Forum on Teaching in the Core

The Core is a defining feature of undergraduate education in the College and can be one of the more rewarding teaching experiences at UChicago. Every September, the CCTL hosts the Forum on Teaching in the Core, a venue for new and experienced faculty and instructors to discuss the aims and distinctive pedagogical issues that characterize Core teaching. The event is open to everyone and is aimed at those teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences Collegiate Divisions, including faculty, instructional professors, lecturers, Harper-Schmidt Fellows, Teaching Fellows, and graduate student instructors. 

2024 Forum - Thursday, September 19 | Saieh 021

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Schedule

8:30AM

Check-In Opens

Coffee, tea, and pastries available.

9:00AM Welcome & Introduction
9:05AM

The UChicago Core and Its Students

  • Jennifer Spruill - Co-Chair, Power, Identity, and Resistance & Senior Instructional Professor, Social Sciences Collegiate Division
  • Eric Slauter - Master, Humanities Collegiate Division & Associate Professor of History and the College
  • Philip Venticinque - Dean of Students in the College
  • Moderator: Joe Lampert - Deputy Director, Chicago Center for Teaching & Learning; Assistant Dean for Teaching & Learning and Senior Lecturer in the College
10:35AM Break
10:50AM

Classroom Strategies for Core Teaching

  • Erin Galgay Walsh - Assistant Professor of New Testament & Early Christian Literature in the Divinity School and the College
  • Sarah Johnson - Senior Instructional Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Laws, Letters, & Society
  • Stephen Haswell Todd - Associate Instructional Professor, Humanities Collegiate Division
  • Moderator: Valerie Levan - Senior Instructional Professor, Humanities Collegiate Division & Humanities Core Teaching Coordinator
12:00PM End of Forum