Faculty Book Club
Last updated on February 6, 20082008
This semester's book club selection is Louis Menand (ed.), The Future of Academic Freedom (University of Chicago Press, 1998). Prof. Menand will be the keynote speaker on May 2, 2008, at the 4th Annual CUNY General Education Conference to be held at Baruch College. Those members of the faculty who had signed up by January 10, 2008,
will be provided with free copies and are invited to attend any of the several sessions listed below.
The discussions will be facilitated alternately
by Elisabeth Gareis and Denise Patrick of the Communication Studies Department.
RSVP: Participants should confirm their plans to attend by sending an e-mail to Elisabeth Gareis at egareis@baruch.cuny.edu with their preferred date.
Denise, Tuesday, March 25, 3:30-5:00 p.m., NVC 8-213
Elisabeth, Wednesday, April 2, 2:00-3:30 p.m., NVC 8-213
Denise, Thursday, April 10, 12:30-2:00 p.m., NVC 8-213
Elisabeth, Monday, April 14, 12:30-2:00 p.m., NVC 8-213
2007
Last year saw the debut of our faculty book club: More than thirty colleagues (divided into groups) read and discussed R. J. Wlodkowski and M. B. Ginsberg, Diversity and Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching (Jossey-Bass, 2003). This year’s book will be Donald L. Finkel, Teaching with Your Mouth Shut (Boynton/Cook, 2000); fifty-one faculty members have signed up to discuss the book.
Those who signed up in January 2007 will be provided with free copies and are invited to attend any of the five sessions listed below. The discussions will be facilitated alternately by Elisabeth Gareis and Leigh Williams of the Communication Studies Department. Participants should confirm their plans to attend by sending an e-mail to egareis@baruch.cuny.edu with their preferred date:
WE, Mar. 21, 12:30-2 p.m., NVC 8-213
TU, Mar. 27, 6-7:30 p.m. , NVC 8-213
MO, Apr. 16, 6-7:30 p.m. , NVC 8-213
TH, Apr. 19, 12:30-2 p.m. , NVC 8-213
TH, Apr. 26, 6-7:30 p.m. , NVC 8-213
