LTC Lunch: Where is the Scholarly Record Headed?
As experimental models of publishing and scholarship become more common, our conceptions of the scholarly record are stretched in interesting and complex ways. What impact does this have on teaching and research at Carleton, and how will it inform our practices around capturing and caring for a record of intellectual activity of the college? We will discuss the challenges and opportunities of digital publishing, including various publishing models, public scholarship, and publishing as pedagogy. Heidi Eyestone, curator of the visual resources collection; Alfred Montero, professor of political science; Heather Tompkins, reference and instruction librarian for humanities and government publications; Kaylin Land ’15
LTC Lunch: Faculty-Student Research Collaborations: New Methods and Models in the Humanities and Social Sciences
While undergraduate research opportunities have long been common in the sciences, student research in the humanities and social sciences is a more recent and, some would say, challenging endeavor. After a brief description of student research supported by the Humanities Center, we will explore three models for collaborative faculty-student research: Palmar Alvarez-Blanco and Anthony Harb ’15 will share their work on the recent Brieva exhibition; Clara Hardy will describe the innovative Humanities Lab she directed in August 2014, and George Vrtis will discuss how his students contributed to his Minnesota Environments web-based and mobile environmental history app in Fall 2014. Palmar Alvarez-Blanco, associate professor of Spanish; Clara Hardy, professor of classical languages; George Vrtis, associate professor of environmental studies and history; Anthony Harb ’16; Sahree Kasper ’16
LTC Lunch: How Carls Study: Who, What, When, and Where?
Come learn about and discuss the most recent findings from the Student Engagement with Academic Support (SEAS) survey. Results include information about the types of questions students ask while working on assignments, types of study spaces they seek, and the times of day they study. Whether you are thinking about ways to help students study more effectively outside of class time or are involved in campus renovation planning, this promises to be a lively event! Andrea Nixon, director of educational research and lecturer in educational studies
LTC Lunch: Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC): Lessons Learned and New Directions
Given the key role FLAC courses play in both the Global Engagement Initiative and the Luce Initiative for Asian Studies and the Environment, momentum for these types of courses has been developing. This session will discuss a variety of FLAC courses from across different disciplines and languages, including experiences from teaching a FLAC course several times, a newly developed FLAC trailer course, and a future FLAC course involving a non-European language. Co-sponsored by the Global Engagement Initiative. Stacy Beckwith, chair of Middle Eastern languages and professor of Hebrew; Cecilia Cornejo; visiting assistant professor of cinema and media studies; Al Montero, Frank B. Kellogg Professor of Political Science
LTC Lunch: DialogosThe Politics of Religion in Secular Spaces
This dialogos session will feature work emerging from the Humanities Center Faculty Research Seminar, “In Search of the Secular.” Lori Pearson will present her research on religion, secularization, and the politics of gender in the early 20th century, and Carolyn Fure-Slocum will discuss definitions of religion, secularity, and pluralism and their relevance for liberal arts campuses. These talks will also engage the work of nationally known scholar Janet Jakobsen (Barnard College) who will be giving a public talk and faculty seminar at Carleton on religion, gender, and the secular on February 2 and 3. Carolyn Fure-Slocum, chaplain; Lori Pearson, professor of religion
LTC Lunch: What Are Your Needs, and Are We Meeting Them?
What are your campus and national peers saying about technology and library services? Last winter Carleton faculty and students were invited to share their thoughts via the MISO Survey. This session will share data about the usage, importance and satisfaction with a broad range of services and will identify areas where we are ahead of or behind our peer group. We will also show national trends over the past 10 years, including a move towards more self-mediated services, generational differences, and differences between library and IT support. Students are welcome to attend. Janet Scannell, chief technology officer; Jeff Ondich, professor of mathematics and computer science; Brad Schaffner, college librarian; Adeeb Khalid, Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies and History
LTC Lunch: Academic Civic Engagement Beyond the Six-Credit Course
Students will describe their experiences with academic civic engagement projects in courses that follow a different format from the typical six credit course model. After the student presentations, Laura Chihara, Deborah Gross, Eric McDonald, and Debby Walser-Kuntz will be available to discuss the courses their students were engaged in and the challenges and benefits of community engaged projects that extend beyond the one-term, six-credit individual course. Adrienne Falcon, director of academic civic engagement; Vayu Maini Rekdal ’15; Laura Arneson ’15
LTC Lunch: Ethically Navigating the Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
In a world increasingly “awash in numbers,” researchers face new challenges in ensuring that the data they use is collected, stored, and communicated in an ethical manner. All these numbers may present educated citizens with a moral obligation to gain a clear understanding of the data that impacts critical decisions. This panel of campus experts will introduce current issues and lead discussion about how we can better educate faculty members and students about the data choices they make. Co-sponsored by QuIRK. Rich Graves, senior Unix administrator and network security administrator; Daniel Groll, assistant professor of philosophy; David Liben-Nowell, associate professor of computer science; Christopher Tassava, associate director of corporate and foundation relations and chair of the Institutional Review Board