Best of GW Faculty Lectures

Saturday, October 25, 11am - 1pm | Various Locations

Immerse yourself in the GW classroom experience at our Best of GW lectures. Join our world-renowned faculty for our most engaging, student-favorite lectures. We've got a fantastic lineup of lectures planned - everyone is welcome to attend any lecture, regardless of school. 

Please check back for more information, as additional lectures will be posted throughout the summer.

11am Lectures

• Leading Outside Your Comfort Zone: Five Principles for Developing Leaders (GW Business)

  • Featuring Professor D. Christopher Kayes, PhD, Chair of the Department of Management and author of Leading Outside Your Comfort Zone 
  • Saturday, October 25, 11am | Kendall Auditorium, Room 151, Duquès Hall, 2201 G Street, NW
  • Leading is inevitably frustrating and emotionally demanding, yet leaders get little training in how to deal with painful emotions. Since the global pandemic, stresses on leaders have only grown. To lead effectively in an age of anxiety, leaders must build the capacity to act in spite of unpleasant emotions, and bring a learning mindset to challenges that can otherwise feel overwhelming. This interactive session helps participants understand key principles that lead to growth as a leader and encourages reflection on their leadership development. A limited number of copies of the book, Leading Outside Your Comfort Zone, will be 'auctioned.'

• The AI-Augmented Student: How Human-Centered AI Nurtures Lifelong Learning (College of Professional Studies)

  • Featuring Jose Carlos Linares, College of Professional Studies (CPS) Board of Advisors
  • Saturday, October 25, 11am | Location TBD
  • Explore the future of learning through the lens of the AI augmented student. Discover how human centered agentic tutors, purposeful prompt crafting, and responsible AI practices ignite curiosity, dissolve learning barriers, and reshape careers. We will navigate the ethical crossroads and managerial complexities of AI driven education, leaving alumni and families inspired with tomorrow’s essential skills. 

• Redesigning to Prepare Equity-Centered School Leaders through a University Partnership (Graduate School of Education and Human Development)

  • Featuring Dr. Abe Tekleselassie, Professor, Educational Administration; and Dr. Rebecca Thessin, Associate Professor, Educational Administration
  • Saturday, October 25, 11am | Location TBD
  • With grant funding from a philanthropic organization, the Educational Leadership & Administration Program (ELA) and the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) established a partnership to prepare aspiring equity-centered school leaders. Central to the program’s redesign effort is the authorship of a Portrait of a Graduate (POG) which informs the knowledge, professional practice and disposition of equity-centered leaders who dismantle systemic inequalities in educational access and opportunities among all students in the district. We will present the key features of our program’s redesign work, including our  Candidate Assessment System and instructional strategies introduced in course work, as well as describe the authentic learning experiences we have planned with DCPS leaders that have contributed to the partnership’s success. We seek to include recent graduates from this partnership program and/or DCPS leaders in our presentation as well.