Mary A. Cooksey

Teaching Professor
Whitewater 269
(765) 973-8438
mcooksey@iu.edu

Education

• M.A. in English, Ball State University, 1982
• M.A. in Philosophy, Ball State University, 1982
• B.S. in Philosophy, Ball State University, 1980

Current Research Interests

Biomedical Ethics, Death and Dying, The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Critical Teaching through the Great Conversations - Invited presentation at the FACET FALCON virtual conference, November 11, 2021
• Teaching the Philosophy of Computing using the Raspberry Pi - Quick Hits for the Digital Humanities, Indiana University Press, Fall 2020.
• Making the ‘little things’ happen in the classroom: Teaching with low technology to no technology - Plenary Speaker, FACET FALCON conference, November 8, 2018, Indianapolis, Indiana.
• The Proof is in the Pedagogy: An Examination and Assessment of the Effectiveness of Backward Design - Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning across Academic Disciplines, Fairfax, Virginia: George Mason University Press, 2017.

Selected Academic Awards/Recognitions

• HSS Outstanding Faculty, 2023
• Helen Lees Distinguished Teaching Award, Indiana University East, 2013
• Bender FACET Fellowship, Faculty Colloquium for Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University, 2013
• Member, Faculty Colloquium for Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University, 2012 - Present
• Distinguished Faculty Service Award, Indiana University East, 2008
• Brian Hiltunen Award for Scholarship of Engagement, Indiana Campus Compact, 2008