At these events, faculty discuss a specific aspect of teaching over lunch.  The conversation is sometimes led by a guest speaker from outside the Oxy community, sometimes by a panel of faculty or of students, and sometimes centered around pre-circulated scholarship of teaching and learning.  Below is a list of current-year Talking about Teaching lunch topics, as well as topics from recent years.

AY 2012-2013 topics

- Grades and grading

- The achievement gap at well-resourced institutions of higher education

- Writing effective letters of recommendation

- Oxy student writing: lessons and advice from CAE Writing Tutors (student panel)

Past year topics

- Racial and Ethnic Diversity and the Liberal Arts College Classroom

- Instructional Technology: Lessons from the Summer Digital Institute and the iPad Faculty Learning Community

- Teaching the Millenials

- How We Do or Don't Account for Our Own Political Beliefs in Our Teaching

- Teaching with Clickers

- Maximizing Student Learning in Small Groups