Past Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network Forums
2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 /2002 / 2001 / 2000
Each year's theme and keynote addresses are listed below. Detailed schedules are available here.2007
Perspectives on Being a Junior Faculty Member
Dr. Aju Fenn, Colorado College
Dr. Cheryl McFarren, Dean, Arapahoe Community College
Dr. Melinda B. Barlow, CU Boulder, Colorado School of Mines2006
Preparing Future Faculty for Institutional Diversity
“The Institution and Its Culture(s)”
Tom Furtak, Professor, Physics, Colorado School of Mines
Jane Nelson, Director, Ellbogen Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Wyoming
Bob Noyd, Director of Faculty Development, USAFA
Paul Kuerbis, Director, Crown Faculty Center, Colorado College2005
Assessing Student Knowledge
“Degrees of Certainty and Educational Issues”
Dieudonné Leclercq, Faculty Associate of LabSET and Co-Coordinator of DES, Université de Liège, Belgium2004
Listening to Change
“Listening as Pedagogy: Faculty and Graduate Student Stories”
Alberto Rios, Regents’ Professor & Katherine C. Turner Endowed Chair, English, Arizona State University2003
Transforming Departments in the Colorado PFF Network
“Experimenting with a Department’s New Approach to Teaching and Learning”
Patricia Rankin, Professor, Physics, CU-Boulder
Mike Dubson, Senior Instructor, Physics, CU-Boulder
Steve Pollock, Associate Professor, Physics, CU-Boulder
Qudsia Quraishi, Lead Graduate Teacher, Physics, CU-Boulder2002
Preparing Graduate Students for Academic and Nonacademic Positions
“From the Ivory Tower to Jobs in Business, Government & Industry”
Jeff Cox, Director, Center for the Humanities
Michelle Woodward, Sun Microsystems2001
Graduate Education and the Preparation of Future Faculty
“Creating a Fertile Learning Environment for Future Stewards of the Discipline”
George Walker, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Indiana2000
Graduate and Professional Education: An Institutional Collaboration
“All the Difference in the World: Toward Critical Diversity”
Keynote Speaker: Kevin Quashie, PFF Fellow Alumnus, Arizona State University and Instructor, Afro-American Studies, Smith College1999
PFF at the United States Air Force Academy
“National PFF Project”
Jim Slevin, English, Georgetown University1998
Reshaping Graduate Education
“The Total Learning Environment & The Colorado PFF Network”
John C. Buechner, President, CU System
Detailed Schedules of Past COPFFN Forums
Preparing Future Faculty: Seven Years to Tenure
Welcome
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program and Collaborative Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU Boulder
John Stevenson, Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education, CU Boulder
Perspectives on Being a Junior Faculty Member
Dr. Aju Fenn, Colorado College
Dr. Cheryl McFarren, Dean, Arapahoe Community College
Dr. Melinda B. Barlow, CU Boulder, Colorado School of Mines
TBA
What it Really Takes to Get Tenure
John Carter, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Seattle University
Provost's Fellows for Technol ogy with Faculty Mentors
Zachary (Strider) McGregor-Dorsey, Department of Mathematics Faculty Mentors:
Edward Holland, Department of Mathematics, Faculty Mentors: Barbara Buttenfield, CU Boulder, David Theobald, Colorado State University
Micheline van Riemsdijk, Department of Geography, Faculty Mentors: Ken Foote, CU Boulder, Rosann Poltrone, Arapahoe Community College
CIRTL Diversity Workshop
Research Development for Graduate TA Training in Inclusive Teaching
Nilhan Gunasekera, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin
Provost's Fellows for the Libraries with Faculty Mentors
Sonia Rey-Montejo, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Faculty Mentor: Sean Knowlton, Humanities Reference Librarian
Trudi Wright, School of Music, CU Boulder, Faculty Mentor: Laurie Sampsel, Faculty Director of the Music Library
Mariyam Medovaya, Department of Geography, CU Boulder, Faculty Mentor: Jenny Gerke, Government Publications Librarian
Dana Whitelaw, Department of Anthropology, CU Boulder, Faculty Mentor: Barb Greenman, Science Librarian
Mark Mabbett, Department of Linguistics, CU Boulder, Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Lichtenauer, Social Sciences Reference Librarian
Preparing Future Faculty for Institutional Diversity
Welcome
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program & Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-Boulder
Adrian Del Caro, Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education, University of Colorado at BoulderIntroduction to Panel
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program & Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-BoulderThe Institution and Its Culture(s)
Tom Furtak, Professor, Physics, Colorado School of Mines
Jane Nelson, Director, Ellbogen Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Wyoming
Bob Noyd, Director of Faculty Development, USAFA
Paul Kuerbis, Director, Crown Faculty Center, Colorado CollegeTeaching with Case Studies
James Westerman, Associate Professor, Management, Appalachian State University & former CU-Boulder Lead Graduate TeacherA Successful Career is Possible at Non-Research Intensive Institutions: Teaching at Chadron State College
Thomas Swanke, Assistant Professor, Chadron State College & former CU-Boulder Lead Graduate TeacherProvost’s Fellows: Mentorship Reports
Provost’s Fellows present current projects for the CU Library faculty mentorships and off-campus digital-media mentorships.Faculty Mentors: What’s in It for Them?
