Tulane University’s Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) is excited to announce that Dr. Amy Baldwin, Ed.D., will serve as the Plenary Speaker for the 8th Annual Sparking Success: Faculty Development Conference.
Dr. Baldwin’s work explores how mindset, feedback, and belonging shape student learning. Drawing on the latest research and her commitment to student success at both the undergraduate and graduate/professional levels, she offers practical strategies to help students reframe failure, stay motivated, and thrive, both academically and personally. Her work highlights how small shifts in approach can build student resilience and support lasting success.
Sparking Success encourages faculty, staff, and graduate and professional students to come together, build community, and find inspiration for enhancing our shared work on campus, making Dr. Baldwin’s message especially timely and relevant.
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Amy Baldwin, Ed.D. is a the First-Year Seminar Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in the Student Transitions department at the University of Central Arkansas where she served as the chair of the department for seven years. Prior to her roles at UCA, she spent 18 years working with community college students, which led to her the first textbook for two-year college students The Community College Experience (Pearson). Her research and writing focuses on student success topics such as belonging, resilience, engagement, and transition. She is the author of OpenStax' College Success, College Success Concise, and Preparing for College Success and a co-author of Promoting Belonging, Growth Mindset, and Resilience to Foster Student Success (Stylus). She also serves up teaching strategies on Instagram @thecuriousprofessor.
Plenary Session | From Setbacks to Success: Reframing Failure for Student Growth and Resilience
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 | 3pm - 5pm | Reception to follow!
What can we do as educators to help students embrace failure as a powerful catalyst for growth? Drawing from current research on learning mindsets, we will focus on proven strategies to shift undergraduate and graduate students from "failure-phobic" to authentic confidence. Attendees will learn innovative strategies for fostering resilience and growth mindsets to help all levels of students learn from setbacks and achieve deeper, more sustainable success.
