Contract Grading and Peer Review with Dr. Christina Katopodis and Dr. Cathy Davidson | Season 2 Episode 3

beyond the curriculum

“Society is indeed a contract. ... It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection.”

— Edmund Burke

Dr. Katopodis is the Executive Director of Transformative Learning in the Humanities, a three-year initiative at City University of New York supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and recently received her doctorate in English at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and an adjunct instructor at New Jersey City University. She is a scholar of environmental studies, sound studies, and American literature. She has written articles published or forthcoming in ESQ: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, and Profession.

Cathy Davison is the founder of The Futures Initiative, a Distinguished Professor of English and MA in Digital Humanities, and MS in Data Analysis and Visualization. DeVarney Prof Emerita of Interdisciplinary Studies, Duke University, CoFounder and CoDirector, HASTAC.org and CoDirector of Transformative Learning in the Humanities

In this episode, Christina and Cathy will discuss contract grading and how peer editing both honors and challenges students in their own learning.

This the third episode of a six-part series where you will hear from the chapter authors themselves who will help us dive deeper into their ideas about assessment and its impact on teaching and learning allowing us to go beyond the curriculum.

Follow Dr. Christina Katopodis:

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• Inside Higher Ed
  

Follow Dr. Cathy Davidson:

• Twitter
• Blog
• Other Publications
  

Resources:

• Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (2020)
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