Constructing the New Humanist in Undergraduate Education

Friday, April 18, 2008
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Metcalf Trustee Ballroom
One Sherborn Street, Ninth Floor
Boston University

“Constructing the New Humanist in Undergraduate Education”
Metcalf Trustees Lounge (MTL)
Boston University, 18 April 2008

9:30-11:10
Pedagogy
9:30-9:45 Christopher Lehrich: “Polymaths and Pedagogy”
9:45-10:00 Richard Bunbury: “Authentic Assessment in Undergraduate University Education: What Will They Know, Understand, and Be Able to Do When They Leave My Classroom?"”
10:00-10:15 Erin Seaton: “Handing over control in the classroom: Student-led discussions as a practice of democratic education across disciplines”
10:15-10:30 James Iffland: “Publishing and Perishing:  How the Drive Toward ‘Productivity’ in Today’s Corporate University Undermines the Humanities”
10:30-10:45 Michael Prince: “A New Beginning in College Writing”
10:45-11:00 Discussion

11:15-12:15
Health Sciences
11:15-11:35 Melanie Matthies & Theodora Goss: “Health and Rehabilitation”
11:35-11:50 Martin Sawzin: “The Open Mind Without Brains Falling Out”
11:50-12:05 John McCarthy: “Humanistic Coaching”
12:05-12:15 Discussion

12:15-1:00            Break

1:00-2:30
Peace, Community, Psychology
1-1:20 Kathie Malley-Morrison & Michael Corgan: “The pursuit of peace expertise: Mentoring students in the ultimate humanistic agenda”
1:20-1:35 John Hart: “A New Humanism Praxis Consciousness for a Global University”
1:35-1:55 Natalie McKnight, Christopher Fahy, Cheryl Boots, Jeffery Vail, & Meg Tyler: “Community in Undergraduate Education”
1:55-2:10 Robert Manoff: “Civic Life”
2:10-2:30 Discussion

2:30-3:00
Living & Learning
2:30-2:40 Chris Walsh: “Learning Where you Live: Residential Education at BU”
2:40-2:50 Barry Zuckerman & Rebecca Onie: “Mobilizing the College Students to Reduce Health Disparities”
2:50-3:00 Discussion

3:00-4:00
Holocaust
3:00-3:15 Kathleen Martin: “Teaching the Shoah as a Contemporary Concern”
3:15-3:45 Roundtable with, Michael Grodin, Nancy Harrowitz, and Bernice Lerner: “Teaching the Holocaust"

3:45-4:00 Discussion
5 pm Reception