Thirty Faculty Fellows from Alaska Pacific University, Kenai Peninsula College, and UAA attended one of two week-long faculty development workshops in May 2006. These intensive workshops introduced faculty leaders to a variety of approaches and techniques for constructively addressing controversy in the classroom.
Intensive 1: May 15-19, 2006
Intensive 2: May 22-26, 2006
Each Faculty Fellow will use one or more of the techniques in their classess during the 2007 academic year. The entire group will re-convene in May 2007 for a three day evaluation retreat to assess their experiences and develop a handbook of best practices.
The Faculty Fellows include:
Trish Jenkins, English Nelta Edwards, Sociology
Ann Jache, Sociology Christine Gehrett, Education/KPC
Tracey Burke, Social Work Steve Colt, Economics/Env Science
Mei Mei Evans, APU/English/MAP Deborah Periman, Justice
Tara Smith, ESL Kerri Morris. English
Paola Banchero, Journalism Sharon Chamard, Justice
Betty Buchan, Health Sciences Maureen Austin, APU/Env Science
Anna Breuninger, Geology Dan Kline, English
Sharon Araji, Sociology Travis Rector, Physics
Jackie Cason, English Ronald Everett, Justice
Diane Erickson, Educational Ldrshp Doug Parry. Communication
Heather Nash, Education Tracy Stewart, APU/Org Mgmt
Leslie Cornick, APU/Env Sci Bio Virginia Juettner, APU/Education
Bettina Lavea, Counseling/KPC Bogdan Hoanca, CIS
Jeff White, English Phyllis Fast, Anthropolgy
Application announcement and criteria (PDF)
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