The A&S Faculty Learning Community initiative is on hiatus for the 2019-20 academic year.
A&S Faculty Learning Communities are interdisciplinary faculty groups engaged in an active, collaborative, semester- or year-long initiative.
A&S Faculty Learning Communities Funded to Date
2018-19
Improving Learning Using Effective Writing Assignments in Any Discipline
Facilitator: Kim Thompson, Lecturer of Environmental & Plant Biology
Professional Development of TAs
Facilitator: Muriel Gallego, Associate Professor of Spanish, Language Program Director and Supervisor of Spanish TAs, Department of Modern Languages
Teaching Book and Print History Across the Disciplines
Facilitators: Joe McLaughlin, Associate Professor of English; Nicole Reynolds, Associate Professor of English; Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian, Mahn Center, Alden Library
Women in STEEM
Facilitators: Kelly Bubp, Lecturer of Mathematics; Tia McDonald, Assistant Professor of Economics
2017-18
Collaborative Grant Proposal Writing Group
Facilitator: Darcey Allan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Integrating Feminist Pedagogy Online
Facilitator: Loran Marsan, Lecturer, Women?s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Professional Development of TAs
Facilitator: Muriel Gallego, Associate Professor of Spanish, Language Program Director and Supervisor of Spanish TAs, Department of Modern Languages
Team Teaching in an Online Course
Facilitator: Yeong Kim, Associate Professor of Geography
2016-17
Evaluating Student Evaluations of Teaching
Facilitator: Daniel Phillips, Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Director of the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics
Incorporating Team-Based Learning (TBL) into the Classroom
Facilitators: Charlie Morgan, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Raymond Frost, Professor of Management Information Systems
Professional Development of TAs
Facilitator: Muriel Gallego, Associate Professor of Spanish, Language Program Director and Supervisor of Spanish TAs, Department of Modern Languages
The Aging Studies Learning Community
Facilitator: Julie Suhr, Professor of Psychology
2015-16
Declining by Degrees: Faculty Learning Community on Social Media, Email, and Notetaking
Facilitator: Robin Muhammad, Chair and Associate Professor of African American Studies
Global Education and Diverse Classrooms: Developing Resources to Support Multilingual Students and Their Teachers
Facilitators: Dawn Bikowski, Director of English Language Improvement Program, Department of Linguistics; Talinn Phillips, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Director of Graduate Writing & Research Center
Professional Development of Graduate Teaching Assistants: Developing Resources for TAs
Facilitator: Muriel Gallego, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Language Program Director and Supervisor of Spanish TAs, Department of Modern Languages
The Flipped Classroom Using Team-Based Learning
Facilitators: Charlie Morgan, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Raymond Frost, Professor of Management Information Systems
2014-15
Challenges in Teaching
Facilitators: Neil Bernstein, Associate Professor, Department of Classics & World Religions; Herta Rodina, Associate Professor of French, Department of Modern Languages
Global Education and Diverse Classrooms: Towards a Model to Support Multilingual Students at Ohio University
Facilitators: Dawn Bikowski, Director of English Language Improvement Program, Department of Linguistics; Talinn Phillips, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Director of Graduate Writing & Research Center
Incorporating Team-Based Learning (TBL) into the Classroom
Facilitators: Charlie Morgan, Assistant Professor, Sociology; Raymond Frost, Professor of Management Information Systems
Professional Development of Graduate Teaching Assistants: Challenges and Possible Solutions for the Training of TAs in Faculty-Like Positions
Facilitator: Muriel Gallego, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Language Program Director and Supervisor of Spanish TAs, Department of Modern Languages
Teaching Cinema Across Disciplines
Facilitators: Katarzyna Marciniak, Professor, Department of English; Michael B. Gillespie, Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, School of Film, Department of African American Studies