Mascha Gemein

Dr. Gemein is an international scholar and educational developer with a particular focus on pedagogies of care, intercultural learning, and evidence-based curriculum development. She supports faculty and curriculum development through individual and small-group consultations, scheduled and on-demand professional development programs, and learning communities. She also serves as an advisor, coordinator, and faculty member of the College Teaching Program (GIDP). 

Committed to promoting servingness and inclusive leadership at the University of Arizona, Mascha has been involved with the Hispanic Serving Institution Fellows, the Inclusive Leadership Institute, and the Culturally Responsive Curriculum Development Institute. She has also been an active contributor to the POD Network, the largest community of educational developers in North America, with leadership roles in committees, special interest groups, and affinity groups.

Courses:

• IA 697a Learner-Centered Teaching
• IA 697p College Teaching Practice
• IA 699 Independent Studies

Selected Publications:

Gemein, M., Burd, G., Grace, S., Elfring, L., & Winet, K. (2024). Empowering a Coalition of the Willing: How Instructor-Driven FLCs are Expanding Evidence-Based Teaching at a Large Research University. Faculty Learning Communities: Communities of Practice that Support, Inspire, Engage and Transform Higher Education Classrooms. Ed. Kristin Rainville. Information Age Publishing.

Gemein, M. (2016). “Seeds Must be Among the Greatest Travelers of All:’ Native American Literatures Planting the Seeds for a Cosmopolitical Environmental Justice Discourse.” ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 23(3). 485-505.

Gemein, M. (2016). "’Branched Into All Directions of Time:’ Physics and Compassion in Silko’s Ceremony." Leslie Marmon Silko: Ceremony/ Almanac of the Dead/ Gardens in the Dunes. Ed. David L. Moore. New York: Bloomsbury. 57-78.