Below are selected Professional Development activities that I have completed since my hire as a full-time faculty member in fall 2015. I have omitted a number of trainings and certifications, which are too numerous to list here, but can be accessed through the MyWorkshops portal.

Instructional Technology Certification Program

The University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism: Voces Oral History Project

Oral history exercises that might be used in the high school classroom, instruction on interviewing, exercises that might be used to launch oral history projects, multimedia possibilities for interviews; demonstrations and instructions on equipment. A working dinner followed with discussion on how high school students might collaborate with a university-based oral history project.

Film & History Conference, Milwaukee, WI

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TLC Roundtable Discussion: Connecting with Students

Interdisciplinary discussion examining instructional and classroom best practices focusing on identifying strategies for connecting with adult learners.

"Great Books" Study: John Rawls’s Justice as Fairness: A Restatement (Political Philosophy/Theory)

John Barr, David Putz, and Jay Theis have instituted a “Great Books” discussion program for full-time professors and adjuncts at Lone Star College – Kingwood. Our criteria for book selection has been to choose a book that was so important when published that it not only changed the way a field of study was taught, it also remains worth reading and retains influence today. The focus of our discussions is on what the author is arguing, to what extent it continues to be true, or useful, and how the book’s findings might be integrated into the classroom.

Redesigning America’s Community College: Study Group

SSH created a study group, designed very closely to a graduate-seminar style type of discussion. We discussed a chapter per week.

"Great Books" Study: Hayek/Polanyi

John Barr, David Putz, and Jay Theis have instituted a “Great Books” discussion program for full-time professors and adjuncts at Lone Star College – Kingwood. Our criteria for book selection has been to choose a book that was so important when published that it not only changed the way a field of study was taught, it also remains worth reading and retains influence today. The focus of our discussions is on what the author is arguing, to what extent it continues to be true, or useful, and how the book’s findings might be integrated into the classroom.

Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses, American Historical Association

This conference at UT-Austin explored some of the trends, issues, and policies that shape introductory college history courses in Texas. It also provided resources, approaches, and professional networking opportunities to support effective teaching.

VOCES Oral History Project: Two-Day Oral-History “Short Course,” UT-Austin

Seminars included Fundraising and Friendraising for your Community Project, Preserving Family/Community History, Memoir Writing, Oral History Basics.

Honors Faculty Pro Dev

Institutional Research Board (IRB) Training

Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Washington, D.C.

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Honors Day Judging Calibration ProDev

The Flipped Approach to Teaching and Learning

The flip is more than just a fad. It's reinvigorating learning (and teaching) in thousands of classrooms. Join us for this brief overview of the flipped approach to teaching.

Book Study: Engaging Ideas

This activity facilitated a collaborative learning environment where faculty assembled to discuss books or film as they relate to educators.

Honors Faculty Pro Dev

Civic Engagement Conference

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NACCS Tejas Foco

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Texas Community College Teachers Association Conference

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Grant Summit: Show Me the Money! Making Grants Work

The summit showcases how to make grants work for you. Presenters include faculty/staff who have been awarded grants. Speakers from Resource Development and Administration (RDA), Grants Accounting and Office of General Counsel will provide grant tips.

HETI Fall Conference

Instructional Technology Certification Program

"A New History for a New Century" Webinar

A webinar on introductory college history courses presented by Steven Mintz, executive director, Institute for Transformational Learning, University of Texas System & professor of history, University of Texas at Austin.

Texas Oral History Association 5th Annual Conference, Waco, TX

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