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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 the Web Services Office. For more details, see the Johnson Center page on the Faculty Portal (login required).
Thursday Lunch Presentations
Tuesday & Thursday Faculty Lunches:
Lunch pick up available in WCC 245 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
(Program begins @ 11:30 a.m., Except 1st Tuesday of the month 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.)
Tuesday Connection & Community
Thursday Johnson Center Programs
2020-2021
Thursday, August 27 – Self-Care during the Time of COVID – Renee Countryman
Thursday, September 3 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Questions, Resources, Opportunities – Jim Hebda & Jessica Healy
Thursday, September 10 – Taking Stock of HyFlex – Kevin Gannon
Thursday, September 17 – Nonviolent Communication – Greg Kinzer
Thursday, September 24 – CREATE @AC: Mentoring Research Students Effectively in a Pandemic – Lance Barton, David Baker, Tom Blake, and Renee Countryman
Thursday, October 1 – New, Visiting, and Pre-tenure Faculty: Mid-Semester Evaluations – Jim Hebda & Jessica Healy
Thursday, October 1 – 3-5 Year Faculty: Sabbaticals: Proposals, Budgets, and Making the Most of It – Lisa Brown, Steve Goldsmith, Greg Kinzer
Thursday, October 8 – Supporting Our Students During an Uncertain Semester – Teresa Moore, Traci Howard Moore, Laura Ramsey
Thursday, October 15 – Research & Pedagogy: Integrating Research into Teaching: A Tale of Three Approaches – Mikidadu Mohammed
Thursday, October 22 – Teaching the Election – Nate Bigelow, Mari Elise Ewing, & Jeremy Posadas
Thursday, October 29 – Teaching the Pandemic – Mathias Akuoko, McKenna Cosottile, & Felix Harcourt
Thursday, November 5 – New, Visiting, & Pre-Tenure Faculty Only: What’s Working and What’s Not – Jessica Healy & Jim Hebda
Thursday, November 5 – 3-5 Year faculty: Mentoring Junior Colleagues during the Pandemic – Greg Kinzer, Peter Schulze & Brian Watkins
Thursday, November 12 – Thinking about JanTerm 2021: Challenges and Opportunities – Bob Cape
Thursday, November 19 – Teaching Robotics: An Opportunity to Inspire and Connect to Students Across Campus – Andra Petrean
Thursday, December 3 – New, Visiting, & Pre-Tenure Faculty Only: End of the Year Reports
Zoom Thursday Lunches
Tuesday, March 31 – “Student Remote Learning Survey” – Karla McCain
Thursday, April 2 – “Integrating Writing into Remote Learning” – Erin Copple Smith and Lisha Storey
Thursday, April 9 – “Remote Academic Advising” – Karla McCain
Thursday, April 16 – “Mentoring Student Research in a Remote World” – Jessica Healy
Thursday, April 30 – “Inclusive Teaching on Zoom” – Felix Harcourt
Thursday, May 7 – “Reflections on Remote Learning and Looking Toward Fall” – Andrea Overbay
2019-20
Thursday, August 29 — “Setting the Tone: How to Have a Great First Day of Class!” – Ashley Tharayil
Thursday, September 5 — New, Visiting and Pre-Tenure Faculty only, “Getting Started: Questions, Resources, Opportunities”; Post-Tenure Faculty only, “Setting Boundaries: Work/Life Balance”
Thursday, September 12 — Faculty Panel: Responses to A.J. Carlson Lecture – Ryan Felix, Mark Hébert, Miki Mohammed
Thursday, September 19 — “How To Propose a Diversity Requirement Course: Procedures and Ideas” – Brian Watkins, Tom Blake, Lisa M. Brown
Thursday, September 26 — “Models of Faculty Scholarship: Beyond Publish or Perish” – Nate Bigelow, David Aiello, Randi Tanglen
Thursday, October 3 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty only, “Mid-Semester Evaluations”; 3rd-5th Year Faculty only, “How to Write a Sabbatical Proposal and Budget”
Thursday, October 10 – “How to Talk to Prospective Students, Alumni, and Trustees” – Gillian Locke, Baylee L. Kowert, and Lynn Womble
Thursday, October 17 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “The Toxic Triangle: Using Podcasts to Avoid Destructive Leadership” – Martinella Dryburgh
Thursday, October 24 – Scarbrough Center for Writing – Lisha Daniels Storey
Thursday, October 31 – “Working With Honors Students: Strategies for Success” CREATE@AC – Wolfgang Lueckel
Thursday, November 7 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty Only, “Work/Life Integration, Harmony, and Balance”; Post-Tenure Faculty only, “Preparing For Retirement”
Thursday, November 14 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “Experiential Learning at the Querétaro Anthropology Field School” – Julie Hempel and Terry Hoops
Thursday, November 21 – “Creative and Engaging JanTerm Courses: Ideas, Stories, and Planning” – Bob Cape and the JanTerm Committee
Thursday, December 5 – New, Pre-Tenure, and Visiting Faculty only, “Working on Your End-of-Year Report”; 3rd-5th Year Faculty only, “Finding Your Network of Mentors”
Thursday, February 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty, “End-of-Semester Evaluations”; Post-Tenure Faculty, “Resources for Mentoring New Colleagues”
Thursday, February 13 – WIT Week Pedagogy Panel, “Modernizing Mythologies: Teaching Classical, Peripheral, and Indigenous Mythologies to Today’s Students” – Bob Cape, Colin Foss, Julie Hempel
Thursday, February 20 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “Classroom Simulations: What Worked and What Didn’t” – Ashley Tharayil
Thursday, February 27 – Inclusive LGBTQ Classroom and Syllabus Policies – Erin Copple Smith, Tom Blake, & Liz Banks