Faculty Lunch Seminars

EACH SEMESTER the TLCCPC sponsors a number of faculty lunch seminars (usually one per month), where one or several faculty members give a presentation on their teaching, research, or curricular development initiatives.  This forum is a great opportunity to learn from one another in a relaxed atmosphere, to discuss teaching-related questions or issues, and even to generate ideas for future courses or research projects.

The Faculty Lunch Seminars are always scheduled for the noon hour (12:10-1pm), and usually take place in Science Center Room 228.  The day of the week will vary.  An email announcement is sent out during the week prior to the seminar.  At that time you will also be invited to order a (free) boxed lunch.

Interested in giving a presentation? Contact Andrea Colvin.

Schedule for Fall Semester 2011

Friday, September 9
Craig Jackson (Mathematics & Computer Science)
“The Juneau Icefield Research Program: Education through Expedition”

Tuesday, October 18
Lynette Carpenter (English)
“Girl Sleuths: The Early Years”

Wednesday, November 9
Nancy Gamso (Music)
“What I Did On My Sabbatical: Living in the .com World and the Mind of the Student Musician”

Schedule for Spring Semester 2012

Tuesday, January 31
Jed Burtt (Zoology)
“The Art and Science of Alexander Wilson: Father of American Ornithology”

Monday, February 27
David Soliday (Information Services)
“The Impact of Technology on Teaching”

Tuesday, March 20
Ching-Hsuan Wu (Modern Foreign Languages)
Title TBA

Wednesday, April 18
Melinda Rhodes (Journalism)
Title TBA

Recent Presentations

Spring 2011

• Mark Allison (English)
  “A Revolutionary Communist Epic in Victorian England”
• David Johnson (Botany/Microbiology)
  “All Your Favorite Places in One Place: Natural History of the Mexican State of Oaxaca”
• Chris Fink (Physical Education)
  “Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Factor P: Exploring a Paradigm for Obesity Prevention in Italy”

Fall 2010

• Ashley Biser (Politics and Government), Assistant Professor of Politics and Government
  “Integrating Extended Simulations into the Classroom” / Barnard Reacting to the Past Summer Institute
• Barbara Andereck (Physics and Astronomy)
  “Teaching Tidbits from the International Lilly Conference on College Teaching”
• Bonnie Milne Gardner (Theatre & Dance)
  “Creative Rubrics for Writing Assignments from the Lilly Assessment Project”

Spring 2010

• Bob Harmon (Physics and Astronomy)
  “My Partially Fulfilling Total Eclipse Adventure in China”
• Erin Flynn (Philosophy)
  “Were the Red Sox Cursed?”
• Andrea Colvin (Modern Foreign Languages)
  “Syncretism in Latin America: Observations from a Recent Trip to Peru”

Fall 2009

• Karen Poremski (English)
  “Wounspe Lakota (Lakota Lessons)”
• Mary Howard (Sociology-Anthropology) and Denny Radabaugh (Zoology)
  “Bolivia, Ecology, Poverty, and People”
• Danielle Hamill (Zoology)
  “On Cell Division and the Division of Labor: Doing Research with Undergraduates”
• Michael Flamm (History)
  “Reagan Revisited: Foreign Policy Conroversies and Legacies”