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BARD Undergraduate Faculty Newsletter Annandale, February 2017 Volume 12, Number 2 from the Dean of the College _______________________________________________ Rebecca Thomas I am pleased to welcome Distinguished Writer in Residence Alaa Al-Aswany for the spring 2017 semester. We also welcome Ike Achebe in historical studies, Olga Bush in art history, Lindsay Walker Clark in dance, Brent Green in film and electronic arts, Tere O’Connor in theater and performance, Michelle Sipe in the First-Year Seminar, and Shinique Smith in studio arts. Successful searches thus far this year will bring to Bard new tenure-track faculty Gregory “Duff” Morton in anthropology, Felipe Rezende in economics, Antonios Kontos in physics, and Laura Ford in sociology; Laura has been with Bard as visiting faculty for the last year. A tenure-track search is ongoing in philosophy; please watch for announcements of upcoming candidate talks. Faculty activities and accomplishments can be found in an appended document at the end of the newsletter and it will appear on the dean’s website at www.bard.edu/doc by February 10. ____________________________________ FACULTY MEETINGS – Spring 2017 Faculty Meetings – 4:45 p.m., Multipurpose Room of Bertelsmann Campus Center Wednesdays: February 1, March 15, April 12 (faculty-led), May 24 First and final meetings of the semester are followed by the President’s Open House Executive Committee – Tuesdays 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ludlow 301 Curriculum Committee – Wednesdays 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. Ludlow 301 Planning and Appointments Committee – Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Ludlow 301 Faculty Senate Meetings –Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. Location TBA February 21, March 14, April 18, May 9 Evaluation Letters are Due February 15 for Senior Faculty and Regular Renewals If you would like to submit a letter to the evaluation file of a faculty member who is scheduled to be evaluated this semester, it should be signed and sent to the Dean of the College, Ludlow 203, or by e-mail to [email protected] by Wednesday, February 15 Senior Evaluations Long-term faculty are evaluated at regular intervals Roger Berkowitz SST/Political Studies Kenneth Buhler ARTS/Studio Arts Nicole Caso L&L/Spanish Studies Laurie Dahlberg ARTS/Art History R. Cole Heinowitz L&L/Literature Medrie MacPhee ARTS/Studio Arts Chiori Miyagawa ARTS/Theater and Performance Bradford Morrow L&L/Written Arts Joseph O’Neill L&L/Written Arts Lothar Osterburg ARTS/Studio Arts Frank Scalzo SMC/Psychology Maria Simpson ARTS/Dance Regular Renewals Jeffrey Gibson ARTS/Studio Arts Christopher McIntosh SST/Political Studies Erika Switzer ARTS/Music Senior evaluation testimony is reviewed by the director of the program, the divisional chair, the dean of the college, and the president. Regular renewal testimony is read by the divisional evaluators, the division chair, the College Evaluation Committee (CEC), the associate dean of the college, and the president. from the Associate Dean of the College __________________________________________ Deirdre d’Albertis Big Ideas: CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Curriculum Committee of Bard College invites members of the faculty to submit proposals for a faculty-led general education initiative Fall 2017 or Spring 2018 Big Ideas courses should be: • committed to addressing concerns of contemporary significance; • co-designed by two or more faculty members with expertise in very different disciplines (not necessarily team-taught); • focused on a problem or concern that actively engages student learning in more than one distribution area (thereby earning credit in those two areas with a single course); • explicit in articulating learning experiences or goals associated with the course. Big Ideas are general education offerings carrying 6-8 credits that may be offered more than once. Students will be allowed to enroll in only one Big Ideas course per semester; coordinated courses will be indivisible. Class format is open and flexible: faculty may choose to design parallel courses that meet separately and plan plenary events/excursions for both classes, or they may elect to team-teach. The goal is to create an educational experience that genuinely crosses disciplines (and distribution requirement areas) in engaging the topic of the course. Proposals can be general and exploratory. Course development is expected to be an extended process. Deadline for Proposals to the Curriculum Committee: February 24, 2017 Big Ideas faculty will be awarded a one-time $1500 grant per course to be shared for the purpose of course development; course selection is subject to approval of the Dean of the College. For more information: contact Associate Dean of the College Deirdre d’Albertis at 845-758-7242 or e- mail [email protected]. Courses selected for the Big Ideas Spring 2017 launch are: Games at Work: Participation, Procedure, and Play (Ben Coonley and Keith O’Hara) Performing Race and Gender: Uncle Tom’s Cabin on Page and Stage (Donna Ford Grover and Jean Wagner) Chernobyl: The Meaning of Man-Made Disaster (Matthew Deady and Jonathan Becker) SAVE the DATE: Friday, March 3, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. How to Get What You Need to Thrive in the Academy Faculty and administrators are invited to participate in a half-day National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Workshop, “Mentoring 101: How to Get What You Need to Thrive in the Academy,” on Friday, March 3, from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. in Finberg House. This workshop is designed both for junior AND senior faculty, addressing the factors that contribute to professional productivity as well as work-life balance. NCFDD is at the forefront of conversations in higher education about supporting inclusive excellence in academe. You may recognize the name of NCFDD President Kerry Ann Rockquemore from her popular column in Inside Higher Ed. Collectively sponsored by the Dean of the College, the Associate Dean of the College, CFCD, and the Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Bard’s workshop will be facilitated by Professor Rosemarie A. Roberts of Connecticut College. Trained as a social psychologist and dancer, Dr. Roberts’ interdisciplinary scholarship spans the areas of social inequality, social group and identity power relations, epistemology, pedagogy, qualitative research methods, and performance. Theoretically, her work also blends social history, dance, and critical social theory. She has published more than twenty articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books, co-authored a book, and is writing a second book about the relationship among hip hop dance, racialized bodies, knowledge, and power. Dr. Roberts’ work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the American Psychological Association. She has also been a research fellow at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. See http://www.facultydiversity.org/?page=RosemarieRoberts Please register online for this event at: http://www.facultydiversity.org/events/register.aspx?id=898625 from the Faculty Seminar Coordinator_____________________________________________ Matthew Deady Faculty Seminars – Spring 2017 Please note the new start time for this semester Wednesday, February 8 William Mullen Professor of Classics ‘Stanzaic’ Translation of Iliad and the “Homeric Hymn to Apollo” Wednesday, March 15 Michael Staunton Visiting Associate Professor of Irish and Celtic Studies Wednesday, April 5 Matthew Mutter Assistant Professor of Literature Wednesday, April 26 Brooke Jude Assistant Professor of Biology *All seminars take place in Olin 102 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Please join us for a reception prior to the event at 6:00 p.m. in the Olin Atrium Center for Faculty and Curricular Development (CFCD)_______________________ Deirdre d’Albertis and Philip Pardi, co-directors Bard’s Center for Faculty and Curricular Development (CFCD) offers programs and support for faculty at all stages in their teaching and professional development. Below you will find information on some of the events planned for the spring semester. Updated information and the full schedule can be found at http://blogs.bard.edu/cfcd/semester-events. "Lightning Lunches," designed to fit into 45-55 minutes, focus on a specific theme and are held throughout the semester in the French Room of the Faculty Dining Room (FDR). Grab your lunch and join us: we begin at 12:00 noon and end by 1:00 p.m. The cost of lunch is covered by CFCD. Monday, January 30 Getting off to a Good Start Tuesday, February 7 Interpreting your CaFE Forms Tuesday, February 14 Grading with Rubrics [Location: Kline President’s Room] Monday, February 20 Advising Senior Projects: Best Practices, Proven Tricks Tuesday, February 28 How to get the Most out of Student Presentations Monday, March 6 Google Classroom + Follow-up workshop on Google Classroom (Thursday, March 9, time and place TBA). This workshop will provide a hands-on opportunity to work with Google Classroom on your own laptop. Tuesday, April 25 Tips on Advising [Note: Advising Day is the following week] Other Programs during the Semester Friday, March 3 National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Workshop “Mentoring 101: How to Get What You Need to Thrive in the Academy,” 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. in Finberg House. Ongoing during March Open Classrooms (for new and early-career faculty). Please contact us if you are in interested in visiting/observing a class taught by a colleague. Reading Groups: CFCD reading groups offer an opportunity for faculty to read, think, and discuss important issues related to teaching, learning, and/or research. This year, the focus of these groups is on issues of race, identity, and gender, and in particular on the ways these concerns invite us to re-think how we teach. Space is limited; RSVP’s are required. We meet weekly during weeks 2 through 7 of the semester and ask faculty to commit to attending all of the meetings of their group. If interested, email Philip Pardi at [email protected].