Workshop for Early Career Religion Faculty at Colleges and Universities
This workshop will gather 14 early career faculty from diverse scholarly specializations and institutional contexts for a week in each of two successive summers and a weekend winter retreat. As a community of committed and skilled teachers, we will explore together critical issues in teaching and learning such as:
- Designing strategies for effective teaching, assignments, and assessment within one’s institutional context.
- Navigating the intersections of identities—e.g., race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, age, religious and political affiliations—in the classroom
- Managing the competing demands of teaching, scholarship, service, and personal life
- Mapping career growth such as tenure and alternate academic tracks
The workshop balances plenary sessions with small group discussions, individual and collaborative work, and access to the Wabash Center teaching resources, as well as structured and unstructured social time.
Goals
- To create an environment for collaboration and conversation around teaching and learning
- To cultivate reflective practices as teachers and learners
- To examine the politics and pressures of teaching and learning in higher education
- To develop intentional and sustainable practices in professional and personal life
Honorarium and Fellowship
Participants will receive an honorarium of $3400 for full participation in the three workshop sessions, plus local expenses and travel. In addition, participants are eligible to apply for a $5000 workshop fellowship for work on a teaching project during the following academic year (2019-20).
Participants
Front Row: Gerardo Rodríguez (St. Norbert College), Darrius Hills (Morgan State University), *Joanne Robinson (University of North Carolina – Charlotte), Manuela Ceballos (University of Tennessee), Abhishek Ghosh (Grand Valley State University), *Jacqueline M. Hidalgo (Williams College).
Second Row: Melissa Pagán (Mount St. Mary’s), Jennifer T. Kaalund (Iona College), Rose Aslan (California Lutheran University), *Martin Nguyen (Fairfield University), Dheepa Sundaram (College of Wooster), Martie Smith Roberts (Denison University), Sonya Maria Johnson (Beloit College), *Mary Stimming (Wabash Center).
Back Row: Courtney Dorroll (Wofford College), Max Mueller (University of Nebraska – Lincoln), Patton Burchett (College of William and Mary), Merin Shobhana Xavier (Queen’s University), *Richard S. Ascough (Queen’s University). *leadership/staff position.
*leadership staff position
Dates
- First session:
July 16-21, 2018, Wabash College - Second session:
January 10-13, 2019. Corpus Christi, Texas - Third session:
June 24-29, 2019, Wabash College
Leadership Team
- Joanne Maguire Robinson, Director, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
- Martin Nguyen, Fairfield University
- Richard S. Ascough, Queen’s University
- Jacqueline M. Hidalgo, Williams College
- Mary T. Stimming, Associate Director, Wabash Center
Important Information
- Travel and Accommodations for Summer Sessions at the Wabash Center
- Travel and Accommodations for Winter Sessions in Texas
- Philosophy of Workshops
- Policy on Participation
- Map of Wabash College Campus
- Things To Do In Crawfordsville – Recreation
- Travel Reimbursement Form
- Foreign National Information Form
- Payment of Honorarium
- Fellowship Program
For More Information, Please Contact:
Mary Stimming, Associate Director
Wabash Center
301 West Wabash Ave.
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
800-655-7117