A learning community composed of 12 early career faculty teaching at small liberal arts colleges, gathered for 3 successive weekends in January, May and October 2022.
SESSION 1
Thursday January 27, through Sunday January 30
SESSION 2
Thursday May 12, through Sunday May 15
SESSION 3
Thursday October 27, through Sunday October 30
PARTICIPANTS
Front Row (left to right):
- Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi (Assistant Professor of Art History, Albion College)
- Liz Nix (Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Ohio Wesleyan University)
- Harini Chandramouli (Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Agnes Scott College)
- Janie Frandsen (Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College)
- John Michael DiResta (Artist-in-Residence Theater Director, Skidmore College)
Back Row (left to right):
- Davina C. Lopez (Professor of Religious Studies, Eckerd College – workshop leader)
- Kerry Ginger (Assistant Professor of Voice, Sewanee: The University of the South)
- Tom Pearson (Director of the Nielsen Center for Liberal Arts, Eckerd College workshop leader)
- Cassondra Batz-Barbarich (Assistant Professor of Business, Lake Forest College)
- John Essington (Professor of Teacher Education, Blackburn College)
- Sonya Maria Johnson (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Beloit College)
- Yidong Gong (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, New College of Florida)
- Yaejoon Kwon (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Reed College)
- Xiaobo Yuan (Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Religion, Whitman College)
- Mark Levandoski (Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Grinnell College – workshop leader)
SAMPLE TOPICS
- Teachers who inspire us
- Our teaching contexts
- General education and the major
- Liberal education in institutional context
- Unpacking the syllabus
- Who are our students?
- Review of teaching at the Morean Art Center
- Making the case for the liberal arts
- Sharing successful teaching strategies for teaching in the liberal arts
- What is academic rigor?
- Burnout and joy
- Decolonizing your syllabus
