Skip to main content
  • Current Students
  • Parents & Families
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Staff

Footer quick links

  • Request Info
  • Plan a Visit
  • Apply Now
  • About
    • Campus Map
    • College Profile
    • Community Commitments
    • Our Commitment to Diversity
    • History of Westmont
    • Institutes & Centers
    • Leadership
    • News
    • Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts
    • Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
    • Westmont Magazine
    • Consumer Information
      • Request Info
      • Plan a Visit
      • Apply Now
  • Academics
    • Academic Services
    • Augustinian Scholars Program
    • Academic Opportunities
    • Global Education
    • Majors and Programs
    • Office of the Provost
    • Outcomes
    • Voskuyl Library
    • Consumer Information
      • Request Info
      • Plan a Visit
  • Admissions & Aid
    • Prospective Students
    • Visit Westmont
    • Financial Aid
    • Admitted Students
    • Confirmed Students
    • Prospective Parents
    • Meet your Counselor
    • Confirm your Place
    • Consumer Information
      • Request Info
      • Plan a Visit
      • Apply Now
  • Student Life
    • Words of Warriors
    • CATlab
    • Living on Campus
    • On Campus Activities
    • Off Campus Activities
    • Our Commitment to Diversity
    • COVE Career Center
    • Ministries
    • Chapel
    • Consumer Information
      • Request Info
      • Plan a Visit
      • Apply Now
  • Giving
    • Why Give?
    • Where to Give
    • How to Give
    • Giving Societies
    • Contact Us
      • Give Today
  • Athletics
  • Research
  • Apply

Educational Effectiveness Sidebar

  • Office of the Provost
    • Educational Effectiveness
      • Closing the Loop
      • Documents
      • General Education
      • ILO Assessment Archives
      • Program Review
      • Resources
        • Assessment Resources
        • Program Review and Annual Reports
        • Teaching Resources
        • WASC Resources
      • Student Achievement

Educational Effectiveness Closing the Loop: Brown Bag Conversations

Faculty Workshops

2019-2020

Critical Thinking Workshops for Faculty

9/17 Facilitator: Jim Taylor
10/22 Facilitator: Jim Taylor

2018-2019

LARA Method: Managing difficult conversations in the classroom (and beyond)

11/9 Facilitators: Caryn Reeder and Steve Contakes, attendees of the Faculty Diversity Institute at Cornell University

2017–2018

Communication Principles for Teaching Communication Skills Seminar

10/25 Facilitator: Greg Spenser
10/26 Facilitator: Greg Spenser
10/27 Facilitator: Greg Spenser

 

Faculty Diversity Reading and Discussion Groups

Spring 2019
Jemar Tisby's book The Color of Compromise (2019)
George  M. Fredrickson's book Racism: A Short History (2015)

3/ 29 Facilitators: Mark Nelson, Chris Hoeckley, Cheri Larson Hockley, Kya Mangrum
4/ 5 Facilitators: Mark Nelson, Chris Hoeckley, Cheri Larson Hoeckley, Kya Mangrum

Fall 2018
Ta-Nehisi Coates's book Between the World and Me (2015)

10/2 Facilitators: Dinora Cardoso, Jason Cha, Mary Docter, Tatiana Nazarenko.
10/16 Facilitators: Toya Cooper, Jason Cha, Dinora Cardoso, Lauren Kelly
11/20 Facilitators: Meredith Whitnah, Sameer Yadav, Toya Cooper

Brown Bag Conversations

All conversations take place on Tuesdays, between noon and 1:00 pm.

2016–2017

2/14 in Founders: Actively learning Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning. Facilitator: Michael Everest
3/21 in Alumni Gallery: Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning: The Modified Moore Method and Class Wikis. Facilitator: David Hunter

2015–2016

9/15 in Founders: Faith-Learning in the GE Understanding Society Courses
10/6
in Alumni: Information Literacy. Facilitator: Molly Riley
11/3 in Alumni Gallery: Critical Thinking Pedagogy. Facilitator: Jim Taylor
11/20 in Alumni Gallery: Thinking Historically. Facilitator: Rick Pointer
11/10 in Founders: Information Literacy. Facilitator: Molly Riley
12/1 in Founders: Critical Thinking Pedagogy. Facilitator: Jim Taylor
1/26 in Alumni: Biblical and Theological Literacy. Facilitator: Sameer Yadav
3/8 in Alumni: Information Literacy. Facilitator: Molly Riley
4/12 in Founders: Thinking Historically. Facilitator: Rick Pointer

Footer links menu

  • Request Info
  • Plan a Visit
  • Apply Now

Footer Utility menu

  • Employment
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Emergency Info
  • Consumer Information

955 La Paz Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108 

805-565-6000

Contact Us

 

Social media menu

©2023
Westmont College - All rights reserved