Please join us for an official welcome by Maggie Debelius, Director of Faculty Initiatives at CNDLS, followed by a virtual keynote by Flower Darby, Associate Director of the Teaching for Learning Center, University of Missouri.
Let’s face it. Teaching these days is tough. We’re exhausted, burned out, and frustrated by the societal challenges we’re navigating today. Yet our work is important, meaningful, and worthwhile. We’re changing lives and helping dreams come true. Topics covered in this talk will include the number one finding from almost a century of research on human flourishing, a theoretical framework to help us promote well-being for everyone in class, and practical, evidence-based strategies for every class (online or in-person), every discipline, and every mode. Based on Flower’s new book, The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes, this session will help us see how to promote flourishing—our own and our students’—and rediscover the joy inherent in transformational teaching and learning.
Associate Director of the Teaching for Learning Center, PhD Candidate, University of Missouri
Flower Darby celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all modalities to advance learning outcomes for all students. She’s an Associate Director of the Teaching for Learning Center at the University of Missouri. Prior to that, she held roles such as Assistant Dean of Online... Read More →
Embodying Georgetown's mission of cura personalis, the Engelhard Project is an innovative approach to integrating student wellbeing into learning environments.
Thank you to the Engelhard Project for sponsoring Flower Darby's talk on Monday of TLISI!
Monday May 18, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT Zoom Virtual Session(Zoom links can be found under each session's description.)
