Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching: by Year

Below is a list of memorable lectures on teaching, organized according to the year, by outstanding Stanford faculty who have won teaching awards.

Many of these lectures are available on YouTube (click on talk title) or on Stanford iTunes U.  For lectures that are not, members of the Stanford community may check out DVDs from our office.  If you are a Stanford faculty member and would like to receive a DVD of one or two of these lectures, please call the Center for Teaching and Learning at 723-1326 or email us at teachingcenter@stanford.edu.  We'll be happy to send them to you and may be able to give you others as the need arises.

2012 |2011| 2010 |2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995

2012:

Adventures in the Edusphere: Reflections on a Career in Academia
Professor Robert Siegel
May 10, 2012

Jump In, the Water is Lovely!
Professor Margot Gerritsen
January 26, 2012  ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Teaching for Learning
Professor Jennifer Summit
Feb. 2, 2012   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

2011:

Teaching Freshman Math and Science to the Masses
Professor Ralph Cohen, Humanities and Sciences
February 10, 2011  ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Collecting Folklore, Teaching Skills
Professor Gabriella Safran, Slavic Languages and Literatures
May 19, 2011   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Teaching in the Digital Age:  What's Collaboration Got to Do with It?
Professor Andrea Lunsford, English
October 13, 2011   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Why Do Students Call Me Yoda?
Professor Emeritus Channing Robertson
November 3, 2011   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

2010:

The New F Word (Feminism) and Beyond:  Gender, Race, and Other Classroom Unspeakables
Professor Michelle Elam, English
November 4, 2010  ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

CTL 35th Anniversary Celebration, November 9, 2010:

Is the Lecture Dead?  The Large Lecture Course in the Humanities Today
The 100th Lecture in the AWTT Series, by Professor Harry Elam, Drama, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

First Part of Program comprises:
- Welcoming Remarks by CTL Director Michele Marincovich
- Student Speech Contest Winner Aysha Bagchi '11
- President John Hennessy introducing Vice Provost Harry Elam

2009:

Passing the Torch: Thoughts about History, Teaching, and Mentorship
Professor Norman Naimark, History; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
January 29, 2009   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Principles and Practicalities for Honors Freshman Math
Professor Leon Simon, Mathematics
April 9, 2009   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Do You Know What They Do Not Know
Professor Umran Inan, Electrical Engineering
April 30, 2009   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

The Undergraduate Research Experience: Friend or Foe?
Professor Stacey Bent, Chemical Engineering
May 14, 2009   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

2008:

Rethinking Liberal Arts
Professor Russell Berman, Humanities; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
February 14, 2008   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Cowpies and Democracy: Teaching in the Field
Professor Jean Oi, Political Science
March 6, 2008   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Taking Risks
Professor James Gross, Psychology
April 24, 2008   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Engagement in the Classroom
Professor Paula Moya, Sociology
May 1, 2008   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Confessions of a Converted Lecturer
Professor Eric Mazur, Physics, Harvard
October 30, 2008  ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Tales from the Product Realization Lab: Learning Through Creation
Professor David Beach, Mechanical Engineering
November 20, 2008

2007:

Standing at the Abyss - Teaching in an Interdisciplinary Context
Professor Donald Barr, Sociology
February 1, 2007

Teaching in the Era of YouTube
Professor Tom Byers, Management Science and Engineering
February 22, 2007   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Large Project-Based Courses: It's Not Impossible
Professor Clifford Nass, Communication
May 3, 2007  ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

The Power and the Pitfalls of the Socratic Method in Teaching
Professor Debra Satz, Philosophy
October 11, 2007   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Teaching Outside the Classroom - Making a Difference in Students' Lives
Professor Larry Diamond, Political Science and Sociology; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
October 31, 2007   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

2006:

Textbooks, handouts, and other learning material: Which are effective?
Professor Guenther Walther, Statistics
January 26, 2006

Teaching through Writing in Humanities Courses
Professor Nancy Kollmann, William H. Bonsall Professor in History
February 2, 2006   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Challenges and Rewards of Team-Teaching
Professor Joshua Landy, French
Professor Lanier Anderson, Philosophy
February 23, 2006   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Playing as Pedagogy
Professor Wanda Corn, Art History
May 4, 2006   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Teaching Outside the Walls
Professor Rob Dunbar, GES
May 18, 2006   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Talking about Killing, Torturing and Letting Die
Professor Christopher Bobonich, Philosophy
November 16, 2006   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes

Teaching 'Difficult' Subjects:
Some Observations from Teaching Thermodynamics to Sophomores, Seniors, and Graduate Students
Professor Chris Edwards, Mechanical Engineering
November 30, 2006   ♦ View on Stanford iTunes 

