Please join us for the 2025 Midwest SoTL Conference on April 11, 2025 in person on the Indiana University South Bend campus.
Our keynote speaker is Cate Denial, author of Pedagogy of Kindness.
Catherine (Cate) Denial, Ph.D. is the Bright Distinguished Professor of American History and Director of the Bright Institute at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Denial’s new book, A Pedagogy of Kindness (2024), argues that higher education needs to get aggressively and determinedly kind. As she says, “We need to shift every part of what we do to prioritize care and compassion, not only for our students but for ourselves. We deserve change that creates a system of higher education in which we are each valued for the totality of who we are instead of only the products (books, bell curves, patents, performances) we are urged to create.” A Pedagogy of Kindness is about attending to justice, believing people, and believing in people.
Call for Proposals is now Open! Proposal deadline is February 2, 2025 at 11:59 pm.
Registration Information:
Registration will open mid-January, 2025
Costs:
- $120 (full time faculty)
- $60 (part time faculty)
- $30 (student)
Conference & Campus Information
Contact Us:
University Center for Excellence in Teaching
Indiana University South Bend
ude[dot]ui[at]TECU
(574) 520-4894