Center for Teaching and Learning

Center for Teaching and Learning

2012-2013 WHITMAN COLLEGE NEW FACULTY: (picture coming soon)

317 Penrose Library
Whitman College
Walla Walla, Washington 99362
(509) 527-5037

Questions? Contact Lisa Perfetti, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Chair of the CTL Steering Committee (x5187) 

Dr. Lisa Spiro:  Analyzing, Creating and Sharing: Digital Pedagogy in Action - Wednesday, May 1st in Memorial Hall #328. Registration for this workshop is closed - if you would like to be placed on a waiting list, please e-mail Susan Bennett in the Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty.

Dr. Spiro will present a short workshop titled: Analyzing, Creating and Sharing: Digital Pedagogy in Action. An interactive, hands-on workshop will explore principles of digital pedagogy, offer case studies from other liberal arts institutions of how digital methods can advance educational goals and provide practical suggestions for integrating digital pedagogy.

Dr. Spiro is formerly the director of the NITLE (National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education) Labs, program manager of Anvil Academic, and the director of Rice University's Digital Media Center.  Lisa not is an independent consultant and scholar focused on scholarly communications, digital humanities and digital pedagogy.  Lisa holds a B.A. in English and history from Rice University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia.  

Thursday - May 23, 2013

Please see sign up below for two workshops by Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore, known nationally for her "writing bootcamps." She will offer two workshops on this day for all Whitman faculty. You will need to register for each workshop separately.

The first (9:00-12:00) is on strategies for increasing scholarly productivity, and will be designed to be useful both for pre-tenure faculty and for faculty at later stages of their careers.  Dr. Rockquemore and I will be communicating about the participants who sign up for the workshop so that she can best tailor it to fit our needs.  

The second workshop (1:30-3:00), is "Re-Thinking Mentoring: How to Build Communities of Inclusion, Support & Accountability."  She will design this workshop to be relevant not only to campus leaders, such as department chairs, but also to junior faculty interested in the topic of mentoring.

Kerry Ann Rockquemore, PhD is President of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity. Her scholarship has focused on interracial families, biracial identity, and the politics of racial categorization. She is author of two books: Beyond Black and Raising Biracial Children, as well as over two dozen articles and book chapters on multiracial youth. After Dr. Rockquemore became a tenured professor (at the University of Illinois at Chicago), her focus shifted to improving conditions for pre-tenure faculty by creating supportive communities for professional development, writing productivity and work/life balance. Her award-winning work with under- represented faculty led to the publication of her most recent book: The Black Academic's Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul. Through the NCFDD, Dr. Rockquemore provides workshops for faculty at colleges across the United States, writes a weekly advice column for Inside Higher Education, and works with a select group of new faculty each semester in the NCFDD’s Faculty Success Program.

About the Center for Teaching and Learning

General information about the Center including Committee members, program goals, a photo of new faculty this academic year, and (a) the current makeup of the CTL Steering Committee; (b) its general organizational objectives; and (c) specific CTL activities and programs.

Resources

A list of online and in-house (in Penrose Library) resources related to teaching.

The Center for Teaching and Learning also maintains a subscription to the following journals which can be accessed online.

Services

A brief description of ways in which the Center may be able to help you improve your skills and effectiveness as an educator.

Calendar of Events

The Center sponsors numerous events, programs and workshops throughout the year. Feel free to find out what is happening this year at our Calendar of Events.