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Each month, TAA hosts a moderated open-discussion conversation on a topic of interest to textbook and/or academic authors. 

Upcoming Conversation Circle Schedule

Topic: Artificial Intelligence

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1 - 2 pm ET

Co-Moderators: TAA AI Committee

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Topic: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Date: Wednesday, October 7, 1 - 2 pm ET

Co-Moderator: Nancy Chick, SoTL scholar, scholarly teacher, and faculty developer

Nancy Chick is a SoTL scholar, scholarly teacher, and faculty developer. She has many publications on the results of her SoTL projects and on the field of SoTL, including her 2025 access book, The SoTL Guide: (Re)Orienting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, co-written with Peter Felten and Katarina Mårtensson. Nancy was also the founding co-editor of Teaching & Learning Inquiry, the journal of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL).

Conversation Circle Recordings

• Watch 4/29/26 Conversation Circle: Journal Article Writing: Pitfalls and Promises, co-moderated by Dannelle Stevens
• Watch 3/24/26 Conversation Circle: All Things Artificial Intelligence, co-moderated by the TAA AI Committee
• Watch 1/28/26 Conversation Circle: Holding Yourself Accountable to Your New Year's Goals, co-moderated by Dr. Noelle Sterne
• Watch 10/29/25 Conversation Circle: Co-Authoring
• Watch 3/27 Conversation Circle on Publishing Practices
• Watch 11/27 Conversation Circle Recording on Content Curation
• Watch the 11/6 Conversation Circle Recording on Royalties
• Watch the 9/25 Conversation Circle Recording on Developing Good Writing Habits
• Watch the 8/28/24 Conversation Circle Recording on Productivity 
• Watch the 7/31/24 Conversation Circle Recording on Plagiarism
• Watch the 5/29/24 Conversation Circle Recording on How to Reduce Academese
  
• Watch the 4/24/24 Conversation Circle Recording on Writing a Literature Review
• Watch the 3/27/24 Conversation Circle Recording on All Things Generative AI 
• Watch the 1/31/24 Conversation Circle Recording on Advice on Getting Unstuck When Writing
• Watch the 11/29/23 Conversation Circle Recording on Writing a Dissertation
• Watch the 9/27/23 Conversation Circle Recording on Marketing/Creating An Author Brand 

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