The CFCD provides a convivial venue for conversations, programs, and events that address a wide variety of pedagogical issues, such as using technology in the classroom, assessing student writing, and designing syllabi.
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Past Events
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
CFCD Round Table on Open Classes with Master Teachers
Join faculty who have opened their classrooms this semester--Professors Churchill, Culp, Dahlberg, Dewald, DeSilva, Keenan, Rose, and Sullivan--and the people who visited them for a hands-on discussion of teaching and learning. Drinks at 5 PM--round table discussion from 5:30 to 7 PM.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
"Troubleshooting in the Classroom" with Prof. Susan Merriam, Art History. Come with specific instances of problems / challenges in a course you are (or have recently been) teaching!
Monday, March 10, 2008 - Monday, March 24, 2008
Teaching Round Table--Open Classes with Master Teachers
Back by popular demand, our annual Teaching Round Table on Open Classes with Master Teachers begins March 10.
All Bard faculty--junior and senior, visiting or tenure-line--are
invited to visit open class sessions with master teachers from across
the disciplines and divisions between March 10 and March 24.
We will gather to talk about what we have observed for 'the Round Table" part
on Tuesday, March 25 between 5:00 and 7 PM over drinks and nibbles in
the facutly dining room.
How does it work?
Simply contact one of the faculty members who have kindly agreed to open their classrooms (specifics below)--just to let
them know you are coming. You may also want to check on location before heading off to class . . .
This year's master classes are:
Jean Churchill
Dance
Advanced Dance March 11 from noon to 1:20
Intermediate Dance March 13 from 9 to 10:20 AM
Introduction to Dance March 13 from 10:30 to noon and March 14 from 3
to 4:20 PM
(All classes meet in Thorne dance studio--opposite theater 2 in the
Fisher Performing Arts Center)
NOTE: no open classes the following week due to tech rehearsals!
Rob Culp
Historical Studies
Hist 127: Crisis and Conflict: Intro to Modern Japanese History
TTh 1-2:20 in Olin 203
Hist 2530: China in Revolution TTh 10:30-11:50 in RKC 102
Laurie Dahlberg
Art History and Photography
Art H/Phot 113: History of Photography WF 10:30-11:50 in Preston Theater
ArtH 359: Manet to Matisse Th 9:30 to 11:50 in Fisher Annex
Lauren Rose
Mathematics
Math 261: Proofs amd Fundamentals MW 10:30-11:50 in Hegeman 106
Math 332: Abstract Algebra TTh 1-2:20 in Hegeman 106
Sanjaya DeSilva
Economics
Econ 101: Intro to Microeconomics WF 9-10:20 in Olin 204
Econ 301: Topics in Microeconomics W 1:30-3:50 in Olin 308
Carolyn DeWald
Classics and Historical Studies
Hist 277: Empires: Ancient and Modern (co-taught with Richard Davis)
MW 3-4:20 in Olin LC 115
Tom Keenan
Literature and Human Rights
Lit 3209: Media and Conflict T 1:30-3:50 in Olin 204
Karen Sullivan
Literature
:it 234: Literature of the Crusades TTh 4-5:20 in Aspinwall 202
Lit 2430: The Quarrel of Reason and Faith TTh 10:30-11:50 in Olin 101
Lit 3252: The Dangers of Romance F 1;30-3:50 in Olin 202
Thank you again to our generous colleagues!
If you have questions please free free to contact me at ext. 7242 or
dalberti@bard.edu.
REMEMBER: PLEASE CONTACT PARTICIPATING FACULTY TO LET THEM KNOW YOU WHEN WILL BE
ATTENDING THEIR CLASSES!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
CFCD Faculty Round Table
Bard College Center for Faculty and Curricular Development
Round Table Discussion Series
"Learning from the Bard Prison Initiative:
Transforming Pedagogy through Teaching in the Prisons"
Join Myra Armstead, Daniel Berthold, Celia Bland, Ian Buruma, Augustine Hungwe,
Nancy Leonard, Melanie Nicholson, Youssef Yacoubi and other faculty members for a
discussion of their most memorable BPI teaching experiences. How
has teaching in the prisons transformed their pedagogical practices here at the college?
All Bard faculty and staff are welcome--
Drinks (and victuals) at 5 PM
Round Table Discussion from 5:30 to 7 PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
Making Sense of Your SOTC Forms
Monday, December 3, 2007
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
"Keeping it All Together: Reflections on the Apprenticeship of a Teacher/Scholar" with Prof. Rob Culp and others.
Monday, December 3, 2007
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
"Keeping it all Together: Reflections on the Apprenticeship of a Teacher/Scholar"--join first- and second-year faculty members for a frank discussion with Karen Sullivan and Rob Culp on balancing research and teaching in the first few years of teaching at Bard.
