The Committee on Teaching (COT), with the support and sponsorship of the Michael S. Rappaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative and UNITAS, invites faculty and administrators to attend two events.
Bonnie TuSmith, associate professor of English at Northeastern University, will discuss “Humor, Pathos and the Face of Difference,” Tuesday, May 15, at 5:15 p.m. in Reamer Auditorium.
An author and editor, TuSmith collaborated on an award-winning collection of essays titled Race in the College Classroom: Pedagogy and Politics and is completing a monograph, “Beyond Binaries: Color Symbolism in Literature and Culture.” She will address the challenges, rewards and responsibilities of teaching sensitive subjects. A question-and-answer session will follow. Refreshments will be served at 4:45 p.m.
“Teaching and Learning Difference at Union College ….and Other Sensitive Subjects,” a COT faculty panel with Andrew Feffer (History), Cheikh Ndiaye (Modern Languages), and Deidre Hill-Butler and Janel Leone (Sociology), is slated for Thursday, May 17, 12:50-1:50 p.m. in Everest Lounge. Pizza and salad will be available at noon.