2008 ADE Summer Seminar West

La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico

23–26 June

Hosts: 

David Richard Jones, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Neal A. Lester, Arizona State Univ.

Sunday, 22 June

4:00–6:00 p.m.

Registration

6:15 p.m.

Dinner for participants in preseminar workshops

Monday, 23 June

7:30–8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Workshop for New Chairs

Moderators: 

Dana Ringuette, Eastern Illinois Univ.

Susan Wells, Temple Univ.

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Workshop for Directors of Graduate Study

Moderators: 

Gary L. Harrison, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Robert Sturges, Arizona State Univ.

1:00–3:50 p.m.

Registration

4:00–5:30 p.m.

Involving Students in Critical Conversations

Presiding:  David Laurence, ADE

Speaker:  Gerald Graff, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

5:30–6:15 p.m.

Reception

6:15 p.m.

Dinner

Greeting:  Reed Way Dasenbrock, Cabinet Secretary of Higher Education, New Mexico

8:00 p.m.

Nightcaps

Tuesday, 24 June

7:30–8:20 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30–10:00 a.m.

Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members

Presiding:  David Bartholomae, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

Speakers: 

David Bartholomae

Connie Jacobs, San Juan Coll., NM

Deborah Kaplan, George Mason Univ.

Paul Lauter, Trinity Coll., CT

10:00–10:30 a.m.

Coffee break

10:30 a.m.–12:00 noon

Discussion Groups

Running Effective Department Meetings

Moderator:  Larry Schwartz, Montclair State Univ.

Development: Best Practices for Chairs

Moderator:  Neal A. Lester, Arizona State Univ.

Master’s Degree Programs: Problems and Possibilities in a Time of Growth

Moderator:  Paul Lauter, Trinity Coll., CT

Troubled and Troubling Faculty Members

Moderator:  Diane Borden, Univ. of the Pacific

12:15–2:15 p.m.

Luncheon Plenary: Academic Freedom and Public Policy

Presiding:  Doug Steward, ADE

Speaker:  Reed Way Dasenbrock, Cabinet Secretary of Higher Education, New Mexico

2:30–4:00 p.m.

Discussion Groups

Running Effective Department Meetings

Moderator:  Susan Wells, Temple Univ.

Promoting and Tenuring Faculty Members with Nontraditional Credentials

Moderator:  Kevin J. Harty, La Salle Univ.

Preparing Graduate Students for the Job Market

Moderator:  Gary L. Harrison, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Troubled and Troubling Faculty Members

Moderator:  Valerie Lee, Ohio State Univ., Columbus

4:00 p.m.

Free time

6:00–6:45 p.m.

Reception

6:45 p.m.

Dinner

Reading:  Alberto Ríos, Arizona State Univ.

8:30 p.m.

Nightcaps

Wednesday, 25 June

7:30–8:20 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30–10:00 a.m.

Redefining National Literatures in the Americas

Presiding:  Elizabeth Horan, Arizona State Univ.

Speakers: 

Jesse Alemán, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Elizabeth Archuleta, Arizona State Univ.

Robert Schwartzwald, Université de Montréal

10:00–10:30 a.m.

Coffee break

10:30 a.m.–12:00 noon

Negotiating Learning Outcomes

Presiding:  Deborah Kaplan, George Mason Univ.

Speakers: 

John Bean, Seattle Univ.

Jeffrey Smitten, Utah State Univ.

12:15 p.m.

Depart for excursion to Bandelier (preregistration required)

Thursday, 26 June

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00–11:30 a.m.

Reports from the discussion groups

12:00 noon

Checkout