ADE-ADFL Summer Seminar East

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

ADE Workshop for New Chairs

Leaders: 

Wyman H. Herendeen, Univ. of Houston

Maureen T. Reddy, Rhode Island Coll.

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

ADFL Workshop for New Chairs

Leaders: 

Jane Hacking, Univ. of Utah

Rosmarie T. Morewedge, Binghamton Univ., State Univ. of New York

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Workshop for Department Reviewers

Leader:  Nelly Furman, MLA

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Workshop for Teachers of Second-Language Literature

Leaders: 

Elizabeth Bernhardt, Stanford Univ.

Virginia M. Scott, Vanderbilt Univ.

4:00–5:30 p.m.

Plenary Session I: The Situation of the Humanities

Speakers: 

Carolyn M. Dever, Vanderbilt Univ. [tentative]

Nancy A. Gutierrez, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte

Nicolas Shumway, Rice Univ.

8:30–10:15 a.m.

Plenary Session II: Assessing Learning Outcomes

Speakers: 

Elizabeth Bernhardt, Stanford Univ.

Dana D. Nelson, Vanderbilt Univ.

Mark L. Schoenfield, Vanderbilt Univ.

Virginia M. Scott, Vanderbilt Univ.

10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Discussion Groups I

1:30–3:00 p.m.

Plenary Session III: Financial Literacy for Chairs: How Numbers Drive Decisions

Speakers: 

Rosemary G. Feal, MLA

Brett Sweet, Vanderbilt Univ.

3:15–4:45 p.m.

Discussion Groups II

8:30–10:00 a.m.

Plenary Session IV: Common Divisions: New Developments in Scholarly Communities and Communication

Speakers: 

Kathleen Fitzpatrick, MLA

Marianne Hirsch, Columbia Univ.

10:30 a.m.–12:00 noon

Discussion Groups III

1:30 p.m.

Excursion to the Hermitage

9:00–10:30 a.m.

Plenary Session V: Issues in Graduate Education

Speakers: 

Russell A. Berman, Stanford Univ.

Michael Bérubé, Penn State Univ., University Park

10:30–11:30 a.m.

Reports from Discussion Groups and Concluding Remarks