Our first Summer Institute was held in Madison in 2006 (July 24 –August 2nd), with selected faculty participants from different colleges and universities around the country. The results from these meetings far exceeded our expectations.
In the following academic year (2006-2007) and with our support, the faculty participants developed and taught college courses that incorporated aspects of our student-centered approach to classroom discussion. As a result of this effort, many of the faculty members have changed their approach to student discussion for all their courses. Additionally, most of these faculty members later conducted (and some are still conducting) off-campus Public Discussions with our Discussion Reports. One of these faculty members later joined the Foundation as a full-time Fellow, we’ve recruited another as a Trustee for the Foundation, and we have collaborated with others on various research projects.
The 2006 Summer Institute faculty members and their respective IF-sponsored college course for the 2006-2007 academic year are listed in the table below.
Professor
College/University
IF Sponsored College Courses
Scott Fitzgerald
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Religion & the State
Alan Freitag
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Facilitating Corporate Social Responsibility
Emily Horowitz
St. Francis College – Brooklyn Heights, New York
Sociology of Minority Groups
Suzanne Goodney Lea
Gallaudet University, Washington, DC (now an IF Fellow)
Juvenile Delinquency
Benjamin Pryor
University of Toledo
Proseminar in Law & Social Thought
Kevin Schilbrack
Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia (now at Western Carolina University)
New Religious Movements
Timothy Steffensmeier
Kansas State University
Communications & Leadership
Dianne Sykes
Berea College, Kentucky (now at Gardner-Webb University)
2006 Summer Institute
Our first Summer Institute was held in Madison in 2006 (July 24 –August 2nd), with selected faculty participants from different colleges and universities around the country. The results from these meetings far exceeded our expectations.
In the following academic year (2006-2007) and with our support, the faculty participants developed and taught college courses that incorporated aspects of our student-centered approach to classroom discussion. As a result of this effort, many of the faculty members have changed their approach to student discussion for all their courses. Additionally, most of these faculty members later conducted (and some are still conducting) off-campus Public Discussions with our Discussion Reports. One of these faculty members later joined the Foundation as a full-time Fellow, we’ve recruited another as a Trustee for the Foundation, and we have collaborated with others on various research projects.
The 2006 Summer Institute faculty members and their respective IF-sponsored college course for the 2006-2007 academic year are listed in the table below.