Friday, April 1, in the Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211
Agenda and Registration
8:45
(refreshments served)
9:00
Welcome, Opening Remarks and Core Questions
Bill Rando
Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Director, McDougal Graduate Teaching Center
9:15-10:30
Panel 1: Three Perspectives on The Lecture
The Pedagogical Perspective: Lecture and Learning
Bill Rando
Assistant Dean Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Director McDougal Graduate Teaching Center
The Historical Perspective: The Lecture at Yale, Over Time
Penny Laurans
Master, Jonathan Edwards College; Associate Dean,Yale College; Special Assistant to the President; Lecturer, English
The Administrative Perspective: The Lecture and the Institution
Frances Rosenbluth
Deputy Provost for Social Sciences and Faculty Development; Damon Wells Professor of Political Science
10:30-10:45
Coffee Break
10:45-11:00
The Student's Perspective
Mark Schenker
Associate Dean, Yale College
11:00
Comments from the Dean
Thomas Pollard
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Sterling Professor of MCDB
11:15- 12:30
Panel 2: The Lecturers' Perspective:
Three Yale Lecturers Talk about Why They Lecture, and How
Victoria Brescoll
Assistant Professor of Management
Steven Smith
Alfred Cowles Professor of Government; Master, Branford College; Professor of Philosophy
John Harris
Professor of Physics
12:30 -1:30
Lunch and Informal Discussion