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Want to know the next big thoughts on the horizon in subjects ranging from teaching about natural disasters to reforming health care; from culturally diverse communication to views on a post-human world? Come to this year’s Faculty Day Conference and engage in lively, thought-provoking discussions with Brooklyn College faculty as they share their scholarship and artistic endeavors. Throughout the day you will have many opportunities to speak about your latest ideas and creative work with familiar colleagues, while also getting to meet and collaborate with people from across the entire college community.
With lunch provided and refreshments served the entire day, you’ll have a unique opportunity to get to know other members of the college and share your thoughts, your concerns and your ideas. The Faculty Day Conference will renew your enthusiasm for scholarship while reinforcing your sense of connection to the Brooklyn College community.
We hope to see all of our full-time faculty, our adjunct faculty, and our professional staff at the 17th Annual Faculty Day Conference!
The 17th Annual Faculty Day Conference and Award Ceremony affords all of us an opportunity to pause from business as usual in order to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of the Brooklyn College faculty. The day features a multidisciplinary conference—including workshops, panel discussions, presentations, art gallery, academic poster sessions, and informal roundtable discussions over lunch—culminating in an awards ceremony and reception. At the conference, colleagues participate in an exchange of ideas about a wide variety of scholarly, artistic and pedagogical interests and concerns. At the awards ceremony, individuals nominated by their fellow faculty members are honored for their accomplishments in teaching, research and service.
The Faculty Day Conference emerged out of a desire to provide a unique college-wide opportunity to foster connections with our colleagues and improve the quality of intellectual and social life here on campus. Each year this day gives us a chance to engage in dialogue about academic and pedagogical activities with our colleagues from remarkably diverse disciplines.
We invite you to participate in this year’s Faculty Day Conference and contribute to Brooklyn College’s professional and intellectual vitality.
Special thanks to everyone in the Office of Communications and Marketing for all of their hard work and creativity in support of this year’s event.
Kick-Off / Breakfast State Lounge, fifth floor
Gallery and Academic Posters Maroon Room, sixth floor
The Feminine Mystique: Fifty Years On Jefferson-Williams Lounge, fourth floor Moderator: Joseph Entin, English
Has anything really changed for women since Betty Friedan published her groundbreaking book in 1963?
Obama Redux: What Can We Expect in the Second Term? Maroney-Leddy Lounge, fourth floor Moderator: Len Fox, English
Will we make progress in the vital areas of immigration reform, the economy, and education?
Speak to Me: Culturally Diverse Communication Alumni Lounge, fourth floor Moderator: Herman Jiesamfoek, Early Childhood Education/Art Education
Does modern communication serve as a bridge across cultures? How does a dramatic increase in cultural and linguistic diversity affect educators and clinicians across the nation?
What Is Politically Correct Teaching? Aviary Lounge, fifth floor
Constructing Superstorm Sandy International Lounge, fifth floor
Out and Proud on Campus: Why We Can’t Wait—A Conversation Jefferson-Williams Lounge, fourth floor Moderator: Eliza Dragowski, School Psychology, Counseling, and Leadership
What will it take for Brooklyn College to be Out and Proud by 2015?
Letter to the New Mayor: School Reform in New York City Maroney-Leddy Lounge, fourth floor Moderator: Jessica Siegel, English and Secondary Education
What will our public schools look like after Mayor Bloomberg?
On Reforming U.S. Health Care Alumni Lounge, fourth floor Moderator: Leslie Jacobson, Health and Nutrition Sciences
Will “Obamacare” lead to improvements in U.S. health care?
Urban Sustainability: Podwalks at BC International Lounge, fifth floor
Luncheon and Roundtable Discussions Gold Room, sixth floor Gallery and Academic Posters Maroon Room, sixth floor
Oh, the Posthumanity! Jefferson-Williams Lounge, fourth floor Moderator: Mobina Hashmi, Television and Radio
How can we think about the ever-fluid Humanities in new ways?
Teaching Sandy: Natural Disasters in the Classroom Maroney-Leddy Lounge, fourth floor Moderator: Tammy Lewis, Sociology
Is teaching about Hurricane Sandy a pedagogical or a philosophical issue?
The Life Aquatic: Dispatches From the Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center (AREAC) Alumni Lounge, fourth floor
Animal intelligence, behavior and learning, aquaculture, sustainability, ecology, vocal and auditory modulation in fish brains and biofuels? What are they doing in AREAC?
The Art of Problem Solving Aviary Lounge, fifth floor
The Rights of Authors When Publishing Journal Articles International Lounge, fifth floor
Awards Ceremony and Reception Penthouse
12:45–2:15 p.m. Gold Room, sixth floor
An initiative sponsored by the Center for Teaching and supported by a grant from CUNY Office of Academic Affairs
9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Maroon Room, sixth floor Presenters available to discuss their work during the luncheon period from 12:45 to 2:15 p.m.
Penthouse, Student Center 3:45 p.m.
Soha Ghallab, Accounting presented by Andrew Arlig, Philosophy
The award, in the amount of $3,500, will be presented annually to a part-time (adjunct) faculty member for his or her demonstrated excellence in teaching and recognizes the important contributions made by adjunct faculty to teaching and learning at Brooklyn College.
Rona Miles, Psychology presented by Christine Vitrano, Philosophy
The award in the amount of $5,000 will be presented annually to a full-time faculty member for his or her demonstrated excellence in teaching at Brooklyn College.
Robert Viscusi, English and the Wolfe Institute presented by Sharon Zukin, Sociology
The award in the amount of $5,000 will be presented annually to a full-time faculty member of Brooklyn College for creative work in his or her artistic or scholarly field.
Barbara Winslow, Secondary Education presented by George Rodman, Television and Radio
The award in the amount of $5,000 will be presented annually to a full-time faculty member for meritorious service chiefly to Brooklyn College, but also for fulfillment of the college’s mission in its relationships with communities in the Greater New York area and beyond.
Laura Rabin, Psychology presented by Roberto Sanchez-Delgado, Chemistry
The Claire Tow Distinguished Teacher Award was established through a generous gift from Leonard Tow ’50, a trustee of the Brooklyn College Foundation, in honor of his wife, Claire Tow ’52. The award recognizes a senior member of the faculty for outstanding qualities as a teacher and for being a role model to students and other faculty. It carries a stipend of $10,000, to be paid in one installment through the Brooklyn College Foundation.
