Launched in 2022, the Celebrating Teacher-Scholar Lecture Series highlights DU’s commitment to the teacher-scholar ideal by showcasing faculty who exemplify this commitment. These faculty are invited by Provost Clark to speak to their engagement in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), how they bring their own scholarship into the classroom, or how they train future scholars.

Teaching is a scholarly endeavor. At DU, we value teaching as core to our identity. In our pursuit of excellence as faculty members, we continuously reflect on our teaching practices and ways to grow as educators, embodying the teacher-scholar ideal. 

Being a teacher and a scholar are not mutually exclusive, but complementary. When we cultivate a teaching practice informed by research, train the next generation of researchers, and bring cutting-edge scholarship into the classroom, we are engaging in scholarly teaching. Faculty who are not in the classroom with undergraduates and graduates may engage the community in teaching and learning as they share their research publicly, or refine their clinical practice in dialogue with pedagogical models.  

To honor the diverse ways DU faculty live this value, Provost Clark, in collaboration with the OTL, is celebrating teacher-scholars by highlighting faculty who exemplify this work.