Dan Guberman
Senior Instructional Developer at Purdue University's Center for Instructional Excellence; musicologist and advocate for alternative grading and course design using self-determination theory.
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Jun 2, 2026
Robert BosleyHOST
So we really kinda wanna take a minute, find out just how did you get into this crazy world of alternative grading?
Dan GubermanGUEST
So I transitioned from being a professor, a teaching professor of music history and theory, to working in a teaching center almost 10 years ago now.
Dan GubermanGUEST
And when I came to the teaching center, it was an overwhelming amount of material and stuff to engage with, which was really fun.
Dan GubermanGUEST
And I was really drawn to critical pedagogy, which is something that I had engaged with lightly in the past, but mostly in the context of music history teaching.
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