Cook-Sather Highlights Student-Faculty Partnerships with Irish Higher Ed Leaders

Last month, Professor of Education Alison Cook-Sather gave a lecture to the Higher Education Authority of Ireland on "Embracing Pedagogical Partnership." Her talk drew on nearly two decades of research and experience directing the Teaching and Learning Institute (TLI) at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. At the heart of the TLI is its signature initiative, the Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) Program, in which students partner with faculty and departments to foster more inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist teaching practices and learning environments.

Cook-Sather is the Mary Katharine Woodworth Professor of Education. In addition to directing the TLI, she is also director of the Peace, Conflict and Social Justice Studies concentration at Bryn Mawr.

Her research focuses on how differently positioned participants in education can work together toward more equitable and inclusive learning. She is an internationally recognized scholar on student voice work, particularly student voice in teacher education and professional development, and on pedagogical partnership in higher education.