Calendar of Events Fall 2009
August
Teaching Workshop 1
Gary Hink and Cari Keebaugh
Monday, August 31
5:00pm-7:00pm
150 Pugh Hall
Get tips on integrating technology into your course. This workshop will especially interest instructors who currently or would like to use web sites, blogs, discussion forums, etc. (in addition to/beyond e-learning and simple "syllabus-in-HTML" pages). Topics will be tailored to the needs of the workshop participants. This workshop is a great place to bounce ideas off others and get advice from others who have been there. Bring any and all of your questions, ideas, and concerns!
September
Teaching Workshop 2
Melissa Mellon
Wednesday, September 2
10:30am-12:30pm
150 Pugh Hall
This workshop is for English graduate students who are interested in learning and asking questions about teaching strategies for teaching and building assignments. General topics—applying to AML, Brit and Film classes—may include: building syllabi, choosing a reading list, creating assignments, and pedagogical practices, among others. Topics may change depending on the needs of the workshop participants. All years and levels of experience welcome. Bring any and all of your questions, ideas, and concerns!
Teaching Workshop 3
Lyndsay Brown and Trisha Kannan
Thursday, September 10
5:00pm – 7:00pm
150 Pugh Hall
This workshop will highlight teaching strategies for teaching American and British literature as well as film. We will go over some of the department requirements, such as how to approach AML 2070 versus AML 2410, and will discuss any other areas of concern, such as in-class assignments versus formal paper assignments; whether or not to give a final exam; what texts to choose; and techniques regarding class discussions. We welcome anyone with experience to come and contribute, and those without any literature-teaching experience to ask any questions they may have. We can also go over issues for teaching upper-division if need be.
Teaching Workshop 4
Gary Hink and Cari Keebaugh
Monday, September 14
5:00pm-7:00pm
150 Pugh Hall
This workshop is for English graduate students who are interested in learning and asking questions about teaching strategies for teaching with a focus on building assignments. General topics—applying to AML, Brit and Film classes—may include: building syllabi, choosing a reading list, creating assignments, (types, major/minor, critical/creative/hybrid) and pedagogical practices, among others. Topics may change depending on the needs of the workshop participants. All years and levels of experience welcome. Bring any and all of your questions, ideas, and concerns!
Teaching Workshop 5
Christina Van Houten and Jordan Dominy
Tuesday, September 15
4:00pm-6:00pm
150 Pugh Hall
This workshop is for English graduate students who are interested in learning and asking questions about teaching strategies for teaching American Literature. More to the point, this workshop will model how an American Literature course might address a special topic, specific theme, or particular period. We will model "special topics" by way of "regionalisms" in twentieth-century American studies. This workshop, therefore, will focus on selecting reading lists (what kinds of texts work, what kinds don't), introducing theory as part of a pedagogical toolkit (how to contextualize syllabus readings in a larger academic discourse), and teasing out the way in which literature might open-up to larger historical narratives (how the assigned texts might interrogate larger political, cultural, and social movements).
October
Publishing Workshop
Susan Hegeman, Marsha Bryant, Ramona Caponegro, Carolyn Kelley
Friday, October 23
4:00pm-5:30pm
150 Pugh Hall
Description of Event: This workshop will walk you through the publishing process and cover several topics concerning the world of scholarly publishing. Topics include: how to select journals to publish in; writing a structured abstract, tips on writing the paper, impact factors. All years (and questions) welcome.
November
Job Searching in Academia
Sid Dobrin
Friday, November 13
2:00pm-5:00pm
150 Pugh Hall
Description of Event: Professor Dobrin will walk you through the whole process of job searches from credentialing through job applications, interviews, and offers. This workshop will be as useful to new graduate students in getting a grasp of what processes lay ahead of them as it would be for those graduate students soon to enter the market. All years welcome.