Curious About Engaging with JMU X-Labs?
We know JMU X-Labs initiatives might be new or seem complex - but don’t worry! We’re here to guide you, no matter your level of experience. Here’s how to learn more:
Office Hours (Virtual) - Spring '25 Semester
Curious faculty brought their questions to our weekly virtual office hours hosted by our Assistant Directors, Adrienne Hooker and Masoud Kaveh. Their questions set the agenda!
- Spring '25 Semester - Wednesdays 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Faculty Panel Discussions - Spring '25 Semester
Team Teaching Unpacked: Faculty Experiences from JMU X-Labs - This new brown bag lunch series brought together JMU X-Labs faculty in panel discussions to share their experiences in cross-disciplinary team teaching in JMU X-Labs. Through open discussion, the panelists shared the unexpected emotions, exhilarations, challenges, and pedagogical epiphanies integrated into each JMU X-Labs teaching experience.
- Friday, February 28, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160
- Samy El-Tawab, Director and Professor, Information Technology
- Raihan Khan, Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
- Erica Lewis, Professor, Nursing
- Friday, March 28, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160
- Dmytro Babik, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics
- Kevin Borg, Director of Public History Program, Professor, History
- Jonathan Stewart, Director of IT, Finance, and Assessment, Student Affairs
- Thursday, April 17, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160
- Rob Alexander, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Raihan Khan, Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
- Lisa Tubach, Professor, Art
Design Thinking Sprint Workshop - Spring '25 Semester
Design thinking sprints and challenge statements are the foundation of JMU X-Labs courses. This interactive workshop was designed to give faculty and staff a primer to signature features. Attndees were part of a mini sprint to collaboratively tackle a real-world challenge by progressing through the key stages of empathy, defining the problem, ideation, prototyping, and testing.
- Tuesday, March 4, 2:20 - 3:35 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160
Building Challenge Statements Workshop - Postponed
**This workshop was cancelled for the Spring '25 semester and will be rescheduled at a later date.**
Design thinking sprints and challenge statements are the foundation of JMU X-Labs courses. This interactive workshop was designed to give faculty and staff a primer to signature features. Attendees were invited to learn how to define clear, actionable, and human-centered problem statements that could inspire the next step towards proposing a JMU X-Labs course and supporting their research.
- Monday, April 14, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160
