Faculty Development
Faculty members play a key role in shaping Beloit College’s program of international education. Their involvement begins with their teaching, scholarship, and advising, and is encouraged through a number of opportunities facilitated by the Office of International Education: service on the Committee on International Education and the Selection Committee for Domestic Off-Campus Study, attendance at briefings on international education, participation in reading groups and seminars and visits to study abroad sites, and curriculum and program development.
The opportunities described on these pages have been supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Freeman Foundation, the Weissberg Foundation, individual donors, and internal sources. As well, support has come from study abroad providers and the Fulbright Program.
2011/12 Opportunities
Advisor Briefings: September 6, 7, 8. One-hour sessions over the noon hour; lunch provided. To register: contact Phillip Thomas at thomasp@beloit.edu or ext. 2270.
September 23-24, Asian Studies Teaching Colloquium. Registration deadline: September 2.
Caribbean Initiative:
- Thursday, September 8, 4:00 planning meeting, International House
- Fall Semester: Caribbean Film series, sponsored by academic departments and/or student clubs.
- January: 2-day workshop on Caribbean Studies with external speaker. The workshop will focus on models for Caribbean Studies programs, pedagogy, and study abroad opportunities.
- Spring semester: Public talk by a Caribbean specialist, ideally related to a course taught in the spring semester.
Silk Road seminar. Note: participants in the seminar have already been selected.
Weissberg Program in Human Rights with Yuri Dzhibladze, 2012 Weissberg Chair.
- January-March reading group: Threats to Journalism in Russia
- March 30-31 conference: "Russia after the Collapse of Communism: Prospects for Liberalization"
2010/11 Faculty Development Activities
Cities in Transition Workshop: May 23-25. Application deadline: April 15, 2011. Workshop to connect the Cities in Transition project to the new Beloit College curriculum. Results of the workshop will be presented in Friday afternoon public sessions in September. Individual as well as team-based projects are invited.
Weissberg Human Rights Curricular Connections: Application deadline: May 22, 2011. Individual faculty grants. Activity may take place from summer 2011 through May 2012.
Asian Studies: Borrowing and Trading and the New Curriculum. Application deadline: June 1, 2011. Individual faculty grants. Activity may take place from summer July 2011 through August 2012. Eligibility: Applicants must have participated in a prior faculty development activity supported by the Freeman Foundation Asian Studies Project.
CIEE International Faculty Development Seminars: Gabriela Cerghedean (Spanish), Ellen Joyce (History), Debra Majeed (Religious Studies), and Amy Tibbitts (Spanish) will all participate in a May/June 2011 CIEE faculty development seminar in Spain and Morocco in order to explore and establish connections between these two countries at the Beloit College curriculum.
Workshop on Teaching for Intercultural Learning. Participants in this workshop are invited to post information on follow-up activities from the workshop to the workshop Moodle site. The deadlines for posting curricular innovations is May 1, 2011.
2009/10 Faculty International Engagement
Weissberg Reading Group in conjunction with the Weissberg Chair Residency of Sheila Tlou, Member of Parliament and former Minister of Health of the Republic of Botswana (February)
Seminar on Istanbul in Transition with visit to Yeditepe University, Istanbul (January and March) Participants: Beth Dougherty (Seminar Facilitator, International Relations), Shawn Gillen (English), Chuck Lewis (English and Writing Program), Kate Linnenberg (Sociology), Debra Majeed (Religious Studies), Donna Oliver (Russian), Amy Sarno (Theater), and Elizabeth Brewer (International Education)
Teaching Workshop on Global Health and the Liberal Arts Curriculum: March 12-13
Panel Discussions on Health as a Human Right: March 13
Seminar on Health and Science in China with visit to Kunming, China (March-May) Participants: Marion Fass (Biology), Yaffa Grossman (Biology), Tamara Ketabgian (English), Nancy Krusko (Anthropology), Warren Palmer (Economics), Diep Phan (Economics), Pablo Toral (International Relations), Daniel Youd (Seminar Facilitator, Chinese), and Elizabeth Brewer (International Education)
Individual activities: Amy Saar (Spanish) participated in a familiarization trip to IES programs in London and Berlin in February.
