2022-2023
September 1 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Getting Started: Questions, Resources, and Opportunists – Cate Bowman and Huy Nguyen
September 8 – Supporting Students Through the Center for Student Success and Access Services – Traci Howard Moore and James Reed
September 15 – Strategies to Increase Student Engagement
September 22 – 2022-23 DEI Initiatives and Programming at Austin College – Carllos Lassiter
September 29 – Research and Pedagogy Talk – Teaching & Myth Busting in the Age of COVID-19: An Epidemiologist’s Perspective – Sarita Bangara
October 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty | Mid-Term Evaluations– Claire Wolnisty, Kelli Carroll, Rüçhan Kaya
October 13 – Engaging New Data on Social Justice Issues – Julie Macpherson
October 20 – Mentoring: An Update and Discussion – Stephanie Gould
October 27 – Research and Pedagogy Talk | Pirates, Pedagogy, and Primary Sources – Claire Wolnisty
November 3 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty | Work-Life Balance – Cate Bowman
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 17 – JanTerm: Dream it, Plan it, Promote it – Bob Cape, Cheryl Marcelo, & Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan
December 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty | End-of-Year Reports – Lisa Brown, Michael Higgs, & Greg Kinzer
February 2 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Creating a Network of Mentors and Professional Support
February 9 – Cultivating Joy in Academia – Andrea Overbay
February 16 – Western Intellectual Traditions Week – Tom Blake
February 23 – Conversation about Chat GPT and AI in the Classroom – Andrea Overbay
March 2 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Creating a Network of Mentors and Professional Support – Kelli Carroll and Kate Bowman
March 9 – Educational Technology at Austin College – Rosie Fasullo
March 23 – CREATE@AC: Traveling to Conferences with Students – Renee Countryman
March 30 – Research and Pedagogy Talk | Reflections on Teaching Post-COVID – Ryan Felix
April 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: New Course Proposal Considerations – Clair Wolnisty
April 20 – Strategies for Inclusive Teaching – Tom Blake, Kelli Carroll, Rüçhan Kaya, Liz Preas, Julia Shahid
April 27 – Cross Talk Panel | Justice – Lisa Brown, Mari-Elise Ewing, Felix Harcourt , Julie Macpherson, Brian Watkins
May 4 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Making Notes to Your Future Self – Huy Nguyen
2021-2022
August 26 – Welcome Back: Considerations in Our Return to Campus – Cate
Bowman, Michael Deen, Andrea Overbay, and Kim Powell
September 2 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Questions, Opportunities, and Resources – Cate Bowman and Jim Hebda
September 9 – Supporting First-Gen Students – Danielle Franks,Ryan Felix, and Traci Howard Moore
September 16 – Is Rigor a Barrier to Accomplishing Our Goals? – Lance Barton
September 23 – Supporting Students on the Spectrum through Accommodations and Awareness– Laura Marquez Ramsey
September 30 – Research and Pedagogy Talk – Liz Banks
October 7, WCC254 – 3rd to 5th Year Faculty: Finding Your Service Identity – Tom Blake, Mari Elise Ewing, and Brian Watkins
October 7, WCC231 – 1st and 2nd Year Faculty: Mid-Semester Evaluations – Kelli Carroll, Ruchan Kaya, and Claire Wolnisty
October 14 – Academic Bullying – Renee Countryman
October 14, Ida Green Theatre – A.J. Carlson Lecture at 5 p.m., Dr. Lori White
October 21 – Response to A.J. Carlson Lecture
October 28 – Research & Pedagogy Talk: Numerical Partial Differential Equations: An Invitation to Undergraduate Research in Applied Mathematics – Huy Nguyen
November 4, WCC254 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Work-Life Balance – Stephanie Gould, Jim Hebda, and Martin Wells
November 4, WCC231 – Post-Tenure Faculty: Re-inventing Your Academic Life Post-tenure – Jeremy Posadas, Kelly Reed, and Pete Schulze
November 11 – Cross Talk Panel, Risk: The Body – Mathias Akuoko, Saritha Bangara, and Colin Foss
November 18 – The Ins and Outs of Recommendation Letter Writing, Nate’s Thoughts – David Aiello and Nate Bigelow