2005:  

Understanding the Process of Discovery: Research as a Teaching Tool
Professor Deborah Gordon, Biological Sciences
January 20, 2005

How Teaching Sophomore College Changed My Life
Professor Coit Blacker, Director of the Stanford Institute for International Studies
February 10, 2005

The Teaching Confessional:
Things I Do but Shouldn't Do; Things I Do and Should Do;
Things I Don't Do and Shouldn't Do; Things I Don't Do but Should Do
Professor Mark Applebaum, Music
May 12, 2005

Preparing and Delivering the Lecture
Professor Lanier Anderson, Philosophy
May 26, 2005

2004:

Reflections on Mentoring: A Crucial Part of the Teaching Role
Professor Robert M. Gray, Electrical Engineering
January 22, 2004

Teaching in a Digital Age
Professor John M. Rick, Anthropological Sciences
February 12, 2004

Stimulation and Simulations: Getting Students Interested in International Relations
Professor Scott D. Sagan, Politcial Science
May 13, 2004

Active Learning, Peer Learning, Assessment-Driven Learning: How Do They Apply to Introductory Science Courses?
Professor Christopher E.D. Chidsey, Chemistry
May 20, 2004

Working with Rich Data
Professor Robert Gregg, Religious Studies
November 11, 2004

Encouraging Top Students in Large Classes
Professor Eric Roberts, Computer Science
November 18, 2004

2003:

Moral Commitments, Emotional Identifications, & Historical Evidence: Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Professor Joel Beinin, History
January 30, 2003

Teaching a Freshman/ Sophomore Seminar
Professor James Sheehan, History
February 13, 2003

Teaching Science: What Works
Professor Paul Wender, Chemistry
May 15, 2003

Teaching Critical Thinking About Gender
Professor Laura Carstensen
February 27, 2003

The Socratic Method. What It is and How to Use It in the Classroom
Professor Rob Reich, Political Science
May 22, 2003

Managing the Dreaded Essay Assignment
Professor Roger Noll, Public Policy
November 13, 2003

Is Teaching a Calling or a Profession: Teaching Literature in an Uncertain Age
Professor Seth Lerer, English and Comparative Literature
November 20, 2003

2002:

Strategies for Teaching Science to Non-Technical Majors
Professor Patricia Burchat
January 24, 2002

In Praise of (Real) Classroom Presence
Professor Hans Ulrich "Sepp" Gumbrecht
January 31, 2002

Problem Sets, Failure, and Learning
Professor David Freyberg
April 25, 2002

How Can Organic Chemistry Possibly Be Interesting? One Teacher's Answer
Professor Eric Kool, Chemistry
May 16, 2002

2001:

Reflections on the Experience of Team Teaching
Professor Emerita Barbara Gelpi and Professor Emeritus Al Gelpi, English
January 31, 2001

Making Sense of the ways that Students Speak and Write – Strategies for working with Less-than-Flawless Language
Professor Guadalupe Valdes, Education
February 15, 2001

Teaching Strategies for Case-Based Learning: Environmental Problems in the Classroom
Professor Keith Loague, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
April 19, 2001

Addressing Controversial Issues in the Classroom
Professor David B. Abernethy, Political Science
October 25, 2001

Teaching a Project-Based Course
Professor Kristine Samuelson
November 29, 2001

2000:

The Value of the Laboratory Experience in the Sciences
Professor Richard Zare, Chemistry
February 3, 2000

Soap Bubbles, Thermodynamics, and Engineering Science: Teaching the Ideas Behind All the Mathematics
Dean Franklin Orr, School of Earth Sciences
February 10, 2000

Back to the Basics: Presenting the Foundations of One's Discipline
Professor Peter Sells, Linguistics
February 24, 2000

Teaching by the Case Method
Professor Mary Barth, Graduate School of Business
April 13, 2000

Images Isn't Everything, But In Teaching Fluid Mechanics It Sure Helps
Professor Jeffrey Koseff, Civil and Environmental Engineering
May 4, 2000

History Wired: Technology-Enhanced Teaching
Professor Timothy Lenoir, History
November 15, 2000

1999:

Letting Them Do It Themselves...In Groups!
Professor and President Emeritus Donald Kennedy, Biological Sciences
January 21, 1999

Student-Friendly Lecturing
Professor John Perry, Philosophy
February 11, 1999

What I Learned about Teaching and Learning in Sophomore College
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Ramon Saldivar, English
February 25, 1999

How to Have a Good Class Discussion
Professor Mary Louise Roberts, History
April 22, 1999

Teaching Across the Disciplines: Reflections of a Pedagogic Switch Hitter
Vice Provost Robert Weisberg, Law
April 29, 1999

