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Thursday Lunch Topics

Thursday Lunch Topics | Reading Groups | Sabbatical Series | Events & Activities | Resources

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:

Faculty are invited to pick up lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning at 11 a.m. in the dining hall.

Integrating Research into Teaching: A Tale of Three ApproachesThursday Johnson Center Programs

Spring 2021

January 28 – Safeguarding Our Virtual Spaces – Garrett Hubbard
February 4 –  New, visiting & pre-tenure faculty only: Teaching JanTerm for the First time – Jessica Healy & Claire Wolnisty
February 11 – Getting to Know Students at the Beginning of the Semester –Syed Kamal
February 18 – Wellbeing in the Spring Semester – Matt Findley & Melanie Oelfke
February 25 – Thinking through Hard Conversations with Mentees Who Need to Change Academic Directions – Karla McCain
March 4 – New, Visiting, & Pre-Tenure Faculty Only: “Ways to Grow your Research” – Lisa Emery, Kevin Simmons & Virginia Wood
March 4 – Post-tenure Faculty Only: “Building a professional Network Post-tenure” – Renee Countryman, Dan Dominick, & Karla McCain
March 11 – CREATE@AC: “Getting the most out of a Virtual Conference” – CREATE Committee
February 18 – “Research and Pedagogy: Forward thinking through Past play” – Felix Harcourt
March 25 – “First Year Experience as a High Impact Practice” – Erin Copple Smith
April 1 – First & Second Year Faculty: New Course Proposal Considerations – Mindy Landeck, Audrey Flemming, & Brian Watkins
April 1 – Third & Fourth Year Faculty: Thinking about Tenure – Tom Blake, Loriann Garcia, Ashley Tharayil, Lisa Brown, Steve Goldsmith, & Greg Kinzer
April 8 – Working with Mentees Struggling with Probation, Suspension, or Satisfactory Academic Progress – Karla McCain
April 15 – The Final Countdown: Making it to the End of the Semester
April 22 – Research and Pedagogy: It Was Never Normal: Blended Learning Tools You Don’t Have to Shelve When We’re “Back” – Brett Boessen
April 29 – Planning for an In-Person Fall – Johnson Center Committee
May 5 – New, Visiting, and Pre-tenure Faculty: Reflecting in the Year and Setting Goals for the Summer – Jessica Healy & Claire Wolnisty

Fall 2020

August 27 – Self-Care during the Time of COVID – Renee Countryman
September 3 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Questions, Resources, Opportunities – Jim Hebda & Jessica Healy
September 10 – Taking Stock of HyFlex – Kevin Gannon
September 17 – Nonviolent Communication – Greg Kinzer
September 24 – CREATE @AC: Mentoring Research Students Effectively in a Pandemic – Lance Barton, David Baker, Tom Blake, and Renee Countryman
October 1 – New, Visiting, and Pre-tenure Faculty: Mid-Semester Evaluations  – Jim Hebda & Jessica Healy
October 1 – 3-5 Year Faculty: Sabbaticals: Proposals, Budgets, and Making the Most of It – Lisa Brown, Steve Goldsmith, Greg Kinzer
October 8 – Supporting Our Students During an Uncertain Semester  – Teresa Moore, Traci Howard Moore, Laura Ramsey
October 15 – Research & Pedagogy: Integrating Research into Teaching: A Tale of Three Approaches  – Mikidadu Mohammed
Teaching RoboticsOctober 22 – Teaching the Election – Nate Bigelow, Mari Elise Ewing, & Jeremy Posadas
October 29 – Teaching the Pandemic – Mathias Akuoko, McKenna Cosottile, & Felix Harcourt
November 5 – New, Visiting, & Pre-Tenure Faculty Only: What’s Working and What’s Not – Jessica Healy & Jim Hebda
November 5 – 3-5 Year faculty: Mentoring Junior Colleagues during the Pandemic –  Greg Kinzer, Peter Schulze & Brian Watkins
November 12 – Thinking about JanTerm 2021: Challenges and Opportunities – Bob Cape
November 19 – Teaching Robotics: An Opportunity to Inspire and Connect to Students Across Campus – Andra Petrean
December 3 – New, Visiting, & Pre-Tenure Faculty Only: End of the Year Reports


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