December 2 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: End of the Year Evaluations – Cate Bowman, Lisa Brown, Michael Higgs and Greg Kinzer
February 3 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Teaching JanTerm for the First Time
February 10 – Decolonizing Syllabi – Tom Blake, Cate Bowman, Elham Dehghanipour, Colin Foss
February 17 – Introducing the Mellon Grant: Pathways to a Just Society – Nate Bigelow, Lisa Emery, Jennifer Johnson-Cooper, Jeremy Posadas
February 24 – Research and Pedagogy: Writing Education in Action – Lisha Daniels Storey
March 3 – New, Visiting, and Re-Tenure Faculty: Getting Students Involved in Research Opportunities – Daniel Nuckols, David Whelan
March 10 – Balancing Flexibility and Accountability – Aaron Block, Mindy Landeck
March 24 – Cross Talk Panel, Risk: The Weather – David Baker, Victoria Cummins, Kevin Simmons
March 31 – Supporting Student Community Building at Austin College –Michael Deen, David Norman, CeCe O’Day, Andrea Restrepo
April 7 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: New Course Proposal Considerations – Colin Foss, Jim Hebda, Claire Wolnisty
April 14 – No Johnson Center Program: Posey Leadership Award Convocation
April 21 – Research and Pedagogy Talk: Writing Education in Action – Lisha Daniels Storey
April 28 – Celebrating our Successes – Roundtable Discussion
May 5 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty: Reflecting on the Year and Setting Goals for the Summer
2019-2020
August 29 – “Setting the Tone: How to Have a Great First Day of Class!” – Ashley Tharayil
September 5 – New, Visiting and Pre-Tenure Faculty only, “Getting Started: Questions, Resources, Opportunities”; Post-Tenure Faculty only, “Setting Boundaries: Work/Life Balance”
September 12 – Faculty Panel: Responses to A.J. Carlson Lecture – Ryan Felix, Mark Hébert, Miki Mohammed
September 19 – “How To Propose a Diversity Requirement Course: Procedures and Ideas” – Brian Watkins, Tom Blake, Lisa M. Brown
September 26 – “Models of Faculty Scholarship: Beyond Publish or Perish” – Nate Bigelow, David Aiello, Randi Tanglen
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”
October 10 – “How to Talk to Prospective Students, Alumni, and Trustees” – Gillian Locke, Baylee L. Kowert, and Lynn Womble
October 17 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “The Toxic Triangle: Using Podcasts to Avoid Destructive Leadership” – Martinella Dryburgh
October 24 – Scarbrough Center for Writing – Lisha Daniels Storey
October 31 – “Working With Honors Students: Strategies for Success” CREATE@AC – Wolfgang Lueckel
November 7 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty Only, “Work/Life Integration, Harmony, and Balance”; Post-Tenure Faculty only, “Preparing For Retirement”
November 14 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “Experiential Learning at the Querétaro Anthropology Field School” – Julie Hempel and Terry Hoops
November 21 – “Creative and Engaging JanTerm Courses: Ideas, Stories, and Planning” – Bob Cape and the JanTerm Committee
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”
February 6 – New, Visiting, and Pre-Tenure Faculty, “End-of-Semester Evaluations”; Post-Tenure Faculty, “Resources for Mentoring New Colleagues”
February 13 – WIT Week Pedagogy Panel, “Modernizing Mythologies: Teaching Classical, Peripheral, and Indigenous Mythologies to Today’s Students” – Bob Cape, Colin Foss, Julie Hempel
February 20 – Research and Pedagogy Talk, “Classroom Simulations: What Worked and What Didn’t” – Ashley Tharayil
February 27 – Inclusive LGBTQ Classroom and Syllabus Policies – Erin Copple Smith, Tom Blake, & Liz Banks
Zoom Thursday Lunches
March 31 – “Student Remote Learning Survey” – Karla McCain
April 2 – “Integrating Writing into Remote Learning” – Erin Copple Smith and Lisha Storey
April 9 – “Remote Academic Advising” – Karla McCain
April 16 – “Mentoring Student Research in a Remote World” – Jessica Healy
April 30 – “Inclusive Teaching on Zoom” – Felix Harcourt
May 7 – “Reflections on Remote Learning and Looking Toward Fall” – Andrea Overbay
Summer Series
(all sessions will be on Thursdays from 11 a.m.-12 noon CST via Zoom)
