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Thursday Lunch Presentations
Tuesday & Thursday Faculty Lunches: Carry-your-tray-lunch provided in the Dining Hall from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and scheduled discussions led by colleagues on specific topics in WCC231. Topics may include evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning, diversity and inclusion, updates on faculty-driven initiatives, and other professional development issues in liberal arts and higher education. On the first Thursday of every month, separate lunch discussions are held for new faculty, faculty in their third to fifth years, and post-Tenure faculty. Lunch begins at 11 a.m., and discussion starts at 11:30 a.m.
Thursday Johnson Center Program
Spring 2023
May 4 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Making Notes to Your Future Self – Huy Nguyen
April 27 – Cross Talk Panel | Justice – Lisa Brown, Mari-Elise Ewing, Felix Harcourt , Julie Macpherson, Brian Watkins
April 20 – Strategies for Inclusive Teaching – Tom Blake, Kelli Carroll, Rüçhan Kaya, Liz Preas, Julia Shahid
April 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: New Course Proposal Considerations – Clair Wolnisty
March 30 – Research and Pedagogy Talk | Reflections on Teaching Post-COVID – Ryan Felix
March 23 – CREATE@AC: Traveling to Conferences with Students – Renee Countryman
March 9 – Educational Technology at Austin College – Rosie Fasullo
March 2 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Creating a Network of Mentors and Professional Support – Kelli Carroll and Kate Bowman
February 23 – Conversation about Chat GPT and AI in the Classroom – Andrea Overbay
February 16 – Western Intellectual Traditions Week – Tom Blake
February 9 – Cultivating Joy in Academia – Andrea Overbay
February 2 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Creating a Network of Mentors and Professional Support
Fall 2022
December 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty | End-of-Year Reports – Lisa Brown, Michael Higgs, & Greg Kinzer
November 17 – JanTerm: Dream it, Plan it, Promote it – Bob Cape, Cheryl Marcelo, & Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan
November 10 – Learning in an Age of Distraction: Research on the Impacts of Technology and Media on Studying, in-Class Attention, and Achievement – Petr Marks
November 3 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty | Work-Life Balance – Cate Bowman
October 27 – Research and Pedagogy Talk | Pirates, Pedagogy, and Primary Sources – Claire Wolnisty
September 1 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Getting Started: Questions, Resources, and Opportunists – Cate Bowman and Huy Nguyen
October 20 – Mentoring: An Update and Discussion – Stephanie Gould
October 13 – Engaging New Data on Social Justice Issues – Julie Macpherson
October 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty | Mid-Term Evaluations – Claire Wolnisty, Kelli Carroll, Rüçhan Kaya
September 29 – Research and Pedagogy Talk – Teaching & Myth Busting in the Age of COVID-19: An Epidemiologist’s Perspective – Sarita Bangara
September 22 – 2022-23 DEI Initiatives and Programming at Austin College – Carllos Lassiter
September 15 – Strategies to Increase Student Engagement
September 8 – Supporting Students Through the Center for Student Success and Access Services – Traci Howard Moore and James Reed