JT Torres Director of the Harte Center for Teaching and Learning

James G. Leyburn Library 110
540-458-8333
jtorres@wlu.edu

JT Torres directs the Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning. He supports teachers and students in all contexts, both in and out of the classroom. His approach to educational development focuses on meaningful relationships with students, teachers, and content. He helps educators cultivate critical connections with students, building on shared interest to achieve important outcomes.

He also loves the mountains and spends his free time wandering peaks and valleys with his Husky, Kenai.

Education

PhD, Educational Psychology, Washington State University (2018)
MFA, Creative Writing, Georgia College (2012)
BA, English, University of Central Florida (2007)

Research

His research explores the relationship between identity and learning, such as how students began to see themselves as “biologists,” “lawyers,” “artists,” etc.

Teaching

Academic Writing
Interactive Storytelling
Interdisciplinary Studies
Education Studies

Selected Publications

How to Incorporate Equity and Justice in Your Teaching (co-edited with Don C. Sawyer III and Suzanne S. Hudd)
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Feedback as Open-Ended Conversation: Inviting Students to Co-Regulate and Metacognitively Reflect During Assessment
International Journal of ePortfolio - From Review to Practice: Implementing ePortfolio Research in Professional Identity Formation
Faculty Focus - AI Eroding AI? A New Era for Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity
Faculty Focus - The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment
CT Post - A nuanced conversation about woke
Times Higher Education - Students are Disengaged and It’s Due to How Higher Ed Is Structured
Times Higher Education - Why Higher Education Should Take an EDI Lesson from Kendrick Lamar
Inside Higher Ed - Preparing for the Metaverse with E-Portfolios
Inside Higher Ed - What Video Games Can Teach About Teaching
Inside Higher Ed - Writing the Research Paper Slowly
Inside Higher Ed - 4 Questions to Ask to Promote Student Learning
The Academic Minute - How Conversations Help Us Learn
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Not Another Workshop!
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Are We Asking the Wrong Questions About ChatGPT?
The Conversation - Peer Review Isn’t Perfect
The Conversation - How DEI Rollbacks at Colleges and Universities Set Back Learning

Media Appearances

Brian and Company Podcast - How ChatGPT works or hinders education
NBC CT - AI and ChatGPT Could Impact Student Learning
NBC CT – AI and Cheating in the Classroom
The Economist - How ChatGPT could help teachers and lower the cost of college
Centering Centers Podcast – Illuminating Pathways: Building Relationships as a Center of One
OneHE – Pathway to Success: Getting Started as a Leader of Teaching and Learning Development