Jan 20, 10:00am – 11:00am In Teams Panelists: Kelly Shea, English department James Daniel, English department Jo Renee Formicola, Political Science department Elizabeth McCrea, Management department Juan Rios, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice department The emergence of…
Category: Professional Development
Ethnopoetics.org: A Talk and Demo by Prof. Ken Sherwood
Dec. 2, 10:00am – 11:00am In Teams In this workshop, co-sponsored by the Digital Humanities Faculty Learning Community and the Diversity Coalition, Kenneth Sherwood, Professor of English and co-director of the Center for Digital Humanities and Culture at Indiana University…
The Teaching Conversations Series: Course Evaluations
Dec. 2, 9:30am – 10:30am Each semester faculty administer course evaluations, but their value has long been a matter of debate. In this teaching conversation we’ll ask participants to share the ways they use student course evaluations to improve their…
Diversity Reading Group: Unbound – Tarana Burke
Nov. 22, 4:30pm – 5:30pm Join us for a discussion of Tarana Burke’s “Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement.” This memoir recounts Burke’s struggles and ultimate self-empowerment, as well as the movement she…
Diversity Film Series: John Lewis: Good Trouble
Nov 18, 2-4:30 JH 111 and Teams This offering in the Diversity Film Series will be a showing of the acclaimed film, “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” about the life and work of the civil rights activist and Georgia representative. The…
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Sustaining Engagement in the Classroom
Nov. 15, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Priti Shah, Associate Director of Counseling and Psychological Services This presentation is meant to provide a general understanding of student and faculty burnout and compassion fatigue and how this might influence the classroom environment and…
R and RStudio Workshop
Nov. 11, 10:00 – 11:30am Join University Libraries for a refresher course on R and RStudio. A refresher course on R and RStudio, a versatile open-source programming language and statistics software for computation and graphics. Topics covered will include data…
Faculty Values and Higher Ed Controversies
Oct. 21, 10:00am- 11:30am Jubilee Hall, Room 132 Higher education has seen better days. As student debt approaches two trillion dollars, universities in the United States face greater scrutiny than ever before. Coupled with an ever-uncertain economic landscape, the national…
RFP: Faculty Seminar on Contemplative Practices for Higher Education, Spring 2023: Updated Deadline
Participants are being sought for the spring 2023 iteration of the Faculty Seminar on Contemplative Practices for Higher Education.Further information can be found below. The deadline for applications has been moved to Nov. 28.
The Teaching Conversations Series: Structuring Engaging In-Class Activities
Facilitators: Paige Fisher and Elizabeth McCrea Using active learning strategies significantly enhances student learning experiences (Freeman et al., 2014; Theobald et al., 2020), but structuring these activities can be challenging. Join us for a conversation about integrating these activities into…