Welcome Assistant Professor Tania D. Mitchell!

MitchellT-2012The Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning is excited to welcome Dr. Tania Mitchell as the newest member of our faculty. Dr. Mitchell received her doctorate in Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and brings an extensive background and expertise in community engagement and service-learning to the University of Minnesota. Her teaching and research focus on diversity in higher education, leadership development, community engagement and the pedagogy, philosophy and practice of service-learning. This spring Dr. Mitchell will teach PsTL 8010: Service-Learning Pedagogy and Praxis, a graduate level special topics course. She will also teach PsTL 1461 Multicultural Perspectives in Public Speaking providing undergraduates an opportunity to work with her. Welcome Dr. Mitchell!