Spring 1999 Series of Talks and Workshops

	THE TEACHER'S ROLE: SELECTING TACTICS, DEFINING GOALS
Feb. 15	Personal History: Introducing Self-Ethnography John Caughey on Life Writing (Chair, American Studies, UMCP)
Feb. 22	Dialogue: Initiating Class Discussions Jeremy Korr (Assistant Director, College Park Scholars Program in American Cultures, UMCP)
March 1	Radical Pedagogies: Confronting Ideology Mary Corbin Sies (American Studies, UMCP) Kelly Quinn (American Studies, Afro-American Studies, UMCP)
	PRISMS: MEDIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY
March 8	Investigating Cultural Difference: The Museum as Classroom Psyche Williams (American Studies, UMCP) Will Liu (Psychology; Asian-American Studies, UMCP) Ann Denkler (American Studies, UMCP)
March 15	Teaching Sexuality: Encounters with Stereotypes Rhonda Williams (Afro-American Studies, UMCP) Eva George (Afro-American Studies, UMCP)
March 29	Reading Media: Representations of Race Patrice McDermott (American Studies Assistant Dean, UMBC) Sheri Parks (American Studies; Assistant Dean, UMCP)
April 5	Linking Cultural Diversity: The Use of Web Site Paul Gorski (Office of Human Relations, UMCP)
	CYBERSPACE: NAVIGATING THE NEW TECHNOLOGY
April 12	The Wired Professor: Distance Learning Ann Keating (Continuing Education, New York University) Charles Kisner (American Studies, UMCP; English, Dundalk Community College)
April 19	Electronic Storytelling Mitchell Lifton (Comparative Literature, UMCP)
April 26	The Digital Image: Teaching Visual Literacy Robert Kolker (English, UMCP) Marguerite Glass-Englehardt (American Studies, UMCP; Art History, Gallaudet University)
May 10	New Frontiers: The Teaching of Cyberculture Katie King (Women's Studies, UMCP) David Silver (American Studies, UMCP)

Offered as a part of AMST629V (Teaching Strategies in Cultural Studies), the meetings will convene on Mondays, 4-5:30, in 2137 Taliaferro Hall. The events for March 8 and April 5-May 10 will take place in 3140 Engineering. Readings recommended by our speakers will be made available in 2135 Taliaferro during the week prior to the scheduled talk or workshop. The Mini-Center is sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the Department of American Studies with additional support from the departments of Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Women's Studies, the Asian American Studies project, and the Office of Human Resources.