Dr. Shubhi Sachdeva awarded CEETL's Exemplary Teaching Award 2026

"Shubhi Sachdeva, Assistant Professor in Child and Adolescent Development, is awarded CEETL’s Exemplary Teaching Award for her (GWAR) writing courses in which she centers equity and a humanizing approach to teaching and learning. Dr. Sachdeva’s pedagogy prioritizes inclusion and belonging by inviting students, especially those who are first-generation, multilingual, and from immigrant communities, to bring the ‘fullness of their identities’ into the learning process. She guides students in applying academic theories and research to their lived experiences and future professional goals. Through scaffolded, writing assignments to build a final paper over the course of the semester, she invites students to write weekly autobiographies of their own development experience, and then critically analyze how social factors and identities intersect to shape development. By fostering a culture of care through transparency, feedback, and relational trust, she creates meaningful opportunities for connection, reflection, and growth, empowering students to draw on their own lived experiences to see themselves as capable scholars, recognizing their own positionalities in serving others, and contributing to more just communities." - CEETL website