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Johnson Center Spring Thursday Lunch Programs
Spring 2019
February:
Thursday, February 7 — New and pre-tenure faculty: “Strategies for Writing Your End-of-Year Reports,” WCC 254A
Thursday, February 7 — 3rd-5th year faculty: “Managing Expectations: Are you an Upholder, Rebel, Obliger, or Questioner?” WCC 254B
Thursday, February 14 — “Re-Imagining the Enlightenment for Today’s Classroom: Race, Revolution, Environment,” Co-Sponsored with WIT, Wolfgang Lueckel, Randi Tanglen, and Colin Foss, WCC 231
Thursday, February 21 — “What is ‘indoctrination’ and how can we avoid it?", WCC 231
Thursday, February 28 — “iLAD Grant: Infusing Languages and Global Competencies Across the Disciplines,” Elena Olive, Terry Hoops, Patrick Duffey, and Julie Hempel, WCC 231
March:
March 7 – New and pre-tenure faculty, “Workshopping innovative teaching ideas”, WCC 254A
March 7—Post-tenure faculty, "Thinking strategically about your career path,” WCC 254B
March 14 – Spring Break
March 21 – Research and Pedagogy Talk: “Do I have to take Stats? Making Required Courses a Little More Interesting,” Matt Findley, WCC 231
March 28 – CREATE@AC, “Finding success through student conference travel”, WCC 231
April:
April 4 – New and pre-tenure faculty, “How to teach a great first day of class”, WCC 245
April 4 – 3rd-5th year faculty, CDP workshop, “How to Write your CDP,” WCC Moseley Room
April 11 – Greek Life Standards of Excellence, Sunita Nayani, WCC 231
April 18 – "Locating Writing Instruction Across the Disciplines,” Lisha Daniels Storey, WCC 231
April 25 – Digital Pedagogies, "Gratis in the Classroom: Ways Faculty Use Open Educational Resources (OER)," Brett Boessen, WCC 231
May:
May 2 – New and pre-tenure faculty, “What does success look like for you?”, WCC 254A
May 2 – Post-tenure faculty, Sabbatical proposal workshop, “Approaches to the post-tenure CDP and sabbatical proposal” WCC 254B
May 9 – “Responses to President Trump’s Executive Order on Campus Free Speech,” WCC 231
Fall 2018
August
Thursday, August 23 – “Children, Adolescents, or Adults: How Do We Treat Our Students?” Peter Marks, Renee Countryman, Jessica Healy, Bob Cape
Thursday, August 30 – “The Role of Coaches in Recruiting, Mentoring, and Retention,” Lisa Brown, Michelle Filander, Ed Garza, Loren Dawson, Bob Filander, Mark Hudson
September
Thursday, September 6 – New and pre-tenure faculty: “Questions, Resources, Opportunities,” Andrea Overbay, Marty Wells
Thursday, September 6 – Post-tenure faculty: “When, How, and Why to go up for Full Professor,” Steve Goldsmith, David Griffith, Max Grober, Brad Smucker, Karann Durland
Thursday, September 13 – CREATE@AC: “The Struggle is Real: Accepting Failure in Undergraduate Research,” Matt Findley, Andy Carr, Mindy Landeck, Lance Barton
Thursday, September 20 – “Democracy and Liberal Education: Faculty Response to Roosevelt Montas,” Audrey Flemming, Colin Foss, Keith Kisselle
Thursday, September 27 – “Changes in Texas High School Curriculum and Diploma Endorsements,” Alan Ramirez
October
Thursday, October 4 – New and second-year faculty: “Mid-semester evaluations,” Andrea Overbay and Marty Wells
Thursday, October 4 – 3-5 year faculty: “Balancing service,” Mari Elise Ewing and Erin Copple Smith
Thursday, October 11 – Research and Pedagogy Talk: “Student Performances of Spanish Plays: From Classroom to Stage,” Lourdes Bueno
Thursday, October 18 – “Students and Immigration,” Jennifer Johnson-Cooper, Terry Hoops, Patrick Duffey
Thursday, October 25 – Scarbrough Writing Center, Lisha Storey
November
Thursday, November 1 – New and pre-tenure faculty: “Work/Life Balance,” Andrea Overbay and Marty Wells
Thursday, November 1 – Post-tenure faculty: “Mentoring Junior Colleagues,” Randi Tanglen
Thursday, November 8 – Digital Pedagogy, Brett Boessen
Thursday, November 15 – Research and Pedagogy Talk: “In-Class Activities as Embodied Experiences: Pathways to Engagement and Understanding,” Erin Copple Smith
Thursday, November 29 – “What makes you an expert? Communicating With a General Audience,” Mari Elise Ewing, Lisha Daniels Storey, Mindy Landeck, Randi Tanglen
Thursday Lunch Presentations
You can find any additional resources from a Johnson Center Presentation, Panel, Talk, or Workshop below. If you have given a presentation or workshop under the auspices of the Johnson Center and have additional resources to add, contact Sharon Jackson.
2017-2018
- Thursday, April 12, Ryan Felix, Audrey Flemming, and Renee Countryman, "First-Gen Student, Now Austin College Faculty”
- Thursday, March 29, Lisha Daniels Storey, "Responding to Student Writing: Giving Feedback and Evaluation While Managing the Paper Load"
- March 8, Karla McCain and Mari Elise Ewing, “Conversations About Mentoring Students” Hand-outs: “Mentor/Mentee Expectations” and “Four-Year Advising Plan”
- March 1, "How to Create a Network of Mentors and Professional Support" (ppt) and "Network of Professional Development and Support" (pdf)
- February 8, Cary Wacker, “Community Partnerships: Civic Engagement Through Experiential Learning” (ppt)
- November 30, Lisha Daniels Storey, "Integrating Writing Instruction into the Classroom" (ppt)
- November 9, Karla McCain, "Data from recent surveys of Austin College students and alumni: What does it mean and how can we use it?" (ppt)
- October 26, Lynn Womble, "Public Intellectuals Part 2: Interacting with the Media" (pdf)
- September 28, Rhonda Duckworth, "'Roos REACT and Sexual Misconduct" (ppt)
- September 21, Lance Barton and Bob Cape, "Diversity in Models for Undergraduate Research with a Focus on Arts and Humanities" (ppt)
- August 24, Faculty panel, "How to Be a Public Intellectual" (ppt)