Natalie Czimskey

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Associate Professor of Instruction

Initiative Focus

Natalie Czimskey, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at The University of Texas where she earned all three of her degrees. She began teaching as a doctoral student in 2012 and continued teaching part time until completing her Ph.D. in 2019 when she joined the faculty full-time.  Her primary research area is adult neurogenic disorders with a special interest in traumatic brain injury, though her passion is teaching; she has taught 9 different courses in the past 2 years.

Initiative

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The Compassion Project

Cohort
2021
Fellow(s)

Evidence from allied health fields shows that patients’ relationship with their provider is often the most therapeutic aspect of the health care encounter (Tresolini

Impacts

This collage features members of a diverse cohort in various settings. One image shows a man teaching with a recorder, while another captures a smiling group of five people. There’s also a candid shot of a bald man, a dramatic theater scene, and a portrait of a man in a mariachi outfit. The images reflect creativity, collaboration, and cultural expression.

Rigorously Compassionate Cohort Reflections on Fall 2024

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Blog post detailing discussions and insights from student-faculty conversations at the close of the first full semester of implementation of the "Rigorously Compassionate Syllabi" project.

Slide presentation titled "Academic Culture"

Teaching as Well Being (UT System)

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On April 11, 2024, three Provost's Teaching Fellows presented at the final session of the "Teaching as Wellbeing" mini-conference series, hosted by the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers in collaboration with UT System faculty developers. The series served as a monthly think tank about the relationship between teaching, learning, and wellbeing for educators and educational developers across UT system.