November 6-7 conference on Integrating Study Abroad into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Transforming On-Campus Teaching and Learning
October 10-15 site visit to Akita International University, Akita, Japan Participants: Akiko Ogino (Japanese), Pablo Toral (International Relations), and Elizabeth Brewer (International Education)
September 25-26 colloquium on Bringing Asian Arts and Material Culture into the Undergraduate Curriculum
September 2-4 lunch briefings on off-campus study and international education
Individual activities: Debra Majeed (Religious Studies) – research on spirituality and sexuality, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Paul Stanley (Physics) - CIEE Silk Road Faculty Development Seminar. To integrate Asian music and instruments into a course on the Physics of Music, June 2009. Kristin Bonnie (Psychology) – 50th anniversary conference, Danish International Studies (DIS), Copenhagen, June 2009.
2008/09 Faculty International Engagement
Japanese Art and Material Culture. Seminar with a visit to the Kansai region of Japan. Participants: Fran Abbate (English), Joy Beckman (Art History), Jennifer Esperanza (Anthropology), Scott Espeseth (Studio Art), Scott Lineberger (Japanese), Josh Moore (International Education), Pablo Toral (International Relations).
Visits to Doshisha University (Kyoto) and Nanzan University (Nagoya) (Josh Moore and Scott Lineberger) and Kobe University (Scott Lineberger)
Human Rights and Transitional Justice in South Africa. Seminar with visit to Cape Town, South Africa Participants: Lisa Anderson-Levy (Anthropology), Elizabeth Brewer (International Education), Beth Dougherty and Rachel Ellett (both from Political Science), Heath Massey and Matt Tedesco (both from Philosophy), and Beatrice McKenzie (History). Sandile Nukuna '07 served as one of the group's guides.
Evaluation visit to Senegal Program, Dakar (October) Elizabeth Brewer (International Education) and Scott Lyngaas (French)
Visit to Istanbul, Turkey (October) to establish a new partnership with a Turkish university. Exchange activity with Yeditepe University began in 2009/10. Elizabeth Brewer (International Education) and Beth Dougherty (International Relations)
March 2009 to visit Beloit's partner, the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Sylvia Lopez and Amy Saar, Spanish)
Individual activities: Curriculum development visit to Dakar. Marion Fass (Biology) Several faculty also worked together to write chapters for a book on Integrating Study Abroad into the Curriculum: Theory and Practice Across the Curriculum (Stylus Press, January 2010. Marion Fass (Biology), Darren Kelly (Fulbright Scholar in Residence), Nancy Krusko (Anthropology), Daniel Youd (Chinese), and Elizabeth Brewer (International Education)
2007/08 Faculty International Engagement
Site Visit to the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow (October) Participants: Joy Beckman (Art History and Wright Museum of Art), Elizabeth Brewer (International Education), Olga Ogurtsova (Russian) and Donna Oliver (Russian).
Cities in Transition faculty seminar (October-December, with January presentations). Participants: Ann Davies (Political Science), Marion Fass (Biology), Yaffa Grossman (Biology), Natalie Gummer (Religious Studies), Nancy Krusko (Anthropology), Diane Lichtenstein (English), Sylvia Lopez (Spanish), Carol Mankiewicz (Biology and Geology), Ed Mathieu (History), Donna Oliver (Russian), Carol Wickersham (Sociology), and Daniel Youd (Chinese). Seminar facilitator: Darren Kelly (Fulbright Scholar in Residence). Seminar coordinator: Elizabeth Brewer (International Education)
Workshop on “Integrating Study Abroad and the Undergraduate Curriculum,” ACE Internationalization Collaborative annual meeting (February 1). Presenters: Elizabeth Brewer (workshop chair, International Education), Scott Lyngaas (Modern Languages and Literatures) and Ed Mathieu (History).
Site Visit to Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. (March) Participants: Elizabeth Brewer and Josh Moore (International Education), Yaffa Grossman (Biology), Darren Kelly (Fulbright Scholar), Nancy Krusko (Anthropology), Sylvia Lopez (Spanish), and Pablo Toral (International Relations), and Ken Yasukawa (Biology) who also visited the USFQ GAIAS program in the Galapagos.
