Monday Memo April 3, 2017

Message from the Dean

Dear Colleagues,

As we continue to see progress in the construction of the new Belknap classroom building, I want to encourage faculty members to take advantage of a two-day workshop designed to ready you to fully engage in all the active learning technologies the new building will have to offer. The workshop, led by national course design experts from the University of Virginia and Elon University, will be held May 15 and 16 in the Ekstrom Library Teaching Innovation Learning Lab (TILL). The Course Redesign Institute for Active Learning is open to all Arts & Sciences faculty members (including tenured, tenure-track, term, full- and part-time) and graduate students, and will focus on course and assignment design, planning activities, and grading.

This week join in celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the Hite Art Institute – the 80th anniversary of the Department of Fine Arts – and the 10th anniversary of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice. I am happy to celebrate our A&S commitments to the arts, to social justice and to the community.

Have a great week!

Kimberly Leonard

Sincerely,

Kimberly Kempf-Leonard

Dean

Announcements

Faculty workshop on active learning May 15 & 16
Registration for the two-day “Course Re-design Institute for Active Learning” is now open here. Led by national course design experts Deandra Little (Elon University) and Michael Palmer (UVA), this highly interactive institute will feature mini-lectures and structured small-group opportunities to support immediate application of concepts covered in the institute. The Institute will be held on Mon., May 15, and Tues., May 16, from 9am – 4:30pm in the technology-enhanced active learning classroom at the Teaching Innovation Learning Lab (TILL), 3rd Floor, Ekstrom Library. Learn more and register here.

TILL Spring Showcase and Open House April 26
Stop by the Teaching Innovation Learning Lab as faculty share their work and teaching experiences in the TILL on Wed., April 26, from 10:30am – 2pm. Schedule is available here.

Monday Memo submission deadline reminder
A reminder that all submissions to the Monday Memo must be received by noon on the preceding Thursday. Anything sent after will be published in the following week’s Monday Memo. If you have any questions or concerns, please email asadvance@louisville.edu.

Kudos

Prof. Gawley receives Kennedy Center Award
Prof. Kevin Gawley (Theatre Arts) won the Lighting Award for the 2017 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Awards for Theatrical Design Excellence.

Ph.D. student receives NSF honorable mention
Department of Biology Ph.D. student Grace Freundlich received an honorable mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She is mentored by Prof. Christopher Frost (Biology).

Criminal Justice department recognized for excellence
The Community for Accredited Online Schools (CFAOS) recognized the Department of Criminal Justice for excellence and achievement in higher education in their 2017 Spring rankings.

Teaching, Service, Research, & Creative Activities

Prof. Jarosi to attend NHI Summer Institute
Prof. Susan Jarosi (Women’s & Gender Studies/Fine Arts) has been selected to attend the National Humanities Center's Summer Institute in June 2017 and June 2018 in support of her project proposal, "Prima Galleristas: Mapping Female Dealers in Mid-Twentieth-Century Manhattan."

Prof. Kelly serving as distinguished visiting professor at KU
Prof. Baron Kelly (Theatre Arts) is on leave this semester as the Distinguished Langston Hughes Visiting Professor at the University of Kansas. He has also been invited to London's Central School of Speech and Drama to deliver a series of acting master classes. In addition, he recently delivered a campus-wide lecture for Office of the Provost at the University of Kansas entitled “Pioneers of the Norwegian Stage.”

Prof. Ziegler to lead LFPL Fast Class
Prof. Charles Ziegler (Political Science) will lead a “Fast Class” on Russian political history at the Louisville Free Public Library. The program starts with the Chamber Theatre’s performance of Anton Chekhov’s one-act play “The Proposal,” then Prof. Ziegler will lead a discussion on Russia’s tumultuous history, focusing on the cultural impact – past, present, and future – of politics.

In the News 

Centennial talk examines America in World War I (UofL News, 3/20/17) – On Jennifer Keene’s free, public lecture, “Americans at War: Experiencing World War I,” part of the 2017 Louis R. Gottschalk lecture series, which the College of Arts and Sciences’ history department hosts to promote the study of history and to honor Gottschalk, a former UofL professor and American Historical Association president.

The right to discriminate against LGBT students: A “religious freedom” bill in Kentucky is one signature away from becoming law (Salon, 3/16/17) – Prof. Kaila Story (Women’s & Gender Studies/Pan-African Studies) on a Kentucky bill that will allow discrimination against LGBTQ students.

GALLAGHER: Eliminating one-ways would benefit city (Indianapolis Business Journal, 3/18/17) – Prof. John Gilderbloom (Urban & Public Affairs) on the benefits of converting two-way streets to one-ways.

We must bring Savannah Walker’s killers to justice | Ricky Jones (The Courier-Journal, 3/21/17) – Prof. Ricky Jones (chair, Pan-African-Studies) on the murder of undergraduate student Savannah Walker.

UofL hosting symposium examining Islamophobia, race (UofL News, 3/21/17) – On a March 27 public symposium —“Islamophobia and Race”— that examined rising discrimination against Muslims in the United States as manifested in attacks on mosques, a travel ban and a growing number of anti-Muslim groups.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a scientist and media star, a twain that rarely meets (The Courier-Journal, 3/21/17) – Prof. David Brown (Physics & Astronomy) on Tyson as the face of astrophysics.

Q&A: Tirumala excited to take on new role as SGA President (UofL News, 3/23/17) – A Q&A with Vishnu Tirumala, a junior political science and philosophy double major, who was recently elected UofL’s 2017-2018 Student Government Association president.

On the Kentucky State Data Center’s (Urban & Public Affairs) latest Kentucky population study.

Too Quick to Shoot? (The Sacramento Bee, 3/24/17) – Prof. Justin Nix (Criminal Justice) on fatal police shootings in Sacramento.

Cuban art for sale at City Café will benefit UofL students (Insider Louisville, 3/26/17) – Prof. John Gilderbloom on the sale of Cuban paintings to fund graduate scholarships for students in the Department of Urban and Public Affairs.

Job offer gives Fulbright scholar another year in Indonesia (UofL News, 3/25/17) – A&S alumna Shelby Lawson (Spanish ’14) offered a job in Indonesia following her Fulbright award tenure there.

Retreat Provides Opportunity to Tune In to Black Males (Diverse Education, 3/26/17) – On Prof. Derrick Brooms’ (Sociology) book Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Understanding and Confronting Black Male Collegiate Experiences.

Rolling Back Carbon Emissions Rules, Tax Reform And Bipartisanship (Wisconsin Public Radio, 3/28/17) – Prof. Melissa Merry (Political Science) on the rollback of the Clean Power Plan, tax reform, and possibilities for bipartisanship between Republicans and Democrats.

TEDxUofL focuses on growth (The Lane Report, 3/27/17) – Prof. Aaron Rollins (Urban & Public Affairs) to be part of a cultural competency panel for TEDxUofL.

A proud history: A look back at the pioneers of Kentucky’s LGBTQ movement (LEO Weekly, 3/10/17) – Women’s & Gender Studies professor Cate Fosl, director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, on LGBTQ history in Kentucky.