Monday, November 19, 2007
CFCD Round Table: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Student Paper
Join faculty from all divisions to discuss best practices when it comes to assigning, evaluating, and improving student writing. Do we pay enough attention to writing across the curriculum? How can we best prepare our students for the formidable challenge of writing a senior project? Daniel Berthold, Laurie Dahlberg, Joe Luzzi, and Mike Tibbetts will be joined by Phil Pardi, Director of College Writing for a practical evaluation of what works and what doesn't. Arrive at 5 PM for drinks and chat; session begins at 5:30 PM.
Monday, November 5, 2007
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
"How are We Doing? Evaluating Student Work, Responding to Student Writing with Phil Pardi, Director of College Writing
Thursday, October 25, 2007
CFCD Teaching Round Table: Teaching After Virginia Tech
What are the pedagogical ramifications of increasing concerns nationwide over
campus safety? How do a range of behaviors and conditions having to do with illness and
in some cases disability challenge us in our teaching? We are asking particularly
resourceful and experienced faculty members and administrators to share their experiences and insight with colleagues.
Monday, October 1, 2007
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
"Advice for the Advisor: A New Faculty Member's Guide to Advising at Bard," with Professor Susan Aberth (Art History), Mark Lambert (Literature), and John Pruitt, Dean of Studies.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
CFCD Faculty Round Table
"Teaching x Two: Team-Teaching in the 21st Century"
What are the arguments in favor of "team teaching"? How DO classroom dynamic change when two (or more) faculty members team-teach a course? How have new technologies influenced cooperative teaching arrangements? Taking the Smolny "virtual campus" as our starting point, we will consider tried and true strategies, as well as ponder various challenges presented within the shared classroom.
Veterans will be on hand to share their experiences--as well as suggest positive models for future collaborative pedagogy. All members of the Bard teaching community are most welcome!
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
First and second-year faculty members are invited to attend this monthly seminar to explore topics of particular interest to the newest members of the Bard teaching community. Join Franz Kempf (German Studies) and Peggy Ahwesh (Film) as they share their thoughts on "The Honeymoon Period and Beyond: Making the Most of the First Weeks of Term."
Friday, March 30, 2007
Publishing Day
Publishing Day
Friday March 30, 2007
10:00am — 4:30pm
Finberg House, Bard College
Cornell University Press: John G. Ackerman, Director
Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency: Miriam Altshuler
Palgrave Macmillan: Farideh Koohi-Kamali, Executive Editor
Susan Rabiner Literary Agency: Susan Rabiner
Yale University Press: TBA
SUNY Press: James Peltz, Interim Director
Faculty members and associates of the Academic Career Network are invited to a discussion of the current and evolving market for scholarly texts and serious nonfiction.
10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Panel Presentation/Discussion
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch (by reservation)
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Individual Meetings with Panelists (by appointment)
Registration:
All are welcome to attend the panel discussion and stay for lunch. A limited number of appointments are available for those who would like to meet individually with a panelist in the afternoon.
If you would like to stay for lunch or schedule an appointment for an individual meeting, e-mail Cynthia Goheen, Coordinator of the Academic Career Network: cjgoheen@fivecolleges.edu.
Publishing Day is sponsored by Bard College and Vassar College with support from the Academic Career Network (http://acn.fivecolleges.edu), a program of Five Colleges, Incorporated (http://www.fivecolleges.edu), Amherst, Massachusetts.
Monday, March 12, 2007
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
"Making Sense of Your SOTC Forms" with senior faculty from the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing and the L&L and Social Studies Divisons.
Monday, February 5, 2007
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
How to Finish Your Dissertation, Teach at Bard, and Survive!
with Professors Kristin Scheible and Eric Trudel
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
New (and Newer) Faculty Seminar
Commenting on Student Papers: What Works?
Join Phil Pardi, Director of College Writing, for an exploratory discussion of best practices when it comes to working with student writers.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Faculty Dining Room Round Table Discussion: "Rethinking Difference" in the Classroom
Rethinking Difference in the Classroom:
Pedagogical Challenges and Opportunities
How does designating your course as eligible for the "rethinking difference" distribution
requirement make a difference--both for faculty and students? What are the special challenges that arise in the "rethinking difference" classroom? Join Professor Geoff Sanborn and Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Multicultural Affairs Geneva Foster for a frank consideration of pedagogy and resources.
Please read Barbara Johnson's A World of Difference to use as a platform for our discussion. A copy of the article is available under the "Teaching Resources" tab under "Faculty Development and Research."
