Program

AALAC Assembly
The Challenges of Balancing the Humanities, STEM, and Other Fields of the Liberal Arts
November 1-3, 2019 – Carleton College

SCHEDULE

Friday, November 1

3:00 p.m.         Registration Begins - Alumni Guest House Meeting Room

5:00 p.m.         Reception - Alumni Guest House Meeting Room                                                 

6:00 p.m.         Dinner - Severance Great Hall                                

7:00 p.m.         Welcome – Steve Poskanzer, President, Carleton College  

Keynote Address

The Poet and the Scientist: W. H. Auden meets James B. Conant
Gene Tobin, Senior Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Saturday, November 2

8:00 a.m.          Dean/Provosts Meeting - Weitz 231

8:00 a.m.          Continental Breakfast - Weitz 236

9:15 a.m.           Opening Remarks - Weitz 236

9:45-11:15 a.m.          Concurrent Session 1

  • Conceptualizing STEM Disciplines - Weitz 235    
    Fran Blase, Haverford College, moderator
     Deborah Gross, Carleton College
    Paul Overvoorde, Macalester College
  • Innovative Structures - Weitz 233
    Jon Western, Mount Holyoke College, moderator
    Darryl Harper, Amherst College
    Stephen Mohring & Dave Musicant, Carleton College
  • Teaching Computer Science as a Liberal Art - Weitz 230
    Gretchen Hofmeister, Carleton College, moderator
    Valerie Barr, Mount Holyoke College
    David Liben-Nowell, Carleton College
    Serena Zabin, Carleton College

11:30 a.m.       Lunch - Weitz 236

1:00-2:30 p.m.            Concurrent Session 2

  • Conceptualizing the Humanities - Weitz 230
    Clara Hardy, Carleton College, moderator
    Nina Emery, Mount Holyoke College
    Lori Pearson, Carleton College
    Jesse Torgerson, Wesleyan University
  • Innovative Structures - Weitz 233
    George Shuffelton, Carleton College, moderator and presenter
    Jennifer Armstrong & Kim Drake, Scripps College
    Andrea Kaston Tange, Macalester College
  • Implications for Faculty Careers of Disciplinary Imbalances - Weitz 235
    Amy Marcus-Newhall, Scripps College, moderator
    Catherine Epstein, Amherst College
    Karine Moe, Macalester College
    Nigel Nicholson, Reed College

2:30 p.m.         Break  

3:00-4:30 p.m.             Concurrent Session 3

  • Teaching Computer Science as a Liberal Art - Weitz 235
    Anna Rafferty, Carleton College, moderator
    Susan Fox, Macalester College
    Andrea Tartaro, Furman University
  • Conceptualizing STEM Disciplines - Weitz 230
    Al Montero, Carleton College, moderator     and presenter
    Chris Koski, Reed College
    Helen White, Haverford College
  • Conceptualizing the Humanities - Weitz 233
    Andrew Fisher, Carleton College, moderator
    Sonja Anderson, Carleton College
    Elizabeth Drumm, Reed College
    Suparna Roychoudhury, Mount Holyoke College

4:30 p.m.         Break

5:00 p.m.         Reception - Weitz Commons

6:00 p.m.         Dinner - Weitz Commons

7:30 p.m.         Entertainment - Weitz Kracum Hall                                                                    

Carleton Chinese Music Ensemble
Directed by Gao Hong, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Musical Instruments

8:00 p.m.         Dessert - Weitz Commons

Sunday, November 3 – Weitz 236

8:00 a.m.         Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.         Panel Reports

9:30 a.m.         Team Meetings

10:15 a.m.        Brief Team Reports and Wrap-Up

11:00 a.m.        Departure (pick up box lunches outside Weitz 236)