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Faculty Reading Group

Each semester, faculty gather to read and discuss a book on teaching and learning.

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Faculty talk with one another at a CETL workshop

About the Faculty Reading Group

Each fall (and sometimes in the spring), CETL hosts a reading group open to all university faculty. CETL purchases books for attendees, which are available for pick-up in advance of our first meeting. We meet three times over the course of the semester to discuss the selected book. 

Spring 2026

This spring, the Faculty Reading Group will tackle the book Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom, by Jessamyn Neuhaus. We'll meet via Zoom at 2:00 pm on the following dates:

  • Friday Feb 13 
  • Friday Feb 27
  • Friday March 6

Registration for the spring 2026 reading group is now closed. Check back in fall 2026 for further opportunities. 

Cover of Snafu Edu, with an inside-out umbrella against a blue background

Learn more about the Spring 2026 title

In Snafu Edu, Jessamyn Neuhaus takes a refreshingly honest look at all the things that can (and do) go wrong in our classrooms. After identifying five root causes of these snafus, she suggests practical pedagogical strategies that can help instructors build trust, connection, and agency in the classroom—for both teachers and students. Readers will leave with a “go bag” of practices they can employ to address the inevitable snafus that occur in any teaching context.

Register for the reading group above!

Past Reading Group Selections