Teaching for Student Success: Designing Learning Environments That Help Students Thrive  

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Tracie Marcella Addy 

Within the shifting sands of higher education there is a necessity for both agility and the preservation of core teaching values. During this interactive keynote session, we will explore the core value of teaching for student success. Through the application of a large body of research, we will examine principles and practices that advance effective learning environments by discussing: 

• How instructors promote student success in their courses.  
• Which instructional approaches students indicate are critical for them to thrive.  
• Sample teaching development opportunities that support the adoption of evidence-based teaching practice. 

Participants will leave with a number of takeaways as they reflect on their roles in advancing student success through teaching.  

Tracie Marcella Addy, PhD, MPhil is an accomplished academic leader in higher education. She received her BS from Duke University, MPhil from Yale University, and PhD from North Carolina State University. She is a published scholar of teaching and learning and educational development. Her two main scholarly areas of focus include learner-centered teaching practices and the work of centers for teaching and learning.  

Dr. Addy’s work has been featured in a variety of academic journals and venues, such as Inside Higher Ed and University Business. She has been an invited guest on a number of podcasts, including Teaching in Higher Ed, Tea for Teaching, Teaching for Student Success, and Dead Ideas in Teaching & Learning. She is the lead author of the books What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching (2021) and Enhancing Inclusive Instruction: Student Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Advancing Equity in Higher Education (2024). Her next book for which she is a co-author is tentatively titled Educational Development in the Age of Change and is anticipated to be released in 2026 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Dr. Addy is also a frequently invited keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. Follow her work on tracieaddy.com as well as Bluesky and LinkedIn. 

Books announcements forthcoming.