Cities in Transition Curriculum Development Workshop (June). Facilitators: Darren Kelly (Fulbright Scholar in Residence), Amy Sarno (Theater), and Martyn Smith Participants: Marion Fass (Biology), Natalie Gummer (Religious Studies), Ellen Joyce (History), Nancy Krusko (Anthropology), Sylvia Lopez (Spanish), Donna Oliver (Russian), Pablo Toral (International Relations) and Larry White (Psychology). Participants from partner organizations were: from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Belen Norona; from ACI/Baobab Center (Senegal), Fatim Dia and Ibou Diallo; from the Russian State University for the Humanities, Marina Dobrovolskaya; and from Arcadia University’s program in Athens, Jan Sanders ’77. Workshop coordinator: Elizabeth Brewer (International Education. Assistants: Josh Moore and Harmony Chaikin (International Education).
Individual activities: CIEE Botswana Faculty Development Seminar (June). Beth Dougherty (International Relations)
2006/07 Faculty International Engagement
Site visits to Chinese partner universities: Henan University (Kaifeng) and Shandong University (Jinan) (October 2006) Participants: Joy Beckman (Art, Wright Museum of Art), Elizabeth Brewer (International Education), Natalie Gummer (Religious Studies), Judy Newland (Museum Studies, Wright Museum of Art), Donna Oliver and Shin Yong Robson (both in Modern Languages and Literatures), Daniel Youd (Chinese, Jinan only)
Danish International Studies Program, Copenhagen (March 2006) Participants: Elizabeth Brewer (International Education), Marion Fass (Biology, Health Care Studies), Mark Klassen (Art), Kate Linnenberg (Sociology) and Pablo Toral (International Relations).
Shanghai, Kaifeng, Jinan and Beijing (May 2006). Participants: John Burris (President), Lynn Franken (Vice President for Academic Affairs), Jie Fu ’10, Warren Palmer (Economics), John Rapp (Political Science), Daniel Youd (Chinese) , and Elizabeth Brewer (International Education)
Individual activities: Site visit to the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (October 2006): Marion Fass (Biology). CIEE Cambodia and Vietnam Faculty Development Seminar (July). Beth Dougherty (International Relations). IES Seminar, Internationalizing Environmental Studies, Adelaide University, Australia (July). Georgia Duerst-Lahti (Political Science). SIT Seminar, “Mekong Delta: Natural and Cultural Ecology,” Vietnam. Carol Mankiewicz (Geology).
2005/06 Faculty International Engagement
Cities in Transition Workshop, Beloit, June 13-17 Facilitators: Darren Kelly (IES Dublin) and Daniel Youd (Chinese). Coordinator: Elizabeth Brewer (International Education). Participants: Lillian Baer (Baobab Center, Senegal), Sonja Darlington (Education), Suzanne Eckhardt (ESL), Scott Lyngaas (French), Josh Moore (Baobab Center, Senegal), Donna Oliver (Russian), Catherine Orr (Women’s and Gender Studies), Margaret Rennerfeldt (Dance), Guadalupe Uquillas (Resident Director, Beloit Ecuador Program), and Carsey Yee (Shanghai course instructor, fall 2005).
Site visit to Universidad San Francisco de Quito and to conduct a dance workshop. Elizabeth Brewer (International Education) and Margaret Rennerfeldt (Dance)
Evaluation visit, Dakar, March. Beth Dougherty (International Relations) and Scott Lyngaas (French)
Moscow in Transition Seminar, March-May with visit to Moscow. Participants: Elizabeth Brewer (International Education), Marion Fass (Biology), Eszter Kato (Eötvös Kollegium, Budapest), Darren Kelly (Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence), Nancy Krusko (Anthropology), Chuck Lewis (English), Ed Mathieu (History), Olga Ogurtsova (Russian), Donna Oliver (Russian), Charles Westerberg (Sociology), and Daniel Youd (Chinese)
Site visit to Jószef Eötvös Kollegium, Budapest, Hungary (May) Participants: Andras Boros-Kazai (International Relations), Mary Boros-Kazai (Registrar), Elizabeth Brewer (International Education), Ed Mathieu (History), Donna Oliver (Russian), and John Rapp (Political Science)
Individual activities: IES Familiarization visit to Spain, March. Ellen Joyce (History). IES familiarization trip to Amsterdam and Berlin. March. Mark Klassen (Art).