Beth Dusinberre, Moderator; Michelle Glantz; Elissa Auther; Susan Beatty; Peter Blanken
Assessing Student Knowledge
Welcome
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program & Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-Boulder
Adrian Del Caro, Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education, University of Colorado at BoulderIntroduction to Keynote Speaker
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program & Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-BoulderDegrees of Certianty & Educational Issues
Dieudonné Leclerq, Faculty Associate of LabSET and Co-Coordinator of DES, Université de Liège, BelgiumMaking Confidence Degrees Work in Your Discipline
Discipline-specific groups respond to the worksheet, apply confidence degrees to their discipline, and cite benefits as well as possible drawbacks or unique challenges.Provost’s Fellows: Mentorship Reports
Provost’s Fellows present current projects for the CU Library faculty mentorships and off-campus digital-media mentorships.Viewpoints on Assessing Students’ Knowledge with Confidence Degrees
Overview and summary of disciplinary work on confidence degrees.
Listening to Change
Welcome & Introduction
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program &
Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-BoulderHow the Council of Graduate Schools Listens to Change in Graduate Education
Adrian Del Caro, Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education,
University of Colorado at BoulderDeep Listening: An Overview
Jim Downton, Professor, Sociology
University of Colorado at BoulderIntroduction to Keynote Speaker
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program &
Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-Boulder
Listening as Pedagogy: Faculty and Graduate Student Stories
Alberto Rios, Regents? Professor & Katherine C. Turner Endowed Chair, English,
Arizona State UniversityListening to Professors Who Changed
Facilitator: Audrey Kleinsasser, Professor, Education & Director,
Ellbogen Center for Teaching & Learning, University of WyomingListening To Our Colleagues: Breakout Sessions by Discipline & Administration
(Physics, Psychology, Political Science, McNair, UGGS, teaching centers, faculty, administrators, etc.)Deep Listening for Transformation
Facilitator: Jim Downton, Professor, Sociology
University of Colorado at BoulderClosing & Awarding of Door Prizes
Laura Border & Hoag Holmgren, CU-Boulder
March 1
Transforming Departments in the Colorado PFF NetworkWelcome
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program, Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-BoulderOpening Remarks on Preparing Future Faculty
Carol B. Lynch, Dean of the Graduate School & Vice Chancellor for ResearchIntroduction to Keynote Panel
Adrian Del Caro, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education and Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate SchoolExperimenting with a Department’s New Approach to Teaching and Learning
Patricia Rankin, Professor, Physics, CU-Boulder
Mike Dubson, Senior Instructor, Physics, CU-Boulder
Steve Pollock, Associate Professor, Physics, CU-Boulder
Qudsia Quraishi, Lead Graduate Teacher, Physics, CU-BoulderDifferent Campus Perspectives on Transforming Departments
Audrey Kleinsasser, Professor, Education & Director, Ellbogen Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Wyoming
Jim McClurg, Professor, Geology, University of Wyoming
Bob Noyd, Faculty, Biology & Jill Crotty, Faculty, Foreign Languages, USAFA
Tom Furtak, Professor, Physics, Colorado School of MinesEffective Mentoring for Research, Teaching, and Service
Ramona Beal, Coordinator, McNair Program & Maureen Lienau, Coordinator, SMART and AGEP
Mandy Martinez, Senior Undergraduate Scholar, Ethnic Studies and Spanish, McNair
Shane Chastang, Junior Undergraduate Scholar, Journalism-Advertising, McNair
Lara Ray, PhD student, Psychology, AGEP
Heidi Schutz, PhD student, MCD Biology, AGEPTransforming the Preparation of Future Faculty: How Should Our Graduate Teaching Assistant Programs (Centralized & Departmental) Better Prepare Graduate Students for Roles in Academe?
