P3 Student Ambassador - Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching

In addition to semester-long student-faculty partnerships, the Pedagogical Partnership Program (P3) allows faculty to engage in briefer, more targeted partnerships with students by working with a P3 Student Ambassador. Student Ambassadors provide faculty with just-in-time feedback regarding pedagogy as tailored to the faculty’s specific needs. For example, a Student Ambassador can:

Review syllabi for tone, clarity, and utility for students
Review course policies for inclusion, equity, and transparency
Observe a class session and offer feedback on instructor facilitation, content organization, classroom dynamics, student engagement/participation, etc.
Meet for a consultation on various teaching challenges

Nessren Ourdyl is serving as Student Ambassador in Fall 2023.

Nessren (she/her) is a junior at Tufts University studying Cognitive & Brain Sciences. She is originally from North Reading, Massachusetts and some of her hobbies include art, reading, and languages. At Tufts, she served on the TCU Senate as both a member and chair of the Education Committee, is a coordinator for the Tufts College Access and Mentoring Initiative and is currently a Student Ambassador for the Pedagogical Partnership Program, P3. She’s worked with P3 since spring of 2023 with a partnership in the Science, Technology, Society department. Her involvements have allowed her to think holistically about what a Tufts educational experience looks like to different backgrounds and how to increase its accessibility. She is working towards pursuing a medical degree with an emphasis on addressing public policies as preventative medicine.

If you are interested in working with Nessren, please email heather.dwyer@tufts.edu.