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News from the Center

Sheridan welcomes two new staff members:

 

Stacy Kastner, Associate Director of the Writing Center

 

 

Anne Kerkian, English Language Learning Specialist

Please welcome them and explore the Sheridan Center's new space in the Science Library at our Open House.

Science Library Open House
Monday, September 19, 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Upcoming Events

Preparing for the First Days of Class
Wednesday, September 14th
12-1:00 PM
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning (Sciences Library, 201 Thayer Street, 7th Floor)

In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs new to teaching, participants will learn strategies for creating an intentional learning environment for inclusive teaching in the first days of the semester. The workshop will be led by experienced Sheridan graduate teaching consultants.
Please register here.

Teaching Research Skills in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Wednesday, September 21st
4-5:00 PM
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning (Sciences Library, 201 Thayer Street, 7th Floor)

Do your students know what it means to "do research" in the context of the class you are teaching? Do you want to give them guidance beyond "just google it" or "check out a book from the library"? In this workshop, led by Librarian Ian Straughn, we will explore strategies for training students in effective research skills. Topics include working with subject librarians to find and evaluate resources for their research, navigating how to teach students to use the research as evidence to support arguments, and avoiding plagiarism and establishing proper citation practices. (A workshop on "Teaching Research Skills in STEM" will be offered in the spring.)
Please register here.

Unframed Objects: A Sheridan-RISD Museum Workshop Series

This collaborative workshop series invites instructors to explore object-based teaching and learning opportunities at Brown and beyond. Participants will learn how to access and teach with a wide range of objects in their courses, from photographs to natural history specimens to textiles. Individual sessions will be held at the RISD Museum, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, and the RISD Nature Lab. Join us as we explore, frame, unframe, and reframe objects within a pedagogical context throughout the semester.

Unframed Objects I: Teaching with Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Thursday, September 29th
12-1:20 PM
RISD Museum (224 Benefit Street)

All over the world, the vast majority of museum objects are off-view, packed away in storage, but at the RISD Museum the Prints, Drawings, and Photographs (PDP) collection is available for students, faculty and researchers to view up close--even unframed. Participants in this workshop will look closely at an object from the PDP collection, learn about how objects can be accessed for class use or research, and reflect on strategies for incorporating these objects in their teaching. The session will be facilitated by RISD Museum educator Jackie Delamatre (Brown '02) and Britany Salsbury, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in PDP.
Please register here.  

Academic Job Search Series
Co-sponsored by CareerLab and the Sheridan Center, this series of workshops helps graduate students and postdocs prepare application materials for the academic job market.

Teaching Portfolios
Tuesday, September 27th
4-5:00 PM
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning (Sciences Library, 201 Thayer Street, 7th Floor)

This session, led by Sheridan Associate Director Jessica Metzler, will introduce participants to the elements of a teaching portfolio and discuss how portfolios can be part of an academic job search. This workshop is appropriate for graduate students and postdocs in any discipline.
Please register here.

Writing a Teaching Statement in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Thursday, September 29th
4-5:00 PM
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning (Sciences Library, 201 Thayer Street, 7th Floor)

Many applications for faculty positions require a teaching statement/philosophy. Led by Sheridan Director Mary Wright, this interactive workshop will draw on research about the use of teaching philosophies in academic job searches to identify constituents of an effective teaching statement. Participants will also gain tools to start drafting and enhancing their own statements. This session focuses on teaching statements for positions in the humanities and social sciences.
(Please see October 18 session for STEM here.) The Academic Job Search series is co-sponsored by CareerLab and the Sheridan Center.
Please register here.

 

Planning or revising your syllabus?

The Provost's Office has issued new guidelines for Fall 2016 Brown University syllabi. The Sheridan Center has developed new online Course Design resources to support faculty in re-crafting their syllabi, such as Creating a Brown University syllabus and sample syllabi that follow these guidelines.