Teaching Hub Schedule: 2019 Central

Check out the Teaching Hub
at the Central Division meeting of the APA
in Denver, February 21-22.

Thursday, February 21, 2019

9:00–11:00 a.m., Teaching Philosophical Writing

Chair: Aaron Champene, St. Louis Community College, Meramec

Presentations:

  • “A Modified and Scaffolded Present-Explain-Evaluate [PEE] Writing Assignment,” Rebeka Ferreira, Green River College
  • “Writing for Intellectual Charity,” Merritt Rehn-DeBraal, Texas A&M University, San Antonio
  • “The Jigsaw with No Box: A Writing Exercise for Better Continuity and Emphasis,” Austin Rooney, Temple University

11:00 a.m.–Noon, Walk-In Teaching Consultations: One-on-One Sessions with Expert Teachers

Consultants:

  • David W. Concepción, Ball State University
  • Merritt Rehn-DeBraal, Texas A&M University, San Antonio
  • Giancarlo Tarantino, Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago
  • Emily Esch, College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University

12:10–2:10 p.m., AAPT Workshop: Innovative Pedagogies for Teaching Sexual Ethics

Co-sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)

Chair: Rebecca Scott, Harper College

Consultants:

  • “Justice in the Classroom: Lessons from the Community of Philosophical Inquiry,” Ariel Sykes, Montclair State University, and Aaron Yarmel, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • “Kant, Nagel, and Pineau: Reframing Date Rape Conversations in the Classroom,” Stephanie Adair, Harper College

2:20–4:20 p.m., Jobs and Careers: How to Get and Keep a Full-Time Position at a Community College

Co-sponsored by the APA Committee on Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges.

Chair: Richard Legum, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY

Panelists:

  • Will Behun, McHenry County College
  • Aaron Champene, St. Louis Community College
  • David W. Concepción, Ball State University
  • Kenneth Pike, Arizona State University
  • Mark D. Sadler, Northeast Lakeview College
  • Rebecca Scott, Harper College
  • Heather Wilburn, Tulsa Community College Community College
  • Kristen Zbikowski, Hibbing Community College

4:20–5:20 p.m., Building and Sustaining Faculty Unions

Chair: Rebecca Scott, Harper College

Panelists:

  • Larry Alcoff, SEIU Campaign Director
  • Daniele Manni, Triton College, VP Salary/Welfare Triton College Faculty Association
  • Ben Laurence, University of Chicago

7:10–9:10 p.m., Non-Western Philosophy for Undergraduate Ethics Courses

Co-sponsored by the Society for Teaching Comparative Philosophy (STCP)

Workshop Leaders

  • Sarah Mattice, University of North Florida
  • Leah Kalmanson, Drake University

 

Friday, February 22, 2019

9:00 a.m.–Noon, Teaching Core Texts: Plato’s Apology

Chair: Susan Mills, MacEwan University

Presentations:

  • “Teaching Plato’s Socrates as Metacognitive Exemplar,” Jerry Green, University of Central Oklahoma
  • “Virtual Elenchus? Teaching Plato’s Apology of Socrates Online,” G. T. Smith, Georgia Highlands College
  • “Teaching the Apology: A Way-of-Life Approach,” Jane Drexler, Salt Lake Community College; Caleb Cohoe, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Jacob Stump, University of Toronto–Ontario; Marisa Diaz-Waian, Founder and Director of Merlin CCC; Ryan Johnson, Elon University; Philip Schoenberg, Western New Mexico University; Allison Krile Thornton, University of South Alabama

1:00–3:00 p.m., Best Practices in Teaching Philosophy: Argument Mapping

Organizer: Brett Fulkerson-Smith, Harper College

Chair: Michael Horton, Harper College

Panelists:

  • Mara Harrell, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Charles Rathkopf, Iona College
  • Dona Warren, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point

3:10–5:10 p.m., The National High School Ethics Bowl Program: An Outreach Opportunity for Philosophers

Co-Sponsored by the APA Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy.

Organizer: Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chair: Steven Swartzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Panelists:

  • David Boonin, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Zoë Johnson King, New York University
  • Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

7:00–9:00 p.m., Closing Reception: Undergraduate Research and Faculty SoTL Poster Session

Independent Research by Undergraduates in Philosophy:

  • “Unifying the Conscious Self Through Internalist Reflection on First-Person Memories,” Evan Dedolph, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • “What Makes a Good Metaphor?: A Neo-Davidsonian Analysis of Metaphor,” Brent Matheny, Kenyon College
  • “Ignorance and Misconceptions: Understanding Homelessness Through a New Lens,” Ahna Neil, St. Catherine University
  • “God, Self, and Consciousness Through The Lens of Buddhism,” Samantha Walisundara, University of Colorado, Boulder

Faculty SoTL Posters:

  • “Using Media to Test Normative Ethical Theories,” Anthony Ferrucci, South Seattle College
  • “Supplemental Instruction for Symbolic Logic,” Kevin Graham and Emery Staton, Creighton University
  • “F-14s and Phoenix Missiles on the First Day of Logic Class,” Daniel Molter, University of Utah
  • “Breaking the Lecture Model of Philosophical Pedagogy: Diversity, Humor and Retention,” William A. B. Parkhurst, University of South Florida
  • “‘We the Pupils,’ A Social-Justice Podcast Recorded in the Classroom,” Jules Salomone (City University of New York)
  • “Balancing Content Coverage with Philosophical Skill/Disposition Development,” Adam Thompson, University of Nebraska
  • “Teaching Beyond the Canon: Empowering Students via Self-Selected Texts,” Cynthia Tibbetts, University of California, Santa Cruz

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10. February 2019 by AAPT
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