Some Tricks of the Trade: Connecting With Your Students
Professor Brad Gregory, History
May 13, 1999

Teaching as Learning: The Process of Designing a New Course
Professor Leonard Ortolano, Civil and Environmental Engineering
November 4, 1999

Analyzing the Complex Task of Teaching
Dr. Kelley Skeff, School of Medicine
November 10, 1999

1998:

Cultivating the Capability for Rigorous Critical Analysis: A Vital Pedagogical Task
Professor Robert McGinn, Science, Technology, and Society
January 22, 1998

Incorporating New Technologies into the Teaching Process
Professor Diane Middlebrook, English
February 12, 1998

Adventures in Collaborative Teaching
Professor Sylvia Yanagisako, Anthropology
February 13, 1998

Designing the Exam: Necessary Evil or Opportunity?
Professor Paul Turner, Art
February 26, 1998

Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: Vertical Learning and Teaching Science
Professor Robert Waymouth, Chemistry
April 23, 1998

Classroom Burn-out: Experiencing It, Dealing With It, and Learning From It
Professor Christina Maslach, UC Berkeley, Psychology
May 14, 1998

Teaching American Foreign Policy
Provost Condoleezza Rice, Political Science
October 22, 1998

Being a Machine vs. Being Curious: What Do Students Want?
Dennis Matthies, CTL
November 5, 1998

Creating the Urge to Learn
Professor Sam Chiu, EES & OR
November 12, 1998

1997:

How to Give a Lecture
Professor David Kennedy, History
January 23, 1997

How to Design and Teach a New Course
Professor Russell Fernald, Psychology and Human Biology
May 1, 1997

Creating Links Between Technology and Teaching
Professor Barbara Gelpi, English
April 17, 1997

Planning the New Core: Math, Science, and Technology for Non-Scientists
Professor Sandy Fetter, Physics
May 11, 1997

Bringing Community Service into the Classroom
Professor Al Camarillo, History
May 22, 1997

A Learning Tool: The Student-Produced Video as a Coursework Option
Professor James L. Gibbs, Jr., Anthropology
October 16, 1997

Teaching Large Humanities Courses for the Frosh
Professor Philippe Buc, History
October 21, 1997

Introductory Courses: Some Teaching and Learning Ideas
Professor John Taylor, Economics
November 13, 1997

Learning From Teaching: What You Know, What You Don't Know, and How to Teach
Professor Estelle Freedman, History
November 20, 1997

1996:

Relating to Your Students
Professor Sanford Dornbusch, Sociology and Human Biology
January 25, 1996

Galvanizing the Student Muse: Creative Work in an Academic Setting
Professor Jan Krawitz, Communication
February 15, 1996

Teaching Through Problem Solving: Perspectives After 18 Years in the Trenches
Professor Patricia Jones, Biological Sciences
April 18, 1996

7 (Plus or Minus 2) Habits of Highly Effective Teachers: Conversations with Colleagues
Professor Anne Fernald, Psychology
May 2, 1996

Dealing With an Eclectic Audience
Professor Brigitte Cazelles, French and Italian Languages
October 10, 1996

Controversy and Social Commitment in the Classroom
Professor Luis Fraga, Political Science
November 7, 1996

1995:

Listening to Students: Changing the Mathematics Curriculum at Stanford
Professor Brad Osgood, Mathematics
January 19, 1995

Five Essential Concepts for Successful Lecturing
Professor John Bravman, Materials Science & Engineering, and Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering
February 2, 1995

Students Helping to Change the Curriculum
Professor Sheri Sheppard, Mechanical Engineering
February 16, 1995

Running a Big Course
Professor Gil Masters, Civil Engineering
March 2, 1995

Maximizing Participation in Classroom Discussions
Professor Susan McConnell, Biological Sciences
May 4, 1995

The Difficulties and Benefits of Encouraging Diversity and Diverse Views in the Classroom
Professor Harry Elam, Drama
May 25, 1995

There are No Poor Speakers, Only Poor Listeners
Professor Emeritus James March, Political Science, Sociology, and Graduate School of Business
October 12, 1995

Synergizing Your Teaching by Involving Students in Faculty Research
Professor William Durham, Anthropology
November 2, 1995
**Although this talk is not available on tape, a text version appears in the Winter 1996 (Vol.7, No.2) version of CTL’s newsletter “Speaking of Teaching.” Call 3-1326 for a copy or click here.

Getting Inside Your Students' Heads
Professor Doug Osheroff, Physics
November 30, 1995

* With the exception of Professor Christina Maslach of UC Berkeley and Professor Eric Mazur of Harvard, all speakers in the series have been Stanford faculty. Their titles reflect their position at the time that they gave their talk.