CHAS
HUMANITIES
FACULTY CONFERENCE
MOUNT HOLYOKE
COLLEGE
SOUTH HADLEY, MA
MAY 28, 2008
AGENDA
8:30 AM
Registration/Coffee,
Kendade
Atrium
9:00 AM
Welcome,
Cleveland L-2
Dr. Joanne V. Creighton, President, Mount Holyoke College
9:15 - 10:30 AM
Pedagogy in the Humanities Panel,
Cleveland L-2
John Wertheimer, Professor of History,
Davidson College,
Collaborative Research Seminar
Robin Blaetz, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Mt.
Holyoke College
on Faculty-Student Collaborations
Joseph Hall, Assistant Professor of History, Bates
College with
James
Francis, Penobscot Tribal Historian
on
Community
Participation with Student Research
10:30 - 10:45 AM
Coffee Break,
Kendade
Atrium
10:45 - 12:00 PM
Wise Mentoring Panel,
Cleveland L-2
Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Assistant Professor of Psychology,
Yale
University, on Stereotype Threat
Raisa Williams, Dean of First-Year Students, Haverford
College,
on A Team
Approach to Mentoring
Joan Snitzer, Senior Lecturer of Art History, Barnard College
and
Mary Cochran, Associate Professor, Professional Practice, Dance
Department
Barnard College on Mentoring Underrepresented Students
12:00 - 1:00 PM
LUNCH,
Willits Hallowell Center Smith Dining Room
1:00 - 1:50 PM
Peer-led Learning Panel,
Cleveland L-2
Laura Greenfield, Coordinator of the Speaking, Arguing and
Writing Program,
(SAW), Mt. Holyoke College, on Mentored Courses in the
Humanities
Pam Cobrin, Director of the Writing Center, Barnard College, on
Peer Mentored Courses
1:55 - 2:45 PM Writing
Across the Humanities Panel,
Cleveland L-2
Sue Layden,
Associate Dean of Student Affairs,
Skidmore College
on Humanities
Faculty Engaged in Skills Building Work Through HEOP
Patricia Hager, Acting Director of the Writing Workshop, Bates
College
on
Professional Writing Tutors
2:45 - 3:00 PM
Coffee Break, Kendade
Atrium
3:00
- 4:00PM Best practices discussion,
Cleveland L-2
4:00
PM Pedagogy grant announcement/Closing,
Cleveland L-2
