‘Junior Faculty’
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows Reflect on Exemplary Teaching
May. 9, 2013—by Lyndsey Fyffe, 2013 Teaching Certificate Recipient Exemplary teaching was the theme and mantra of the “Innovative and Effective Teaching by Junior Faculty: Cases from the Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows” session at the May 3rd Celebration of Teaching at Vanderbilt. Interested junior faculty members in the audience were introduced to the Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight:Allison Schachter
Feb. 8, 2013—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Allison Schachter, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Program in Jewish Studies, talks about her teaching philosophy and interests. My most exciting moments as a teacher come when I watch students discover the depth and difficulty of a literary...
Junior Faculty: Visit Leigh Gilchrist’s HOD class at next week’s teaching visit
Nov. 19, 2012—A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...
Junior Faculty: Visit John McClure’s divinity class at next week’s teaching visit
Nov. 12, 2012—A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight:Bennett Landman
Nov. 8, 2012—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Bennett Landman, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, talks about his teaching philosophy and interests: The opportunity to work with, teach and learn from creative young individuals is one of the great privileges of being a faculty member....
Junior Faculty: Visit John Lachs’s philosophy class at next week’s teaching visit
Nov. 7, 2012—A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...
Junior Faculty: Visit Mark Schoenfield’s english class at next week’s teaching visit
Oct. 29, 2012—A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...
Junior Faculty: Visit David Lewis’s political science class at next week’s teaching visit
Oct. 22, 2012—A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...
Junior Faculty: Visit Jeffrey Tlumak’s research methods class at next week’s teaching visit
Oct. 15, 2012—A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight:Jonathan Rattner
Oct. 4, 2012—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Jonathan Rattner, Assistant Professor in both the Film Studies Program and Art Department, talks about his teaching philosophy and interests: As an artist, I investigate and question accepted truths about place, time, and identity. I am concerned with the stories,...