CASTL

The “core team” for this project consists of faculty, staff, and administrators at Carleton who have participated in Carnegie’s Integrative Learning Project (ILP) and the latest Carnegie Scholars cohort (2005-06) on Integrative Learning. We also include here a talented “supporting cast” of others who offer leadership experience tied to the campus initiatives noted above.

Core Team Members As of September 2006; Updated December 2008:

Scott Bierman, Dean of the College, Professor of Economics, Carnegie ILP team member, has been involved in guiding the faculty through creation of a number of initiatives including an accelerated sabbatical policy, the passage of a Cross-Cultural Studies concentration, and the introduction of a writing portfolio pilot program (now a requirement for all students). More recently, he has been an active participant in curricular initiatives that include “Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge,” “Building the Consciously Creative Campus” with the arts, “Visual Culture,” and the “Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative.”

Elizabeth Ciner, Associate Dean of the College, Senior Lecturer in English, Carnegie ILP team member, for the past fifteen years has provided oversight for the off-campus and international studies office, the Registrar’s Office, academic advising, and the college writing program. As a standing member of both the Education and Curriculum Committee and the Academic Standing Committee, she is deeply involved in the assessment of academic programs and of students’ academic progress.

Tricia Ferrett, Professor of Chemistry, former Director of the Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative 2003-2007, CASTL Carnegie Scholar 2005-06, co-leader and module co-author in the NSF-funded ChemLinks Coalition that authored ChemConnections modules with the Modular Chemistry Consortium based at University of California, Berkeley (modules now published by W.W. Norton). This project included a $1 million assessment effort. Ferrett currently oversees evaluation and assessment of all programs funded by Carleton’s fifth HHMI grant.

Carol Rutz, Director of the Writing Program, Senior Lecturer in English, Carnegie ILP team member, brings to the project extensive experience with faculty development and assessment of student learning in the college’s Writing Program and in the Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning and Knowledge Initiative. Rutz is a key participant in new and emerging college initiatives, particularly as they use and apply “lessons learned” from assessment of student writing.

Mary Savina, President of the Carleton faculty, Charles L. Denison Professor of Geology, Director of Archaeology, Carnegie ILP team member, has extensive experience in environmental studies, teacher preparation, and assessment of student learning. She is involved in a wide range of faculty development events, workshops, and projects tied into multiple campus initiatives.

Jackie Lauer-Glebov, through June 2008, Assistant Director of Institutional Research and Director of Assessment, Carnegie ILP team member, oversees institutional research and assessment for many college programs, grant-funded curriculum development, and college surveys. She works with faculty to design course-embedded assessments of student learning. She receives support from Dana Buddenbaum, Research and Assessment Analyst.

Supporting Team:

Carol Donelan, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, is involved in cross‑ and interdisciplinary initiatives on campus, including initiatives involving visuality and arts planning. She hosts the Faculty Film Forum, which draws together faculty members from across the curriculum who use films in their teaching and scholarship.

Nathan Grawe, Associate Professor of Economics and Coordinator of the Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning and Knowledge Initiative (QuIRK).

Mike Hemesath, Professor of Economics, also serves as the Director of the Program in Ethical Inquiry.

Cathy Manduca, Director of the Science Education Resource Center. Involved in a variety of projects that support improvements in geoscience and science education. Work includes serving as a geo-science community leader, organizing workshops and other activities for faculty and educators at all types of post-secondary institutions, and developing web-resources that link teaching resources, pedagogy, and discussion, making the work and products of teaching visible to a wider community. Manduca has made contributions to the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE), and the National SMETE Digital Library.

Bev Nagel, Associate Dean of the College, Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Sociology, Science, Technology, and Society, coordinates planning for the Carleton visuality initiative and is involved in all aspects of the Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning and Knowledge Initiative.

Daniel Petra, Director of Educational Assessment

John Ramsay, Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies and former Associate Dean of the College, is co-author of a recent college report on general education (see Zimmerman).

Susan Singer, Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences, former Co-Director of the Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative 2005-2006, has published work in SoTL, served as a member of the Project Kaleidoscope National Steering Committee, NRC Board on Science Education, and NRC High School Science Laboratories Role and Vision Committee (chair).

Chico Zimmerman, Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Learning, Coordinator of Carleton’s Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching, Professor of Classical Languages, has longstanding involvement with Carleton’s Learning and Teaching Center, is recent chair of the Educational Curriculum Committee, co-author of a recent report on “Re-imagining General Education: Breadth Learning in the Carleton Curriculum,” and co-facilitator for seven years of the faculty teaching workshop.