Threshold Concepts in the Moment

Jason P. Davies, Ph.D. (1999), UCL, is Associate Professor (Teaching) at UCL. He has published on ancient history, interdisciplinarity, HE pedagogy, and threshold concepts. He co-edited Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Perspectives from UCL (UCL IOE Press, 2018).

Elia Gironacci, Ph.D. (2018), University of Warwick, is Director of Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His recent publications and practice focus on students learning in traditional undergraduate degrees and work-based learning in degree apprenticeships programmes.

Susannah McGowan, Ph.D. (2014), University of California, Santa Barbara, is Director of Curriculum Transformation Initiatives at The Red House, Georgetown University. Her most recent research includes articles on academic hope, online engagement practices, and academic staff labor.

Abel Nyamapfene, Ph.D. (2006), University of Surrey, Ed.D. (2018), University of Exeter, is Professor (Teaching) at UCL. As Academic Lead (Mathematics) for UCL's Engineering Sciences faculty, he leads and publishes on probem- and scenario-based pedagogy in research-intensive environments.

Julie Rattray, Ph.D. (2001, University of Dundee), is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Durham, UK. Her most recent publications have focused on threshold concepts, conceptions of Teacher Care in HE, and issues of quality in medical education.

Anne M. Tierney, Ph.D. (2016, Durham University), is Assistant Professor in the Learning and Teaching Academy, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland. Her most recent publications focus on misconceptions in SoTL and challenges faced in scholarship promotion pathways.

Andrea Webb, Ph.D. (2015, University of British Columbia), is Associate Professor of Teaching at UBC. Her research interests are in teaching and learning in higher education, specifically projects related to Threshold Concepts, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.