Kasey (Perkins) Grady is a senior lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis, where she has chaired the Arts and Sciences curriculum committee, shaped standards for syllabi to meet accreditation, designs foodways courses and leads faculty pedagogy initiatives, works with first generation and low-income college students, and teaches first-year composition. She also advises several student groups and is currently president of the Association for Women Faculty. You can view her department bio here.

 

“How AI is Changing the Classroom”

Interviewed for The Ampersand, story link here.

 

“Belonging Catalyzes Risk”

a talk given at the Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference, 2025.

Session Description:

This past year, I was a participant in the Washington University program, Creating Equitable & Inclusive Learning Environments (CEILE). Over the course of our one-year program, we attended workshops and did research into inclusive pedagogy and universal design for learning with the goal of modifying any Spring 2025 course and monitoring the results. I showcase how incorporating inclusive pedagogy into my Foodwriting Workshop course resulted in students who were much more willing to take intellectual and creative risks. First, I discuss course objectives alongside clear, transparent, and accessible syllabus and assignment construction. I then illustrate how classroom community was built both inside the classroom (through deliberative interdependence and the classic workshop model) and outside the classroom (using technology such as GroupMe), fostering a sense of comfort. Finally, I share student results—how often students used office hours, took risks in their writing, and ultimately what they themselves thought about their sense of belonging in the course.

 

“Marching Into the Madness: Students Vs. ChatGPT”

a talk given at the Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference, 2024.

Session Description: I showcase an in-class activity using GoogleSheets (that can occur in person or virtually) where students compete against ChatGPT for who can write the best first line to an argumentative essay. First, I briefly present the rationale for using gamification to introduce students to the boons and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in a flipped classroom format, then discuss the inclusivity and accessibility—for both type of learner and for faculty across disciplines—of the activity. Learning outcomes, alongside their applications to the rest of the course/students’ personal and professional lives, are foregrounded before an example of a completed class bracket is shown. I point to which portions of the activity constitute best practice for gamified activity elements and present student feedback on the activity.

 

Teaching Awards

ArtSci Council Distinguished Faculty Award 2026

Winner

Excellence in Teaching Award (Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference 2025)

Nominee

Washington University Outstanding Writing Faculty 2024

Winner

ArtSci Council Excellence in Teaching Award 2023

Winner

Washington University Best Humanities Professor 2019
Nominee

Outstanding Instructional Design (Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference 2018)
Nominee

Washington University Outstanding Writing Faculty 2016
Winner

Washington University Best Small Class Experience 2016
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Washington University Outstanding Writing Faculty 2015-2025
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