JT Torres

JT Torres directs the Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning. He supports teachers and students in all contexts, both in and out of the classroom. His approach to educational development focuses on meaningful relationships with students, teachers, and content. He helps educators cultivate critical connections with students, building on shared interest to achieve important outcomes.

He also loves the mountains and spends his free time wandering peaks and valleys with his Husky, Kenai.

Education

• PhD, Educational Psychology, Washington State University (2018)
• MFA, Creative Writing, Georgia College (2012)
• BA, English, University of Central Florida (2007)

Research

His research explores the relationship between identity and learning, such as how students began to see themselves as “biologists,” “lawyers,” “artists,” etc.

Teaching

• Academic Writing
• Interactive Storytelling
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Education Studies

Selected Publications

• How to Incorporate Equity and Justice in Your Teaching (co-edited with Don C. Sawyer III and Suzanne S. Hudd)
• Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Feedback as Open-Ended Conversation: Inviting Students to Co-Regulate and Metacognitively Reflect During Assessment
• International Journal of ePortfolio - From Review to Practice: Implementing ePortfolio Research in Professional Identity Formation
• Faculty Focus - AI Eroding AI? A New Era for Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity
• Faculty Focus - The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment
• CT Post - A nuanced conversation about woke
• Times Higher Education - Students are Disengaged and It’s Due to How Higher Ed Is Structured
• Times Higher Education - Why Higher Education Should Take an EDI Lesson from Kendrick Lamar
• Inside Higher Ed - Preparing for the Metaverse with E-Portfolios
• Inside Higher Ed - What Video Games Can Teach About Teaching
• Inside Higher Ed - Writing the Research Paper Slowly
• Inside Higher Ed - 4 Questions to Ask to Promote Student Learning
• The Chronicle of Higher Education - Not Another Workshop!
• The Chronicle of Higher Education - Are We Asking the Wrong Questions About ChatGPT?
• The Conversation - Peer Review Isn’t Perfect
• The Conversation - How DEI Rollbacks at Colleges and Universities Set Back Learning
• The Academic Minute - How Conversations Help Us Learn

Media Appearances

• Brian and Company Podcast - How ChatGPT works or hinders education
• NBC CT - AI and ChatGPT Could Impact Student Learning
• NBC CT – AI and Cheating in the Classroom
• The Economist - How ChatGPT could help teachers and lower the cost of college
• Centering Centers Podcast – Illuminating Pathways: Building Relationships as a Center of One
• OneHE – Pathway to Success: Getting Started as a Leader of Teaching and Learning Development