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Lunchtime Seminars Archive


	
	
    
        
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			Thursday

                Mar 5, 2020
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Course Evaluations: Getting Students to Respond in Qualitative Ways 









Presenter(s):  Sarah Johnson (Libraries); Olivia C. Padeluka (Psych); James Cantres (AFPRL)

 












In this lunchtime seminar we will address ways to mid-semester evaluations and encourage student responses during our courses and detail methods of implementing changes both during the term and for future semesters.Olivia Padeluka (Psychology) and Sarah Johnson (Hunter College Libraries) will provide insights on innovative strategies for utilizing student perspectives for current and future students. [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Mar 3, 2020
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Making the Most of Peer Teaching Observations 









Presenter(s):  Lisa Marie Anderson (German); Yang Hu (School of Ed); Tatyana Khodorovskiy (Math & Stats); Leila Gastil (Psychology); Michaela Soyer (Sociology)

 












In this roundtable discussion we’ll examine the practice from the perspective of observers and observees. What makes for a “good” peer observation? How can we ensure meaningful follow-up? Our speakers will share insights from different disciplines and career stages. We’ll also discuss the challenges of observation in hybrid and online courses, something treated in the new contract. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Feb 27, 2020
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

What Makes a Writing Intensive Course 









Presenter(s):  Frida Kleiman and Nancy Greenbaum (Chemistry); Nora Carr (Queens College) and Stefania Porcelli (Romance Language), Dennis Paoli and Trudith Smoke (English)

 












There will be three presentations by a panel of six speakers: Frida Kleiman and Nancy Greenbaum teaching writing in chemistry classes; Dennis Paoli and Trudith Smoke coordinated the WAC program for many years;  Nora Carr and Stefania Porcelli are working on a handbook for CUNY graduate teaching fellows and will seek feedback from people attending the seminar.  [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Feb 25, 2020
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

GPS: Teaching Activities that Promote G (Growth Mindset), P (Purpose), and S (Social Belonging) 









Presenter(s):  Kelle Cruz (Physics); Jack Kenigsberg (Writing Center); Paul McPherron (English)

 












In this lunchtime symposium, three Hunter faculty will present activities and research they learned from attending a recent CUNY symposium on growth mindset and how they have implemented these activities in their own classrooms and centers. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Feb 20, 2020
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Hemmerdinger Overflow seating area (Library, HE 705) 
            



         

Library and Faculty Collaborations 









Presenter(s):  Margaret Bausman (Libraries), Iris Finkel (Libraries), Maria Hernandez-Ojeda (Romance Languages), Frida Kleiman (Chemistry), Cherry Montejo (Libraries), Jennifer Newman (Libraries), John Pell (Libraries)

 












ROOM CHANGE!!! Hemmerdinger Overflow seating area (Library, HE 705)
This seminar will showcase a wide range of existing collaborations between instructors and librarians across the schools and the libraries, including classroom and library instruction, work with(in) the archives, co-teaching, and joint publications. Instructors and librarians will also share how they initiated and manage their collaborative projects, and how they address the logistical and other challenges of instruction with/in the libraries. [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Feb 18, 2020
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Narrating Your Research and Teaching Origins...And Futures 









Presenter(s):  Stephanie Margolin (Library); Stefania Porcelli (Romance Languages); Ashley Jackson (Music); Kelly Nims (English)

 












This Lunchtime Seminar explores different ways of telling that story to others. Professors from English, Music, Library Studies, and Romance Languages will provide examples of how they narrate their stories: arriving at one’s research or pedagogical strategies, balancing research and teaching, integrating the two, launching the next stage of one’s work, and then conveying these stories in different ways from an “elevator pitch” to developing an online profile. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Feb 13, 2020
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

What Makes an Honors Course 









Presenter(s):  Richard Belsky (History); Yujia Xu (Chemistry); Rob Cowan (Arts and Sciences)

 












This seminar will discuss what constitutes an honors course at Hunter College. Panelists will discuss the criteria for honors courses and their experiences teaching honors courses: what they teach as honors, how it fits the description of honors, and how that differs from non-honors courses. [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Feb 11, 2020
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Starting Strong: Activities For The First Day of Class 









