Visiting Professors

Selection

Visiting professors will be selected by the various departments of the College of Arts and Sciences. Twenty-four visiting professors will be invited to our university and each department has one slot between now and the year 2004. Each nomination will be reviewed by the departmental chair in consultation with the faculty. Faculty nominators will act as hosts for our visitors, and will collaborate with them in team- teaching a course. University of Louisville faculty will thus have a chance to work closely with leading authorities in their own or related fields. 

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Visiting Professor's Profile

It is most important that each distinguished visiting professor should be: 

  1. a good colleague 
  2. a good classroom teacher 
  3. a good public advocate for his or her field 
  4. committed to residence in Louisville for a full semester 
  5. an outstanding scholar, writer or achiever in an interdisciplinary field 
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Invitation

Information Liberal Studies Program need to have prior to the formal invitation of visiting professor:

  1. vita/CV of the visiting professor 
  2. the name and number of the proposed team-taught course 
  3. the syllabus of the team-taught course 
  4. name of the hosting faculty member 
  5. the semester and year when the course will be taught 

After the chair has notified us of the department's choice, the Director of the Liberal Studies Program will extend a formal invitation to the proposed distinguished guest professor. 

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Logistics of the Visit

After the invitation is accepted, the Project Coordinator for Liberal Studies (Janna Tajibaeva) will arrange visitor's:

  1. travel (and visa if needed) 
  2. accommodation in Louisville 
  3. special events on and off campus 
  4. honorarium 


In addition to the team-taught course each visiting professor will be expected to present:

  1. one guest lecture for Liberal Studies 300 course 
  2. one public lecture for the community 
  3. guest lectures in other departments of the college 
  4. a seminar for A&S Honors students 

Each department should provide an office space for their visiting professor in order to ensure better communication and collaboration. If there will be a difficulty with an office space Liberal Studies Program will help to find a room for a guest in other buildings of the campus. 

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