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junior faculty: visit lori troxel’s engineering class at next week’s teaching visit

sep. 17, 2012—a teaching visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 has hosted teaching visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...

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junior faculty: visit richard pitt’s sociology class at next week’s teaching visit

sep. 10, 2012—a teaching visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 has hosted teaching visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...

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junior faculty teaching fellow spotlight:yaqiong xu

sep. 7, 2012—each month, the cft newsletter highlights the work of our junior faculty teaching fellows. this month, yaqiong xu, assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics, talks about her teaching philosophy and interests: i joined vanderbilt in september 2009 as a tenure-track assistant professor who is jointly appointed in the departments of electrical engineering & computer...

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junior faculty: visit tim hanusa’s chemistry class at next week’s teaching visit

sep. 3, 2012—a teaching visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 has hosted teaching visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...

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cft proudly announces the 2012 cohort of junior faculty teaching fellows!

aug. 6, 2012—  this year’s junior faculty teaching fellows are, left to right, elizabeth essin (theatre), bennett landman (electrical engineering & computer science), peter lorge (history), jonathan rattner (film studies / art), claudia rei (economics), allison schachter (jewish studies), jason valentine (mechanical engineering), and yaqiong xu (electrical engineering & computer science). research by robert boice (advice for...

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apply to be a junior faculty teaching fellow

may. 7, 2012—the cft’s junior faculty teaching fellowship program provides a special set of opportunities for junior tenure-track faculty to… learn from senior colleagues about successful teaching practices and how to better balance the many demands of work and life. learn to integrate more fully your teaching and research. design and refine courses. add to your repertoire...

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celebration of teaching spotlight: junior faculty teaching fellows

apr. 16, 2012—the cft, in conjunction with the graduate school, invite you to join us on wednesday, may 2nd in celebrating teaching on the vanderbilt campus, including the 2011-12 junior faculty teaching fellows: jon edd, mechanical engineering humberto garcia, english amanda goodwin, political science emily nacol, political science evelyn patterson, sociology david petrain, classics paul, stob, communication...

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junior faculty teaching fellow spotlight:david petrain

apr. 3, 2012—each month, the cft newsletter highlights the work of our junior faculty teaching fellows. this month, david petrain, assistant professor in the department of classical studies, talks about his teaching philosophy and interests: one of the most valuable and challenging characteristics of classics as a discipline is its attempt to embrace the entire range of...

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junior faculty teaching fellow spotlight:evelyn patterson

mar. 6, 2012—each month, the cft newsletter highlights the work of our junior faculty teaching fellows. this month, evelyn patterson, assistant professor in the department of sociology, talks about her teaching philosophy and interests: my research uses two subfields of sociology, demography and criminology, to undertake an essential task, the demography of incarceration.  i investigate fundamental issues...

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junior faculty teaching fellow spotlight:paul stob

feb. 4, 2012—each month, the cft newsletter highlights the work of our junior faculty teaching fellows. this month, paul stob, assistant professor in the department of communication studies, talks about his teaching philosophy and interests: my research explores the intersection of rhetoric and intellectual culture—specifically the relationship between public discourse and the practices, forums, and figures of...

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