Barbara Millis, Director of Faculty Development, USAFAClosing & Awarding of Door Prize
Laura Border & Hoag Holmgren, CU-Boulder
February 9
Preparing Graduate Students for
Academic and Nonacademic PositionsIntroduction & Welcome
Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program, Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-BoulderThe Preparing Future Faculty & the Responsive PhD Initiatives
Rodney Taylor, Interim Dean of the Graduate School & Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education, CU-BoulderFrom the Ivory Tower to Jobs in Business, Government & Industry
Jeff Cox, Director, Center for the Humanities;
Michelle Woodward, Sun MicrosystemsHow Should Graduate Education Prepare Students for Careers in the Professoriate and in the Private and Government Sectors?Administrators
Rodney Taylor, Interim Dean of the Graduate School & Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education, CU-Boulder and Steve Williams, Dean, Graduate School, University of Wyoming, Co-FacilitatorsFaculty
John Basey, EPOB, James Curry, Applied Math, and Ken Foote, Professor of Geography, CU-Boulder, FacilitatorsTeaching Center Directors
Marie Revak, Lt. Col., Director, Faculty Development, USAFA, FacilitatorPFF Fellows & Lead Graduate Teachers & Other Graduate Students
Hoag Holmgren, Assistant Director, and Annette Thornton, Lead Coordinator, Graduate Teacher Program, CU-Boulder, Heather Smith, Vice-president, UGGS, CO-FacilitatorsMcNair Fellows & SMART Fellows
Ramona Beale, Director, McNair Program, and Maureen Lienau, Diversity Coordinator, Graduate School, CU-Boulder, CO-FacilitatorsBreakout Groups Report Their Findings & Suggestions
Moderator: Audrey Kleinsasser, University of WyomingSelection of Action Items
Moderator: Laura BorderWrap-up& Awarding of Door Prize
Hoag Holmgren
February 10
Introduction and Welcome
Laura L. B. Border, Director Graduate Teacher Program, Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-BoulderWelcome
Carol B. Lynch, Vice Chancellor for Research & Dean of the Graduate School, CU-BoulderGraduate Education and the Preparation of Future Faculty
Rodney Taylor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education, CU-BoulderIntroduction to Keynote Speaker
Carol B. Lynch, Vice Chancellor for Research & Dean of the Graduate School, CU-Boulder
Keynote Address: Creating a Fertile Learning Environment for Future Stewards of the Discipline
George Walker, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of IndianaPFF Project Leaders Update
Moderator: Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program
John Cumalat, chair Physics, CU-Boulder
Angela Bryan, Professor, Psychology, CU-Boulder & former PFF Fellow, Arizona State University
Susan Clarke, Professor, Political Science, CU-Boulder
February 12
Introduction and Welcome
Laura L. B. Border, Director Graduate Teacher Program, Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network, CU-BoulderGraduate and Professional Education: An Institutional Collaboration
Rodney L. Taylor, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, CU-BoulderAll the Difference in the World: Toward Critical Diversity
Keynote Speaker: Kevin Quashie, PFF Fellow Alumnus, Arizona State University and Instructor, Afro-American Studies, Smith CollegeThe CU-Boulder PFF Proposed Graduate Block of Courses: Group Discussion
Group 1: Faculty Roles in Postsecondary Education
Michael Meloth, Education, CUB and Todd Tracey, PFF Fellow, FacilitatorsGroup 2: Practicum in Technology for Future Faculty
James Curry, Applied Math, and Tim Chartier, Applied Math, FacilitatorsGroup 3: Writing Development for Graduate Teachers
Margie Krest, EPO Biology Writing Program, and Scott Townsend, Colorado School of Mines, PFF Fellow, FacilitatorsGroup 4: PFF Practicum: Mentorship
Angela Bryan, Psychology, and Andi Pascarella, Physics, PFF Fellow, FacilitatorsFeedback on Breakout Sessions
The Experience of a Quick Starter
Christy Carellos, Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Wisconsin, Eau ClaireGroup 1: Effective Faculty Mentoring
Laurel Rasplica Rodd and Tina Jenkins, East Asian Languages and Literature, CU-Boulder;
Jack Avens, Colorado State University;
Jim Snodgrass, Biology, USAFA; and
Adrian Hull, PFF Fellow, Political Science, CU-BoulderGroup 2: Intercampus Collaborations
Louise Brown, Front Range Community College;
Audrey Kleinsasser, Center for Teaching Excellence and Janet Constantinedes, Department of English, University of Wyoming;
David Hale, Biology, United States Air Force Academy;
Martin Bickman, English, and Emmy Lou Forster, PFF Fellow, History, CU-BoulderCOPFFN Project Evaluation
Marie Revak, Director Faculty Development, USAFA, Facilitator
