Profiles in Innovative Teaching: Nijah Cunningham

Wednesday, September 26, 12:00 – 1:20 p.m. in 330 Frist Campus Center
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In this series, faculty tell the story of a pedagogical innovation or change they have made at Princeton. Nijah Cunningham, who teaches courses on black aesthetics, history and catastrophe, and fictions of black urban life, will reflect on the power and potential of teaching with art.

Speaker:
Nijah Cunningham, Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities, African American Studies, and English. Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows.

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The Ethics and Politics of Teaching

Dates, times, and RSVP links below, 329 Frist Campus Center

How do we prepare our students to encounter sensitive or charged material in our classes? How do we navigate our authority and presence in the classroom? This fall, McGraw’s Faculty Fellow Wendy Laura Belcher will facilitate open-ended (and confidential) conversations with faculty on the ethics and politics of teaching.

Speaker:
Wendy Laura Belcher, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and African American Studies.

Join her for one or all of these conversations:
​​​​​​​Thursday, September 27, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.  RSVP
Monday, October 15, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.  RSVP
Thursday, November 15, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.  RSVP
Wednesday, December 5, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.  RSVP

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“Lab” Learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Faculty Panel

Tuesday, October 2, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. in 330 Frist Campus Center
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What are the possibilities for lab-like research and learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences? Why might we choose to work in inter-generational and cross-professional teams, and what projects are best suited to this approach? What is the pedagogy of the lab, and what can we learn from our colleagues in professional fields, the Natural Sciences, and Engineering? Co-sponsored by the Center for Digital Humanities

Panelists:
Anne Cheng, Professor of English and American Studies. Director, Program in American Studies.
Paul B. Muldoon, Howard G.B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Creative Writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, Director, Princeton Atelier.
Rebecca G. Munson, Project Designer, Center for Digital Humanities.

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Profiles in Innovative Teaching: Mariangela Lisanti

Tuesday, October 9, 12:00 – 1:20 p.m. in 330 Frist Campus Center
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In this series, faculty tell the story of a pedagogical innovation or change they have made at Princeton. Mariangela Lisanti will demonstrate and reflect on how and why she uses group problem-solving in her teaching of physics.

Mariangela Lisanti, Assistant Professor of Physics.

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Teaching and Learning for People with Bodies: Workshop with Aynsley Vandenbroucke

Tuesday, November 13, 12:00 – 1:20 p.m. in 330 Frist Campus Center
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Aynsley L. Vandenbroucke, Lecturer in Dance and the Lewis Center for the Arts.

What is the pedagogical power of movement? How can movement uncover the conventions of the classroom, change the dynamics of the classroom, or allow us to teach content in unconventional ways? Join us for an interactive workshop.

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Teaching First-Year Students: Faculty Panel

Wednesday, November 28, 12:00 – 1:20 p.m. in 330 Frist Campus Center
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Experts may not recognize how we do what we do (i.e. use a source, recognize a pattern, approach a problem), or how much effort it will require from novice students. How do we help first-year students develop rich conceptual frameworks, organize great quantities of knowledge, and make evident and unexpected connections?

Panelists:
James W. Rankin, Senior Lecturer in German, Director of Princeton’s Center for Language Study.
Anna M. Shields, Professor of East Asian Studies.
Shirley M. Tilghman, President of the University, Emeritus, Professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs.
Moderator:
James Alexander Dun, Assistant Dean of the College, Office of the Dean of the College.