Mays Imad
Biographic Data
| ID | 5985707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mays Imad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mays |
| FAMILY NAME | Imad |
| SIGNATURE | IMAD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Connecticut College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Love matters
This reflective essay explores the role of love in higher education through the lens of personal experiences, including confronting situations of tragedy and hopelessness as an educator. Drawing on the philosophies of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and James Baldwin, as well as insights from colleagues and students, I argue that love is not simply an emotional state but a transformative force capable of effecting meaningful, sustainable change. Love …
Recasting the agreements to re-humanize STEM education
The purpose of education is to understand and help address local and global problems to better society and the world. A key player in this endeavor should be STEM education, which has the potential to equip learners with the skills and knowledge necessary to address intersectional issues such as climate change, health and income disparities, racism, and political divisions. However, in this article we argue that despite the transformative potenti…
Humanizing STEM education
This study presents the findings from the analysis of reflections from 26 STEM faculty at various institutions of higher education across the United States who participated in the online course, The Humanity of Inclusive Practices, part of the Teaching and Learning Academy, offered by the John N. Gardner Institute (Gardner Institute) for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. Participants answered three questions at the end of the online course: …
Gauging trauma-informed pedagogy in higher education
Introduction A substantial amount of evidence suggests a negative association between traumatic experiences and mental health among primary and secondary school students. These vulnerable students are at an increased risk of academic, social, and emotional problems. However, there is limited evidence on the connection between traumatic experiences and student mental health in higher education, especially regarding trauma-related content in classr…
A Theory of Public Higher Education
What would American public higher education look like if it was unencumbered by its own history? What if it were designed from scratch today, in full view of everything we have come to know about student learning, schooling, and our projections about the future of knowledge and work? This thought experiment project does just that. After justifying the need for a thoroughgoing redesign now, the backward-designed axiomatic approach is used to deter…
Two Cheers for Higher Education
In this exceptionally well-researched book, Steven Brint provides a historical account of the developments that higher education in the United States has experienced since 1980. University and college administrators, as well as governing board members, would greatly benefit from this book because it offers a comprehensive perspective on how the American system of higher education developed in the late twentieth- and early twenty-first centuries a…
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Two Cheers for Higher Education
In this exceptionally well-researched book, Steven Brint provides a historical account of the developments that higher education in the United States has experienced since 1980. University and college administrators, as well as governing board members, would greatly benefit from this book because it offers a comprehensive perspective on how the American system of higher education developed in the late twentieth- and early twenty-first centuries a…
A Theory of Public Higher Education
What would American public higher education look like if it was unencumbered by its own history? What if it were designed from scratch today, in full view of everything we have come to know about student learning, schooling, and our projections about the future of knowledge and work? This thought experiment project does just that. After justifying the need for a thoroughgoing redesign now, the backward-designed axiomatic approach is used to deter…
Recasting the agreements to re-humanize STEM education
The purpose of education is to understand and help address local and global problems to better society and the world. A key player in this endeavor should be STEM education, which has the potential to equip learners with the skills and knowledge necessary to address intersectional issues such as climate change, health and income disparities, racism, and political divisions. However, in this article we argue that despite the transformative potenti…
Humanizing STEM education
This study presents the findings from the analysis of reflections from 26 STEM faculty at various institutions of higher education across the United States who participated in the online course, The Humanity of Inclusive Practices, part of the Teaching and Learning Academy, offered by the John N. Gardner Institute (Gardner Institute) for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. Participants answered three questions at the end of the online course: …
Gauging trauma-informed pedagogy in higher education
Introduction A substantial amount of evidence suggests a negative association between traumatic experiences and mental health among primary and secondary school students. These vulnerable students are at an increased risk of academic, social, and emotional problems. However, there is limited evidence on the connection between traumatic experiences and student mental health in higher education, especially regarding trauma-related content in classr…
Love matters
This reflective essay explores the role of love in higher education through the lens of personal experiences, including confronting situations of tragedy and hopelessness as an educator. Drawing on the philosophies of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and James Baldwin, as well as insights from colleagues and students, I argue that love is not simply an emotional state but a transformative force capable of effecting meaningful, sustainable change. Love …
Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)