ECON Professors Erin Moody, Martina Copelman, and Stefania Scandizzo were awarded 2025 TLTC Teaching Innovations Grant Awards. Their project titles and details can be found below.

Improving Learning for All in Intermediate Economic Theory Courses by Erin Moody. This project will redesign discussion sections in intermediate theory courses to ensure consistency and effectiveness across sections. The focus will be on active learning strategies aligned with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to improve student engagement, comprehension, and retention.

Project-Based Assessments in 400-level Economics Courses with Martina Copelman, who will design of a series of assessments and project based assignments to enhance students’ learning experience by applying economic theory and linking previous knowledge to economic policies implemented in Latin America. Students will apply skills to present collaborative work in a group format to develop workplace skills and understand the significance of carefully thought-out economic policies and their impact on economic development. The course will be offered in the Spring of 2026.

Enhancing out of classroom engagement to promote student engagement in ECON200 by Stefania Scandizzo, who will to create new content for Principles of Microeconomics. The aim is to provide students with additional resources outside the classroom to increase the means of engagement and representation and ultimately better help them succeed in the course. New Canvas content will include additional chapter-by-chapter review materials on Canvas, including step by step solutions to past exam questions. Some of this new material will be used for optional review sessions to be held by our undergraduate teaching assistants before exams.