Welcome to the CFE Beat!

The CFE Beat is an online publication where AU faculty share informative narratives and reflections on their work. The Beat provides the AU community with the opportunity to share and explore new pedagogical insights, reflect on best practices and professional development experiences, and to learn about up-and-coming scholarship on teaching and learning from the CFE Team and Faculty Associates. The CFE Beat features works grounded in evidence-based practices combined with storytelling.

The CFE Beat releases issues in the fall and spring of each academic year and welcomes contributions dedicated any aspect of faculty work. Stay on beat with us and start each semester strong!

Our Motivation

At CFE, we are always trying to improve our efforts to foster an inclusive and collaborative community committed to impactful scholarship, teaching, and service. With The Beat, we strive to create an online platform dedicated to sharing insights and reflections from the AU community of faculty on all aspects of their work.

We see The Beat as an opportunity for us to bring you timely and relevant information on a variety of topics related to faculty work and CFE’s mission from our own community. We endeavor to cover new, refreshing ideas in these areas as well as offer new ways of thinking about existing practices. Our ultimate goal is to provide you with interesting, engaging, and thought-provoking content.

Editorial Team

Nicole Angotti (CFE Faculty Associate and Associate Professor, CAS | Sociology)

Anna Olsson (Assistant Vice Provost, CFE)

Sonja Walti (CFE Faculty Associate and Senior Professorial Lecturer, SPA | Public Administration & Policy)