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A learning community composed of 12 early career faculty teaching at small liberal arts colleges, gathered for 3 successive weekends in January, May and October 2022.

SESSION 1

Thursday January 27, through Sunday January 30

SESSION 2

Thursday May 12, through Sunday May 15

SESSION 3

Thursday October 27, through Sunday October 30

PARTICIPANTS

Front Row (left to right):
  • Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi (Assistant Professor of Art History, Albion College)
  • Liz Nix (Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Ohio Wesleyan University)
  • Harini Chandramouli (Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Agnes Scott College)
  • Janie Frandsen (Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College)
  • John Michael DiResta (Artist-in-Residence Theater Director, Skidmore College)
Back Row (left to right):
  • Davina C. Lopez (Professor of Religious Studies, Eckerd College – workshop leader)
  • Kerry Ginger (Assistant Professor of Voice, Sewanee: The University of the South)
  • Tom Pearson (Director of the Nielsen Center for Liberal Arts, Eckerd College workshop leader)
  • Cassondra Batz-Barbarich (Assistant Professor of Business, Lake Forest College)
  • John Essington (Professor of Teacher Education, Blackburn College)
  • Sonya Maria Johnson (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Beloit College)
  • Yidong Gong (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, New College of Florida)
  • Yaejoon Kwon (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Reed College)
  • Xiaobo Yuan (Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Religion, Whitman College)
  • Mark Levandoski (Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Grinnell College – workshop leader)

SAMPLE TOPICS

  • Teachers who inspire us
  • Our teaching contexts
  • General education and the major
  • Liberal education in institutional context
  • Unpacking the syllabus
  • Who are our students?
  • Review of teaching at the Morean Art Center
  • Making the case for the liberal arts
  • Sharing successful teaching strategies for teaching in the liberal arts
  • What is academic rigor?
  • Burnout and joy
  • Decolonizing your syllabus