Assistant Professor of Sociology Alanna Gillis discussed how her research indicates that hyflex learning shouldn’t be the future of higher education during an episode of the Inside Higher Ed podcast published on Oct. 21.
Inspired by her work with Alleigh Szabo ’24, Gillis argues that continuing to refine face-to-face learning and fully online learning to meet the needs of students at institutions is the key to success for the future of higher education.
Gillis is the author of several scholarly articles which examine race, class, and gender inequality in higher education and inclusive pedagogy. At St. Lawrence, she teaches Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Sociology: Inequality, Sociology of Education, and a community-based learning course of Sociology of Family–all of which supported her research on hyflex courses. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a B.A. in Sociology from Furman University.
