Thursday Lunch Topics | Reading Groups | Sabbatical Series | Events & Activities | Resources
Lunch begins at 11 a.m., and discussion starts at 11:30 a.m. Sign in at the cashier’s table in the Dining Hall.
Spring 2020
Thursday, February 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty, “End-of-Semester Evaluations”, WCC 254A; Post-Tenure Faculty, “Resources for Mentoring New Colleagues”, WCC 254B
Thursday, February 13 – WIT Week Pedagogy Panel, “Modernizing Mythologies: Teaching Classical, Peripheral, and Indigenous Mythologies to Today’s Students”, WCC 231 Bob Cape, Colin Foss, Julie Hempel
Thursday, February 20 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “Classroom Simulations: What Worked and What Didn’t”, WCC 231 Ashley Tharayil
Thursday, February 27 – Inclusive LGBTQ Classroom and Syllabus Policies, WCC 231 – Erin Copple Smith, Tom Blake, & Liz Banks
The remainder of Spring Events have been Cancelled
Fall 2019
Thursday, August 29 — “Setting the Tone: How to Have a Great First Day of Class!” Ashley Tharayil, WCC 231
Thursday, September 5 — New, Visiting and Pre-Tenure Faculty only, “Getting Started: Questions, Resources, Opportunities,” WCC 254A; Post-Tenure Faculty only, “Setting Boundaries: Work/Life Balance,” WCC 254B
Thursday, September 12 — Faculty Panel: Responses to A.J. Carlson Lecture, Ryan Felix, Mark Hébert, Miki Mohammed, WCC 231
Thursday, September 19 — “How To Propose a Diversity Requirement Course: Procedures and Ideas,” Brian Watkins, Tom Blake, Lisa M. Brown, WCC 231
Thursday, September 26 — “Models of Faculty Scholarship: Beyond Publish or Perish,” Nate Bigelow, David Aiello, Randi Tanglen, WCC 231
Thursday, October 3 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty only, “Mid-Semester Evaluations,” WCC 254A; 3rd-5th Year Faculty only, “How to Write a Sabbatical Proposal and Budget,” WCC 254B
Thursday, October 10 – “How to Talk to Prospective Students, Alumni, and Trustees,” Gillian Locke, Baylee L. Kowert, and Lynn Womble, WCC 231
Thursday, October 17 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “The Toxic Triangle: Using Podcasts to Avoid Destructive Leadership,” Martinella Dryburgh, WCC 231
Thursday, October 24 – Scarbrough Center for Writing, Lisha Daniels Storey, WCC 231
Thursday, October 31 – “Working With Honors Students: Strategies for Success,” CREATE@AC, Wolfgang Lueckel, WCC 231
Thursday, November 7 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty Only, “Work/Life Integration, Harmony, and Balance,” WCC 254A; Post-Tenure Faculty only, “Preparing For Retirement,” WCC 254B
Thursday, November 14 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “Experiential Learning at the Querétaro Anthropology Field School,” Julie Hempel and Terry Hoops, WCC 231
Thursday, November 21 – “Creative and Engaging JanTerm Courses: Ideas, Stories, and Planning,” Bob Cape and the JanTerm Committee, WCC 231
Thursday, December 5 – New, Pre-Tenure, and Visiting Faculty only, “Working on Your End-of-Year Report,” WCC 254A; 3rd-5th Year Faculty only, “Finding Your Network of Mentors,” WCC 254B
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.
2018-19
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
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
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
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, 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 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 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 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
