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Meet Leah Roy, 2026 – 27 CAT Faculty in Residence!
Leah joins the Center for the Advancement of Teaching this summer as the inaugural Faculty in Residence, bringing more than two decades of teaching experience in the Department of Theatre and Dance, where she serves as Teaching Professor of Performance. She has been part of the Wake Forest faculty since 2002.
Teaching @WFU: A CAT Blog
- We’ve Done This Before
As someone who has been teaching for almost 20 years, I periodically have the experience of stumbling on old course materials and thinking, “Dang, this was a ton of work. And not half bad. Why am I not still using it??” I had that feeling again last week. With each […] - AI on Campus: No Single Story
What is the single story of AI widely circulating in higher education? It was made plain in the May 2025 headline in New York Magazine, “Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College,” and many similar articles since. It is present, too, at Wake Forest, but students challenged […] - Three Interviews on Higher Education Today
CAT Executive Director Betsy Barre recently appeared on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast to discuss recent debates about political neutrality in the classroom. You can listen to the episode in the embedded player below or via your favorite podcast player.