The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society
cordially invites you to its next session:
"Reading Media: Representations of Race"
on Monday, March 29, at 4.00 pm,
at 2137 Taliaferro Hall.
Presentations by:
Patrice McDermott (American Studies; Assistant Dean, UMBC)
Sheri Parks (American Studies; Assistant Dean, UMCP)
Those who plan to attend are encouraged to do a short reading in
advance, which is available in the 629V folder in the Graduate Lounge,
Taliaferro Hall.
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society
cordially invites you to its next session:
"Teaching Sexuality: Encounters with Stereotypes"
on Monday, March 15, at 4.00 pm,
at 2137 Taliaferro Hall.
Presentations by:
Rhonda Williams, African American Studies
Eva George, African American Studies
Those who plan to attend are encouraged to do a short reading in
advance, which is available in the 629V folder in the Graduate Lounge,
Taliaferro Hall.
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society
cordially invites you to its next session:
"Investigating Cultural Difference: The Museum
as Classroom"
on Monday, March 8, at 4.00 pm,
at AT&T Teaching Theatre, 3140 Engineering.
Presentations by:
Psyche Williams, Department of American Studies
Will Liu, Department of Psychology; Asian-American Studies
Ann Denkler, Department of American Studies
Those who plan to attend are encouraged to do a short reading in
advance, which is available in the 629V folder in the Graduate Lounge,
Taliaferro
Hall.
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society
cordially invites you to its next session:
"Radical Pedagogies: Confronting Ideology"
on Monday, March 1, at 4.00 pm,
at 2137 Taliaferro Hall.
Presentations by:
Mary Corbin Sies, Director of Graduate Studies, Deparment of
American Studies
Kelly Quinn, Doctoral Student, Department of American Studies; Teaching
Assistant, Afro-American Studies
Those who plan to attend are asked to do a short reading in advance,
which is available in the 629V folder in the Graduate Lounge, Taliaferro
Hall.
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society
cordially invites you to its next session:
"Why Won't They Talk? Suggestions for an Effective
Discussion-Based Classroom"
on Monday, February 22, at 4.00 pm,
at 2137 Taliaferro Hall.
Presentation by:
Jeremy Korr, Assistant Director, College Park Scholars
Program in American Cultures
The presentation will focus on a variety of methods for initiating
discussion as well as formats for discussion.
Those who plan to attend are asked to prepare a short reading in advance,
which will be available in the 629V folder in the Graduate Lounge at 4 pm
on Tuesday 2/16. The reading is by Jane Tompkins, "Postcards from the
Edge," in Tompkins, "A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned"
(Addison-Wesley, 1996), 141-152.
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society
cordially invites you to its next session:
"Life Writings: How to Teach Self-Ethnography"
on Monday, February 15, at 4.00 pm,
at 2137 Taliaferro Hall.
Presentation by John Caughey, Chair of the Department of American
Studies
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society in co-operation with the Cyberculture Working Group cordially
invites you to its learning session titled
"Teaching Where Text and Object Meet:
The Perils and Promises of MOO"
on Monday, February 8, at 7.00 pm,
at AT&T Teaching Theater, 3140 Engineering Building.
Coordinators:
Susan Garfinkel, Georgetown University
Sandor Vegh, University of Maryland
This session is designed for faculty and graduate students who are
using, or about to use, or simply interested in the ways of using the
Internet in teaching. An advanced version of Internet applications,
MOOs are text-based, online, virtual environments with a wide range of
features to explore and utilize in research and teaching. The session
will include an introduction to MOOs with hands-on practice and a
presentation on MOOs as pedagogical tools.
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society in co-operation with the Cyberculture Working Group cordially
invites you to its learning session titled
"Designing Web-based Materials for the Classroom"
on Monday, November 9, at 3.00 pm,
at AT&T Teaching Theater, 3140 Engineering Building.
This session is designed for faculty and current or prospective graduate
teaching assistants who wish to explore the use
of online dynamic syllabi. During the workshop participants will
tour several different kinds of syllabi on the World Wide Web and
learn how to create their own using basic html. While no previous
knowledge of html is required, attendees must have a valid WAM
account to participate (contact the computer center at 405-1500 for
information on activating a WAM account). Participants should bring
two copies of their syllabi to the workshop: one in print form, one
on a Windows-compatible disk.
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society in co-operation with the Cyberculture Working Group cordially
invites you to its learning session titled
"Getting to Know Digital Resources"
on Thursday, October 29, at 2.00 pm,
at AT&T Teaching Theater, 3140 Engineering Building.
What You Don't Know About Virtual Libraries Can Hurt You
Prof. Mary Corbin Sies, Director of Graduate Studies
Department of American Studies
Researching in the Digital Age
David Silver, Doctoral Student
Director of the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
Department of American Studies
This session is designed for faculty, graduate students, and advanced
undergraduates who know there are resources on the internet they should be
using in their teaching and research, but have not had the time to figure
out what they are and how to find them. We will present five or six kinds
of tools, resources, or strategies for finding digital resources on
interdisciplinary studies of culture and society and explain where they
can be found and how they work. The session will take place in the
AT&T Teaching Theatre and participants will have time for hands on
practice using these resources. We invite everyone to bring additional
resources to our attention and we will collect them and make them
available on the Mini-Center's Web page.
The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society
"Incorporating Service Learning into the Cultural Studies
Classroom"
on Monday, October 5, at 2.00 pm,
at 2137 Taliaferro Hall.
Presentations:
Examining the Spectrum of Service Learning Definitions
Marie L. Troppe, Coordinator of Service Learning
Commuter Affairs and Community Service
Getting through the Razor-Wire: Teaching in the Prison Setting
Donna Rowe, Associate Director of the UMBC Women's Center
Part-time Lecturer, Department of American Studies, UMBC