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Faculty Dining Room Roundtable Discussions: Work/Life Balance
Work/Life Balance: What is it and how can I achieve it?
with Debra Pemstein, Amy Ansell, Rob Culp, and Jamie Romm
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - Wednesday, December 20, 2006
CFCD Coffee Hour in Kline
Join colleagues in the Faculty Lounge located int he alcove of the Faculty Dining Room for coffee, tea, cookies, fruit and conversation.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
CFCD event
Senior Project Finale Cocktail Reception: Featuring Jeff Katz, "Old Bard/New Bard: The Senior Project 50 years ago"
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
CFCD event
Incorporating Discussion into the Classroom: Roundtable on successful strategies
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
CFCD event
Faculty Fulbrights: Guest speaker from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Thursday, February 16, 2006
CFCD event
Learning Disabilities: Discussion led by Lucy Larney, Academic Support Specialist
Thursday, February 2, 2006
The Sennior Project: Advising in the Spring
Roundtable on working with seniors
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Library Resources
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Confessions of a Student: Students in Jeopardy and Issues of Confidentiality
Discussion with members of the Dean of Students Office
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Adivising Senior Projects
Roundtable on working with seniors
Friday, September 16, 2005
"Teaching with Writing: Augustine's Confessions"
A workshop co-sponsored with the Writing and Thinking Institute. AlfredE. Guy Jr., R.W.B. Lewis Director of the Yale Writing Center, will lead this discussion about using writing to enhance teaching and learning
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
CFCD Welcomes New Faculty: Cocktail Reception
Conversation with other faculty about Bard and living in the Hudson River Valley
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
End-of-the-Year Reception
With a look at some of the new research tools and grant resources available for faculty, including CET (Center for Educational Technology) and IRIS (Illinois Researcher Information Service). Featuring Jeff Katz's "shaken not stirred" martinis!
Thursday, March 24, 2005
The World of Academic Publishing
Led by Jonathan Brent, Editorial Diretor & Associate Director of Yale University Press.
Time: March 24 - 5:30 p.m.
Place: Faculty Dining Room
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Trippingly on the Tongue
A workshop on the art of speaking led by Elizabeth Smith.
Time: 5:00
Place: Finberg House
Friday, February 11, 2005
Teaching Texts through Writing
A workshop, co-sponsored with the Writing and Thinking Institute, that explores the uses of writing to teach texts, focusing on Shelley's novel Frankenstein. Led by Alfred Cuy, R. W. B. Lewis Director of the Writing Center, Yale University. Participants will receive a stipend. Space is limited RSVP to Coleen Murphy Alexander, x7341. murphy@bard.edu
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Faculty Roles & Rewards
R. Eugene Rice, Scholar-in-Residence and Director of the Forum on Faculty Roles & Rewards at the American Association for Higher Education in Washington, DC, will offer a seminar for faculty on changes in faculty roles and expectations.
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Olin 115
Tuesday, February 8, 2005
The Sophmore-Experience: Moderation and the Second-Year Student
A panel discussion sponsored by the Dean of the College. Please rvsp to the Dean at doc@bad.edu or 7421 by Friday, February 4.
Place: Weis Cinema
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Teaching Languages
Led by Jennifer Day
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Online Discussions: The Electronic Agora
Bard faculty presents ways they've used online discussions in their courses to promote student writing, reading, and thinking. Jeff Suzuki, Odile Chilton, Geoff Sanborn.
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Grading First Year Seminar Essays
Grading and commenting on students' essays
should allow students to understand the basis for our judgments and help them improve on the next assignment. This is a tall order, and this workshop will address what constitutes a good essay as well as what
kinds of commentary and grading techniques
best serve both professor and student.
While specifically for FYS faculty, all faculty are welcome!
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Assessing and Eliminating Stereotype Threat
Led by Professor Joshua Aronson, associate professor of psychology at NYU. Seating is limited to 25, and faculty need to rsvp by September 16th to Sharon Kopyc. kopyc@bard.edu, x7496
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Tempus Fugit: Balancing Teaching and Research
An informal discussion with senior faculty members and an oppurtunity to form working groups.
Friday, April 9, 2004
Teaching Roundtable
Visits to classes of senior faculty followed a week later by discussion on teaching techniques.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Technology in the Classroom: Best Practices
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
A Report from the Trenches: Using Online Quizzes
Thursday, November 13, 2003
Scholarship, Skills, and Identity: Fostering Academic Integrity through the Educational Process
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Autumnal Cocktail Reception for faculty
Thursday, September 4, 2003
The Art of Revision: Working with Student Drafts
Monday, May 12, 2003
Working with Students with Disabilities
Saturday, April 19, 2003
Responding to Student Writing
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Teaching Roundtable
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
Collaborative Teaching Techniques