White text reads: "Our goal this term was to move towards pedagogical approaches that emphasized co-creation of knowledge, self-determination theory, and sharing power with students in feminist, respectful ways." -Sabrina L. Perkins Background shows two students working on a laptop.

Learning Through Partnership: Reflections on Teaching, Power, and Student Engagement  

This is the second post in our three-part series reflecting on our student-faculty partnership. As described in prior literature, our partnership focused predominately on process-oriented questions related to pedagogy and classroom experiences, and not product-oriented changes to the course or curricula (Felten and Kupatadze 2026). This post…

My goal in participating was to see ‘the behind the scenes’ of pedagogical decisions…”

What Does it Mean to Partner with Students? An Introduction

In higher education, meaningful learning is based in supportive relationships, having courage to develop together, and contributing to a sense of shared growth. We the authors recently engaged in student-faculty partnerships in a lifespan development course focused on systemic racism…