, Lizanne DeStefano, Karen Flynn, Bruce W. Fouke, Rebecca Ginsburg, Julie Jordan Gunn, Geoffrey Herman, Laurie Johnson, Kyle T. Mays, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Audrey Petty, Anke Pinkert, Raymond Price, Luisa-Maria Rosu, D. Fairchild Ruggles, Carol Spindel, Mark D. Steinberg, William Sullivan, Richard I. Tapping, Bradley Tober, Agniezska Tuszynska, Bryan Wilcox, Kate Williams, Mary-Ann Winkelmes, and Yi Lu.

| Cover Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgments Mary-Ann Winkelmes and Antoinette Burton, "Introduction: Charting Common Ground in the Teaching-Resea Bruce W. Fouke, "A Sense of the Earth" Julie Jordan Gunn, "Collaborative Artists: How to Speak and Listen at the Same Time" Nancy Abelmann, "The Intimate University: 'We Are All in This Together'" Jayadev Athreya, "Painting with Numbers (and Shapes, and Symmetry)" Lauren A. Denofrio-Corrales and Yi Lu, "From Desk to Bench: Linking Students' Interests to Science Cu Flavia C. D. Andrade, "Bringing Statistics to Life" D. Fairchild Ruggles with Hugh Bishop, Rebecca Ginsburg, Audrey Petty, Anke Pinkert, and Agniezska T Laurie Johnson, "Prairie Tales: The Life of the Lecture at Illinois" Luisa-Maria Rosu with Betty Jo Barrett, Bryan Wilcox, Geoffrey Herman, Raymond Price, and Lizanne De Karen Flynn, "It's More than a 'Ghetto Story': Using Dancehall as a Pedagogical Tool in the Classroom Mark D. Steinberg, "Experiencing Histories of the City" William Sullivan, "More the Creativity: Infusing Research in the Design Studio" Thomas J. Bassett, "The Maps on Our Backs" Richard I. Tapping, "My Education as a Medical School Teacher" Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, "Dance and the Alexander Technique: A Dynamic Research-Teaching Design" Carol Spindel, "Five Things Only I Care About" Bradley Tober, "Creative Code in the Design Classroom: Preparing Students for Contemporary Profession Kate Williams, "CyberNavigating" Kyle T. Mays, "Humanities and Sciences at Work: Liberatory Education for Millennials" About the Contributors | "An Illinois Sampler: Teaching and Research on the Prairie highlights teaching methods at the University of Illinois that can be applied elsewhere. It would be an excellent book for a new professor, including one looking for field opportunities for their students. An Illinois Sampler is both a recommended read and endeavor."—Reflective Teaching
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