Consortium for Faculty Diversity Conference
The Consortium is committed to increasing the diversity of students, faculty members and curricular offerings at liberal arts colleges with a particular focus on enhancing the diversity of faculty members and of applicants for faculty positions.
The Consortium was founded as an association of liberal arts colleges committed to strengthening the ethnic diversity of students and of faculty members at liberal arts colleges. The early goals of the Consortium with regard to faculty diversity included encouraging U.S. citizens who are members of under-represented minority groups to complete their graduate programs and to consider faculty employment in liberal arts colleges.
Below you will find the agenda for the upcoming Annual Conference to be held jointly at Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges, October 2-4, 2009.
CONSORTIUM FOR FACULTY DIVERSITY AT LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Carleton and St Olaf Colleges
October 2-4, 2009
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Friday, October 2
Airport shuttle departure from Minneapolis/St Paul Airport
See separate schedule sent via e-mail
3:00-5:00 pm Check-in
Country Inn, Northfield
4:45 and 5:30 pm Shuttles from Country Inn to Headley House
5:00-6:30 pm Registration and reception
Headley House, 815 East Second Street, Carleton College
6:45-8:30 pm Dinner
Great Hall, Carleton College
Saturday, October 3
7:45, 8:00, and 8:15 am Shuttles to St Olaf College (all events will be held in Buntrock Commons)
8:00-8:30 am Coffee and refreshments
Viking Theater Lobby, St Olaf College
8:30-10:00 am Panel Discussion: “Faculty Life at Liberal Arts Colleges: Career Reflections”
Viking Theater, St Olaf College
· Joan Hepburn, Assistant Professor, English Department, St Olaf College
· Al Montero, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Director of Latin
American Studies and Coordinator of International Relations, Carleton College
. Anantanand Rambachan, Professor and Chair, Religion, Philosophy, and Asian
Studies Department, St Olaf College
Moderator: Stephanie Schmidt, former CFD Scholar, Visiting Assistant Professor,
Environmental Studies Department, St Olaf College
10:00-10:15 am Break
Gold Ballroom, St Olaf College
10:15-11:45 am Panel Discussion: “Next Steps in Your Academic Career: Making the Most of Your
Fellowship Year; Landing A Tenure-Track Job; Getting Tenure”
Gold Ballroom, St Olaf College
· Anita Chikkatur, CFD Scholar, Educational Studies Department, Carleton College
· Yansi Pérez, former CFD Scholar, Assistant Professor, Spanish Department,
Carleton College
· Mario Montaño, former CFD Scholar, Associate Professor and Chair, Anthropology
Department, Colorado College
12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch
Sun Ballroom, St Olaf College
1:30–3:15 pm Feedback sessions, mock interviews, best practices discussions
Meet outside the Sun Ballroom, St Olaf College
For CFD Scholars: meetings between CFD Scholars and faculty from local institutions.
You will receive a separate schedule with the name of your faculty interviewer and the
time of your individual and small group meetings.
1) one-on-one feedback sessions with faculty on job application materials (see list on
registration site; send materials to bkrogh@carleton.edu by Monday, September 21);
2) small group feedback (mock interview setting) on CFD Scholars' brief oral
presentations on "How does my research, scholarship or creative work inform my
teaching?"
For Campus Representatives: session on Consortium expectations, best practices for
recruiting and mentoring of Scholars, etc.
Heritage Room, St Olaf College
Moderator: Kerry Pannell, Dean of the Faculty, QG Noblitt Chair in Economics and
Management, and Chair of the CFD Steering Committee, DePauw University
3:15-3:30 pm Break
Viking Theater Lobby, St Olaf College
3:30-5:00 pm Panel Discussion: “Managing Expectations: Issues for Faculty of Color”
Viking Theater, St Olaf College
· Heather Lobban-Viravong, former CFD Scholar, Associate Professor and Chair,
English Department, Grinnell College
· Sharon Lane-Getaz, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department,
St Olaf College
· Nancy Cho, Professor, English Department and Director of American
Studies, Carleton College
5:00 and 5:15 pm Shuttles to Country Inn
6:15 pm Shuttles to Carleton College
6:30-8:00 pm Reception and dinner
Great Hall, Carleton College
8:00-10:00 pm For CFD Scholars: Dessert, conversations, and gathering of questions for Sunday’s
Question and Answer Session on the CFD experience
Alumni Guest Library, Carleton College
8:30-10:00 pm For Campus Representatives: Dessert and conversations
Home of St Olaf’s President David Anderson (rides will be arranged)
Sunday, October 4
7:45 and 8:15 am Check out of hotel and catch shuttles to Carleton College (take your luggage; airport
shuttle vans will remain locked)
8:00-8:30 am Coffee and refreshments
Language and Dining Center 104, Carleton College
8:30–9:30 am Question and Answer Session on the CFD experience (Campus Representatives will
address questions, including those prepared by Scholars on Saturday evening)
Language and Dining Center 104, Carleton College
9:45-10:15 am Debriefing and Next Steps
Language and Dining Center 104, Carleton College
10:30 am Airport shuttle departure
Parking lot next to the Chapel, Carleton College
Conference Co-chairs:
Bruce King, Assistant to the President for Institutional Diversity, St Olaf College
Éva Pósfay, Associate Dean of the College and Professor of French, Carleton College
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