Faculty Showcase 2026

 

 

 

We’re thrilled to announce the 12th annual Faculty Showcase, the University of Miami's teaching and learning conference. Led by faculty for faculty, the day brings colleagues together to share, network, and discover the ways they are enriching student experiences through innovative pedagogies and learning technologies. Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be provided, and you are welcome to attend for the full day or any portion that fits your schedule.

Join us on Friday, November 6th!

9:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Shalala Student Center 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom

1330 Miller Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Please have the QR code scanner app from your cellphone ready to ensure a smooth check-in process on the day of the event. We will have a QR code for you to scan at the check-in table.  You will not need to print your ticket. 

Register to attend the event

Overview

 

🚗  Parking and Transport: Parking is available for UM faculty and staff who have a valid parking pass for the Coral Gables campus. Metered parking is available in the Pavia parking garage (view campus map).

🍽  Food: Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be provided.

👥  Network and Learn: Prepare to interact with fellow faculty on topics related to teaching and learning throughout the Showcase!

 

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Event Information

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Event Information

Keynote Speaker: Ben Lauren

 

Ben Lauren is Professor of Writing Studies at the University of Miami, where he currently serves as the inaugural Chair of the Department of Writing Studies and founding Director of Innovation and Society, an interdisciplinary program that helps students develop competencies in creative problem solving, design, accessibility, and futures-oriented thinking. 

At the center of his work is a commitment to understanding creativity as a human, organizational, and educational practice. As a scholar-artist, educator, and academic leader, Ben explores how writing, design, sound, and creative production shape the ways people make meaning, collaborate, innovate, and imagine futures.

His scholarship spans rhetoric, professional writing, user experience, project management, experiential learning, design thinking, and songwriting. He is particularly interested in how acts of making generate knowledge, build communities, and create change. His work has appeared in journals such as Kairos, Computers and Composition, and IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. Ben is also the author of three books: Communicating Project Management: A Participatory Rhetoric for Development Teams (Routledge); Hold Me Down: Toward a Rhetoric of Feel (University of Michigan Press); and, with Kyle D. Stedman, Can I Ask a Question? A Dialog About Sonic Rhetoric, Professional Writing, and Creative-Critical Scholarship (Intermezzo).

 

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