2011 AAC&U Engaging Departments Institute
July 13-17, 2011
The Hotel at Turf Valley
Ellicott City, Maryland
Institute Faculty
The Institute features national and international leaders on student learning and assessment and faculty development, as well as current and former deans and department chairs with extensive experience guiding significant change efforts to integrate high-quality learning in the majors and across the curriculum and cocurriculum. Institute faculty members offer expertise on an impressive range of topics, many of which appear throughout the Institute curriculum.
Biographies of the 2011 Institute faculty can be found here.
Jo Beld, Director of Evaluation and Assessment and Professor of Political Science, St. Olaf College
Areas of Expertise: Building a faculty culture that welcomes, engages and uses assessment, Developing local and inter-institutional assessment instruments, Leading and supporting course-level, department-level and institutional-level assessment activities
Juliette Bell, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Biochemistry, Central State University
Areas of Expertise:
Diversifying STEM, Faculty development, Academic leadership, Mentoring, Integrating research and teaching, and Career advancement issues
Katherine Bergeron, Dean of the College and Professor of Music, Brown University
Areas of Expertise: Curriculum reform, Learning outcomes for majors, Implementing a robust writing curriculum
J. Elizabeth Clark, Professor of English, City University of New York–La Guardia Community College
Areas of Expertise: E-portfolio, Assessment, Learning communities, Capstone courses, Writing programs/Writing across the curriculum
L. Dee Fink, International Education Consultant, former president of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, and founder of the Instructional Development Program, University of Oklahoma
Areas of Expertise:
Institutional efforts to promote better teaching and learning across campus, Faculty development, Pedagogy, Designing courses for significant learning, Evaluating college teaching
Ashley Finley, Director of Assessment and Research , AAC&U
Areas of Expertise: Gender and social stratification, Sociology of stratification, Program implementation and evaluation, Quantitative methods
J. K. Haynes, David Packard Professor and Dean of the Division of Science and Mathematics, Morehouse College
Areas of Expertise: Curricular and extracurricular research experiences for undergraduates, Strategic planning at the department, division and institution level, Grant writing and fundraising for science projects
Patricia Iannuzzi, Dean, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Areas of Expertise:
Integrating general intellectual, research and practical skills with the content of the discipline in course and curriculum redesign, Developing faculty leaders, Connecting departments and support services
Marilyn Kurata, Director of Core Curriculum Enhancement, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Areas of Expertise: Integrating and assessing core competencies, Diversity/Pluralism/Cultural Competence, Building partnerships across campus and town-gown
Kenny Morrell, Associate Professor, Greek & Roman Studies, Rhodes College
Areas of Expertise: Developing and managing collaborative initiatives, Using information technology in teaching and scholarship, Designing curricular options that feature collaboration and information technology; study-abroad
Nancy O'Neill , Director of Integrative Programs and the LEAP Campus Action Network, AAC&U
Areas of Expertise:
Student identity development, Pedagogy, Diversity in the curriculum and co-curriculum, Career development
Terrel Rhodes, Vice President for Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment, AAC&U
Areas of Expertise: General education, Assessment, Institutional change, Curricular alignment and transfer (community colleges and post-secondary), Quality of student learning, Access
Carol Geary Schneider, President, AAC&U
Areas of Expertise:
Learning outcomes, Connecting liberal learning and major/professional studies, Engaging with general education reform, Personal and social responsibility outcomes
Hazel Symonette, Program Development and Assessment Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Areas of Expertise: Educational assessment and evaluation, Diversity and inclusive excellence, Organizational development, Improving campus climate, Faculty/staff development, Cultivating ethical leadership and social justice
Vasti Torres, Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs, Indiana University
Areas of Expertise: Student development, Diversity issues, Latino issues
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