- July 9 – Reducing Uncertainty: Five modalities for fall courses – Andrea Overbay
- July 16 – Using Our Quality Matters Resources – Karla McCain
- July 23 – Applied Learning Experiences in the (Semi?) Remote Environment: Continuing the Conversation – Jessica Healy
- July 30 – Creating Community in the (Semi?) Remote Environment – Erin Copple Smith
2018-2019
- August 23 – “Children, Adolescents, or Adults: How Do We Treat Our Students?” Peter Marks, Renee Countryman, Jessica Healy, Bob Cape
- August 30 – “The Role of Coaches in Recruiting, Mentoring, and Retention,” Lisa Brown, Michelle Filander, Ed Garza, Loren Dawson, Bob Filander, Mark Hudson
- September 6 – New and pre-tenure faculty: “Questions, Resources, Opportunities,” Andrea Overbay, Marty Wells
- 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
- September 13 – CREATE@AC: “The Struggle is Real: Accepting Failure in Undergraduate Research,” Matt Findley, Andy Carr, Mindy Landeck, Lance Barton
- September 20 – “Democracy and Liberal Education: Faculty Response to Roosevelt Montas,” Audrey Flemming, Colin Foss, Keith Kisselle
- September 27 – “Changes in Texas High School Curriculum and Diploma Endorsements,” Alan Ramirez
- October 4 – New and second-year faculty: “Mid-semester evaluations,” Andrea Overbay and Marty Wells
- 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
- October 18 – “Students and Immigration,” Jennifer Johnson-Cooper, Terry Hoops, Patrick Duffey
- October 25 – Scarbrough Writing Center, Lisha Storey
- November 1 – New and pre-tenure faculty: “Work/Life Balance,” Andrea Overbay and Marty Wells
- November 1 – Post-tenure faculty: “Mentoring Junior Colleagues,” Randi Tanglen
- November 8 – Digital Pedagogy, Brett Boessen
- November 15 – Research and Pedagogy Talk: “In-Class Activities as Embodied Experiences: Pathways to Engagement and Understanding,” Erin Copple Smith
- November 29 – “What makes you an expert? Communicating With a General Audience,” Mari Elise Ewing, Lisha Daniels Storey, Mindy Landeck, Randi Tanglen
- February 7 — New and pre-tenure faculty: “Strategies for Writing Your End-of-Year Reports,” WCC 254A
- February 7 — 3rd-5th year faculty: “Managing Expectations: Are you an Upholder, Rebel, Obliger, or Questioner?” WCC 254B
- 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
- February 21 — “What is ‘indoctrination’ and how can we avoid it?”, WCC 231
- 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
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)
2016-2017
- April 13, Randi Tanglen, “Professional mentoring: How to find and be a good mentor” (ppt)
Mentoring Map (Source: National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity) (pdf) - March 30, Kelly Reed, Brett Boessen, and Randi Tanglen, “Pedagogical Scholarship and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” (ppt)
- March 9, Randi Tanglen, “Difficult Dialogues: Classroom Issues and Strategies” (ppt)
- February 9, Randi Tanglen, “Post-Tenure Faculty at Liberal Arts Colleges” (pdf)
- October 27, Karla McCain, “Classroom Uses for e-portfolios” (ppt)
- October 20, Lance Barton, CREATE@AC, “My Best Idea: Undergraduate Research” (ppt)
2015-2016
Thursday Lunch Topics:
- 21 April, Matt Krov, “Recruiting for the Liberal Arts” (pdf)
- Freshman Attitudes (pdf)
- Expectations Report (pdf)
- Freshman Motivations to Complete College (pdf)
- SAT Submissions by Major (xls)
- Gallup-Purdue Index 2015 Report (pdf)
- Gallup-Purdue Index 2014 Report (pdf)
- The College Board Website provides information about the new SAT:
- Test Design
- Scoring Changes
- New Score Structure
- Concordance
- Khan Academy
a
- 31 March, Lance Barton, Bob Cape, Jeremy Posadas, “Models for Undergraduate Research” (ppt)
- 24 March, Lisa Perfetti, “Faculty Peer Observation Workshop” (ppt)
- 17 March, Andrew Smith, “Promoting Information Literacy” (ppt)
- 25 February, Dr. Karla McCain, “Diversity, Inclusion, and Faculty as Mentors” (ppt)
- 24 September, Dr. Erin Copple Smith and Liz Banks, “Creating safe space for LGBTQ students” (ppt)
- 23 September, Dr. Robert Cape, “Why Go ‘Back to the Future’? The Centrality of Classical Greece and Rome for Visions of the Future in American Literature and Film”
