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Introductory video
Introductory video
Take a look at the video on the left and I will introduce myself!
Take a look at the video on the left and I will introduce myself!
My First Year Seminar Classes
My First Year Seminar Classes
Senior Lecturer in First Year Seminar
Senior Lecturer in First Year Seminar
Hi! I'm Lillian Nave (last name rhymes with "cave"). I encourage my students to change the world for the better as soon as they set foot on campus. My Art, Religion & Society First Year Seminar engages the students with the Boone community and the world at large through the visual arts. From gallery shows to student-made documentary films, and from Boone to New York City and Kabul, Afghanistan, students learn what a valuable tool art can be to communicate ideas, culture and emotion. My Art, Politics and Power FYS delves into the looting and destruction of western art by the Nazis during World War II to talk about the value of art and personal connection. Students make documentary films as a final project for the class and I took two cohorts of First Year Students abroad to Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands in 2017 and 2018. Intercultural Dialogues is my online FYS in which students explore cultural difference and gain the knowledge and skills to communicate and act appropriately in intercultural situations. My Arts4Peace and Art Dialogues Across Cultures First Year Seminars provided students with the opportunity to work with international collaborators and view art as a way to bridge cultures and build peace. I want to cultivate creativity in my courses and that includes challenging my students to take risks, embrace failure and learn from their mistakes, all in an environment of growth. Each class is a new journey in which I believe my students and I learn and create knowledge together, where I act more like a curator of information rather than an instructor. In my class, the students lead, and the class itself becomes and instrument of learning, change, development and growth for the student.
[Photo: Lillian leading students at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands]
Before coming to Appalachian, I taught at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, and the State University of New York at Oneonta, NY. I also enjoy giving public lectures about art and have lectured at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. I am a national and international speaker about UDL, innovative teaching strategies, and civic engagement. I have presented at conferences all over the world from Hong Kong to Greece, South Africa to Ireland, and Canada to Australia. I have written several articles on teaching other faculty (called faculty development) and co-authored a book chapter on art and peace studies with my colleague in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Lillian with ArtHaus students at the Museum of Modern Art, NY
Think UDL podcast Host
Think UDL podcast Host
I am also the creator and host of the Think UDL podcast that focuses on learner variability in higher education and beyond. This has allowed me to speak with visionary educators around the world to further accessibility and learner engagement in college courses and workforce readiness. You can listen to Think UDL wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, or through the ThinkUDL.org website itself.
Service to Students & Appstate Honors
Service to Students & Appstate Honors
I have been teaching at Appalachian State since 2007 and have taught in the First Year Seminar program since 2009 where I am currently a senior lecturer. I founded the ArtHaus Residential Learning Community and was awarded RLC Partner of the Year in 2012 for my work with the ArtHaus students. I am the 2019 recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Appalachian State University School/College Award for Excellence in Teaching which recognizes excellence among all faculty across the UNC system. I was also honored with the 2019 Rennie W. Brantz Award for Outstanding Teaching in First Year Seminar. It has been such a joy and an honor to teach First Year students at Appalachian State!
My 3 Teens & I eating sweets in Cologne, Germany (2019)
My 3 Teens & I eating sweets in Cologne, Germany (2019)
In my time away from teaching, I love to bake (and I add chocolate chips to almost everything) and get outdoors in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. On the weekends you might find me hiking on a trail, or paddling or tubing on a river nearby. I have a daughter in college, and two sons in high school. Whenever possible, I try to take my children on travel adventures near and far. So far I have travelled to 6 out of 7 continents, but I still hold out hope to one day make it to Antarctica!
Lillian visiting UDLAP (Universidad de las Americas Puebla) Cholula, Mexico
Call me Lillian (if you'd like)
Call me Lillian (if you'd like)
I ask that you call me by my first name Lillian, if you are comfortable with that. The reason I do this is because I do not want there to be any artificial barriers to learning caused by fancy titles that create a separation, hierarchy, or power differential. So please feel free to address me as Lillian! I also understand that calling an adult by their first name may be culturally weird for you. Perhaps you have always addressed adults with a title and their last name (Professor Nave or Ms. Nave), or used the term "Auntie" and then a first name for a close family elder, or perhaps would prefer "Miss Lillian" or "Ms. Lillian." I will answer to all of those. I just want you to be comfortable, and I wanted to invite you to think about how you feel comfortable so that this learning space works well for you.
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