Sep 16, 2013
Marianne Herr-Glaser, Department of Communications, Clemson University [Sept. 17, 2013]– Professors use various means to get acquainted with the students entering their classes each term. One example of a creative way to bridge the gap between perception and...
Mar 1, 2013
Sam Matteson Professor of Physics University of North Texas [March 3, 2013] When I first began my career as a professor, I participated in a seminar sponsored by what is now called Faculty Commons. This seminar dealt with freedom of speech and the legal and ethical...
Aug 25, 2011
Phillip A Bishop, Exercise Physiology, University of Alabama [Aug. 28, 2011] — I once was a Naval Flight Officer and our aircraft had landed for a few hours in Rota, Spain. I was in the Air Force base book store when a small paperback caught my eye. The book...
Jan 26, 2011
Walter Bradley, Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University [Feb 6, 2011] — What do students learn from our silence? In my seven years of taking undergraduate and graduate courses, none of my professors were willing to identify themselves as Christians....
Aug 16, 2010
Kenneth de Jong Professor of Linguistics & Cognitive Science Indiana University [August 23, 2010] — So here comes another year. I’m walking to class with the buzz of the week in the air. The university town seems like a one-year cicada, going through...
Mar 12, 2010
Carol Swain Political Science Vanderbilt University [Mar 12, 2007] — I am a devoted believer. I do not believe that you can really entirely divorce your beliefs and values from how you teach. What we believe is likely to spill over into our teaching. Not in the...
