What I Cover
I write about teaching, learning, and the human interactions that shape them. Some of my favorite stories have examined the role that teaching plays in professors’ careers, the toll that this work can take on the professors who love it, and efforts to make large classes feel smaller.
As the college-going population diversifies, the professoriate adjunctifies, and institutional priorities shift, much of my coverage explores the question: Will colleges deliver on their promise to educate the students they now enroll?
With my colleague Beth McMurtrie, I co-write The Chronicle’s Teaching newsletter, which offers instructors and the faculty developers who support them a weekly dose of news, research, advice, and ideas. It also provides connection and community — and informs our reporting for our broader Chronicle readership.
My Background
I didn’t know I wanted to be a journalist until near the end of college. Even then, I didn’t intend to write about education, but after I joined The Chronicle as an intern in 2008, I discovered that colleges were actors and writing about them was a way to write about almost anything. I moved into a staff position covering college affordability before taking on the teaching beat.
I earned a bachelor’s degree in comparative religion from Miami University and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School. I grew up in Michigan and now reside in Florida. A planner by nature, I carried a hand-me-down PalmPilot in high school.
Connect
Email me at beckie.supiano@chronicle.com. I can be found on social media but am more of a lurker than a poster.
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