Presenter(s):  Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere (Psychology); Christina Katopodis (English); Shiao-Chuan Kung (Online Learning Center); Claudia Orenstein (Theatre) 

 












For this lunchtime seminar, several Hunter instructors will talk about activities they use on the first day of class, including: ice-breaker activities using the software Padlet, a video tour of a course’s OER textbook, a revised syllabus using FAQs as prompts, and an open-syllabus discussion in which students pick some of the class content. Come hear how your colleagues kick off the semester, and bring your own ideas to share how you help your students get to know your courses, get to know you, and get to know each other. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Oct 31, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Lightning Talks on Teaching and Learning 









Presenter(s):  ACERT Steering Committee and Other Faculty and Staff Volunteers

 












As introduced in James Lang’s 2016 book Small Teaching, simple, small changes to our classroom practices and course designs can make large, positive differences in student achievement and overall teaching effectiveness. After a brief summary of Lang’s book and his blog posts in The Chronicle of Higher Education, volunteers will present a variety of short talks about teaching and learning based on any brief topic relevant to teaching at Hunter. The talks will be short, lightning talks (3 minutes each; 3 PPT slide limit) which will allow presenters and participants plenty of time to discuss ideas that they can try in their courses today, tomorrow, or next semester. [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Oct 29, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Teaching for Civic Engagement 









Presenter(s):  Kathleen Isaac (Dance); Kathleen Leary (The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts); Maria Hernandez Ojeda (Romance Languages)

 












In this session, goals and challenges for teaching for civic engagement will be discussed as well the rewards of integrating civic engagement in classrooms. Participants will learn how to embed civic engagement into their classrooms by learning to obtain a New York City Public Library card Culture Pass, to access NYC’s rich cultural resources and inculcate civic responsibility through the ID NYC, and resources within Hunter’s campus. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Oct 24, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Managing Social Difference in Courses 









Presenter(s):  Shelley Eversley (Baruch); Shawn[ta] Smith-Cruz (CUNY Grad Center); James Cantres (AFPRL)

 












Teaching and scholarship require professors to be informed, sensitive to, and readily engaged with various iterations of social difference. A keen awareness of the ways gender, sex, race, ethnicity, native language skill, among other characteristics influence both course subject matter and the students in the course is critical to progressive, thoughtful pedagogy. In addition to recognizing the way students' identities function in the classroom, we also seek methods to decolonize the very archives and bodies of knowledge we assign and encourage students to unpack. Through intersectional approaches to scholarship and pedagogy, we will discuss techniques that connect the lived experience of social difference with textual/curriculum based examples and assignments. [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Oct 22, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Emotion, affect, and community building in the CUNY classroom 









Presenter(s):  Sarah Benesch (College of Staten Island); Asilia Franklin-Phipps (The Graduate Center); Monica Calabritto (Romance Languages)

 












This seminar seeks to explore the relationship between cognition and emotion – knowing and feeling – understood as intertwined aspects of classroom life, considering both the emotional labor of the instructor and students’ engagement and attention. Our speakers work in several CUNY campuses and are interested in pedagogical approaches that explore the affective experience of learning. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Oct 17, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Open vs. Free: A New Direction for OER at Hunter 









Presenter(s):  Alexandra Gil (OER Librarian); Scott Lipkowitz (Hunter OER)

 












In this Lunchtime Seminar, the Hunter OER Office will address this debate and share our experiences and recommendations for Hunter's OER initiative going forward. [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Oct 15, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Rap and Poetry in the Classroom: Creative Performance as Classroom Engagement 









Presenter(s):  D’Weston Haywood (History); Alyson Greenfield (English); Stefania Porcelli (Romance Languages); Victoria Tomasulo and Marzena Rammairone (Hunter College Students); Jennifer Gillespie Rhodes (Italian, Columbia University) 

 












In this lunchtime seminar, presenters will describe and illustrate a variety of classroom activities they have used as alternatives to written papers and other typical research and scholarly work. First, D’Weston Haywood (History) will introduce the pedagogical rationale and some recent work on using sound and listening-based activities in classrooms. Next, Alyson Greenfield (English) will present her embodied teaching activities in which students perform spoken word poetry slams and movement exercises. Finally, Stefania Porcelli (Romance Languages) will present examples from Italian courses in which students wrote and performed their own original poetry.  [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Oct 10, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Preparing Students for Jobs and Careers 









