Ransford Pinto

Position
Associate Director of Graduate Pedagogy, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning
Role
Future Faculty Workshop Speaker
Bio/Description

Ransford Pinto is the Associate Director of Graduate Pedagogy at Princeton University's McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. He oversees McGraw's initiatives tailored for graduate students and Postdoctoral Scholars, including the Teaching Transcript Program and orientation sessions for new AIs. He also provides guidance and support to faculty, Postdocs, and Graduate Students in enhancing their curricular and pedagogical practices through individual consultations and workshops. Prior to joining Princeton, Ransford served as an Assistant Director for Graduate Programs at Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. He also held a Senior Lecturer position in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education. Ransford earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and a master’s degree in Public Affairs from the University of Missouri-Columbia.