2014-2015
Research and Pedagogy Talks:
- 23 April, Dr. Lance Barton “Integrating Undergraduate Research into the Classroom” (ppt)
- 23 September, Dr. Lance Barton talk, “Linking Student Learning with the Discovery of Knowledge” slides (ppt)
Special Topics:
- 9 April, Dr. Karla McCain “Using Portfolios to Capture Growth, Encourage Reflection, and Authentically Evaluate” (ppt)
- 26 February, Dr. Karla McCain “The Importance of Reflection to Student Learning” (ppt)
- 12 February, Dr. Karla McCain “How Mindset Affects Student Learning” (ppt)
- 23 October, Dr. Lisa Brown and Dr. Ian MacFarlane “Reaching a Diverse Student Body”
- Presentation slides (ppt)
- Discussion notes (docx)
Shared Governance:
- 11 September, Facilitated Discussion led by Dr. John White and Dr. John Richardson:
First-Year Experiences:
- 4 September, Facilitated Discussion led by Dr. Mark Hébert
2013-2014
First-Year Experiences:
- 14 November, Panel: Dr. Daniel Nuckols, Dr. Mark Hébert, Dr. Brett Boessen, and Dr. Bernice Melvin
- Handout
- C/I guidelines, including the mission statement
- USNews article on stellar first-year programs
- Chapter from Gerald M. Greenfield’s book on developing and sustaining first-year programs
High Impact Practices (HIPs):
- Writing-Intensive Courses (led by Dr. Randi Tanglen)
- Writing Across the Curriculum information and resources:
- The WAC Clearinghouse (teaching plans and writing assignments)
- Writing @ CSU (teaching plans and writing assignments)
- Charles Bazerman, et. al. Reference Guide to Writing Across the Curriculum. Parlor Press, 2005. (history of Writing Across the Curriculum, best practices for programs, courses, and assessment)
- Classroom resources (recommended textbooks):
- Rosenwasser, David and Jill Stephen. Writing Analytically. Cenage, 2011.
- Williams, Joseph. Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace. Longman, 2010
- Classroom resources (recommended websites):
- Purdue OWL Online Writing Lab (tutorials and classroom hand-outs)
- The University of North Carolina Writing Center (tutorials and classroom hand-outs)
- Writing Across the Curriculum information and resources:
- Learning Communities (led by Dr. Karla McCain)
- Dr. McCain’s slides
- One Model: The Washington Center at Evergreen State College
- Further Reading:
- Two articles (one pdf) from the 2012 edition of the Journal of College and University Student Housing
- “A New Era in Learning-Community Work” by Lardner and Malnarich (pdf)
- ERIC Digest on Learning Communities (pdf)
- “The Impact of Learning Communities on First Year Students’ Growth and Development in College” by Rocconi (pdf)
- “Adding Value: Learning Communities and Student Engagement” by Zhao and Kuh (pdf)
- Learning Communities in Liberal Arts Colleges (monograph published by the National Learning Communities Project; pdf)
- “The Challenge of Learning Communities as a Growing National Movement” by Smith (webpage)
Digital Pedagogy:
- Social Media in the Classroom (led by Dr. Brett Boessen)
- Dr. Ian MacFarlane forwarded a link to an interesting page about professional Twitter use
- Video and Visual Literacy (led by Dr. Brett Boessen)
- Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier on Video Essay
- “Notes on the History and Development of Visual Research Methods” by Schnettler
- “Remix video and the crisis in the humanities” by Middleton
- “The rhetoric of remix” by Kuhn
- “How the supercut changed the shape of nostalgia” by Owens
- Videos
- The Art of Data Visualization (PBS Off Book)
- Is Photoshop Remixing the World? (PBS Off Book)
- Animated GIFs: The Birth of a Medium (PBS Off Book)
- Examples: Video Essay
- What is Neorealism?
- Gliding Over All: The Cinematography of Breaking Bad
- Everything is a Remix: The Matrix
- RETRO: The camerawork of Mad Men
- Austin College Youtube page
- Examples: Animations and Infographics
- Freedom’s Ring (a visualization of the “I Have a Dream” speech)
- One Book, Many Readings (a visualization of a Choose Your Own Adventure book narrative structure)
- “45 Ways to Communicate Two Quantities“
- “Where Do Good Ideas Come From” (Dry Erase Board animation of a talk)