This ongoing series is designed to enrich the quality of teaching and scholarship and to foster awareness of current issues in higher education.
Alex Kotlowitz
Author of There Are No children Here, The Other Side of the River
"From the Other Side of the River: Writing About Race"
1999
Dr. Donald N. Levine
University of Chicago
"The Chronic Crisis of Liberal Education in American Higher Education"
1999
Dr. R. Scott Appleby
University of Notre Dame
Director, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
Academic Convocation Day
1999
Dr. James Eison
University of South Florida
Director, Center for Teaching Enhancement
"Teaching Course Content and Collaboration"
2000
Dr. Alan E. Guskin
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
President/Chancellor Antioch University 1985-1997
"Facing the Future: Restructuring the Role of Faculty"
2000
Dr. Tim Riordan
Professor of Philosophy, Associate Dean Alverno College "Beyond the Debate:
The Nature of Scholarship When Shaped by Student Learning"
2000
Dr. Mary Anne Stevens, RSM
College of Saint Mary, Omaha Nebraska
Mercy Scholar in Residence
2000
Mary Burgan
General Secretary, American Association of University Professors
"Discussing Faculty Issues: Academic Freedom and Beyond.
2000
Dr. Brian Coppola
Professor Chemistry
University of Michigan
"Scholarship Developed: An Argument and Architecture for Preparing the Next Generation of Faculty Members"
2001
Dr. R. Scott Appleby
Professor of History, Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and member of the Saint Xavier University Board of Trustees. "The Sex Abuse Scandal: Implications for the Roman Catholic Church"
2002
Dr. Kelly Funk
Director of Assessment, Undergraduate Education & Assessment Services
Michigan State University
"The Value of Qualitative Measurement"
2002
Dr. Ann Feldman
Director of English Composition, Associate Professor of English University of Illinois at Chicago
"Ordinary Writing in the Engaged University"
2003
Dr. Festus Obiakor
Professor, School of Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Multicultural Diversity in Education"
2003
Dr. Elizabeth Linehan, RSM
Chair, Department of Philosophy, Saint Joseph's University
Board of Trustees, Saint Xavier University
Ethics in the Academy: Academic Freedom and Responsibility in a Catholic University
" Public Positions and Private Discourse: What Does It Mean in a Catholic University?"
2003
Dr. Edward Zlotkowski
Professor of English, Bentley College
Workshop:" Conceptual Foundations of Service Learning" Keynote Address "Engaged Campus"
2003