Presenter(s):  Kathleen Isaac (Dance); Keith Okrosy (Career Development Services); Dermot Foley, (School of Education); Kenney Robinson (School of Education); Linh An (HCAP)

 












In this seminar, faculty, staff, and administrators will discuss ways in which students can successfully navigate the job market through interviewing skills, effectively discussing their fields of study, creating a dynamic CV, developing and writing vision statements, and creating online ePortfolios. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Oct 3, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Transfer Students at Hunter College: Who They Are and How We Support Them 









Presenter(s):  Mark Bobrow (English); Maureen O'conor (Advising); Sarah Squatriglia (Advising); Maria-Helena Reis (Psychology); Kemile Jackson (Pre-Health)

 












In this lunchtime seminar, Maureen O’conor and Sarah Squatriglia (Advising) will offer an overview of the backgrounds of transfer students at Hunter and describe programs and policies aimed at supporting transfer students once they arrive. Mark Bobrow (English) will describe efforts made in courses such as ENG 220 to help transfer students make the transition to the expectations of college level writing, and  Maria-Helena Reis (Psychology) will reflect on transfer students, the challenges they face at Hunter, and discuss how we can improve our support of them. Finally, Kemile Jackson (Pre-Health) will talk about Pre-Health transfer initiatives and provide applicant profiles of successful transfer students. The seminar will conclude with an open discussion of transfer students at Hunter College. All participants are encouraged to bring questions and ideas to share. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Sep 26, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Study abroad: Experiential education opportunities for Hunter students and faculty 









Presenter(s):  Giovanna Cucciniello (Education Abroad); Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching); Jessica Rothman (Anthropology)

 












A primary goal of study abroad education programs entails providing experiential learning activities in diverse contexts far from the Hunter classroom. In this seminar, we will hear from faculty, students, and staff members about their experiences leading and participating in a variety of study abroad experiences. [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Sep 24, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

Charlotte Frank Classroom (1203 HE) 
            



         

Showcase of Faculty Innovations in Teaching with Technology 









Presenter(s):  Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages);Michaela Soyer (Sociology); Sissel McCarthy (Film and Media Studies); Yang Hu (Curriculum and Teaching); Amber Alliger (Psychology); Wendy Hayden (English); Elaine Gale (Special Education)

 












In this seminar, Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages) will host a panel discussion with recent Faculty Innovations in Teaching with Technology (FITT) award winners. The panelists will give brief overviews of their projects and offer tips learned from their experiences trying out a new innovation in their classroom. There will be plenty of time for attendees to brainstorm new ideas about teaching with technology in their own contexts and to get advice from our local Hunter all-star teachers. [Details...] 

            
        

			Thursday

                Mar 28, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

1203 HE 
            



         

Lightning Talks on Teaching and Learning 









Presenter(s):  ACERT Steering Committee and Other Faculty and Staff Volunteers

 












As introduced in James Lang’s 2016 book Small Teaching, simple, small changes to our classroom practices and course designs can make large, positive differences in student achievement and overall teaching effectiveness. After a brief summary of Lang’s book and his blog posts in The Chronicle of Higher Education, volunteers will present a variety of short talks about teaching and learning based on any brief topic relevant to teaching at Hunter. The talks will be short, lightning talks (3 minutes each; 3 PPT slide limit) which will allow presenters and participants plenty of time to discuss ideas that they can try in their courses today, tomorrow, or next semester. [Details...] 

            
        

			Tuesday

                Mar 26, 2019
               
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

1203 HE 
            



         

Making Assessment Work: Curriculum Development through Assessment 









Presenter(s):  Joel Bloom (Office of Assessment); Liz Cohn (Nursing); Rob Cowan (Office of the Dean); Kristen Hodnett (Special Education)

 












In this seminar, we will discuss best practices for designing assessments that feed back meaningfully into curriculum development, and we will hear from representatives of different schools and programs about how they have implemented what they learned from assessment in their courses and teaching. [Details...] 

            
        
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