Ep 61: Dr. Jennifer Herman on Writing Retreats
05/29/17 • 33 min
On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Jennifer Herman, the first permanent director of the Center of Excellence in Teaching at Simmons College. In this role, she develops and offers research-based professional development opportunities for faculty around teaching and scholarship and provides structured support for curriculum design at all curricular levels. She is currently a co-PI on three major grant-funded projects, regularly presents at both national and international conferences, and facilitates multiple high-impact signature programs, including course design institutes, a teaching institute for Harvard Medical School, and faculty writing retreats. She has also worked as a curriculum development consultant and faculty writing coach for over 10 years, including designing training programs and curricula for the U.S. Department of State and the New York State Small Business Development Center. She currently teaches education courses in the Health Professions Education doctoral program, and also has extensive teaching experience in writing, literature, and GMAT, GRE, and SAT test prep courses. Previously, Jennifer was the founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship, Teaching, and Learning at Niagara University. She received her PhD in Higher Education from the University at Buffalo and her MA in International Training and Education from American University.
Show NotesSegment 1: Prioritizing Research as an Administrator [00:00-10:19]
In this first segment, Jennifer shares about how she prioritizes research as a full-time administrator.
Segment 2: The Benefits of Writing Retreats [10:20-21:25]
In segment two, Jennifer discusses some of the benefits of communal writing retreats.
Segment 3: Working with a Writing Coach [21:26-33:15]
In segment three, Jennifer explains some of the logistics of working with a writing coach.
Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-02:50]: Prioritizing Research Projects
Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-03:50]: Juggling Multiple Writing Pipelines
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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Jennifer Herman, the first permanent director of the Center of Excellence in Teaching at Simmons College. In this role, she develops and offers research-based professional development opportunities for faculty around teaching and scholarship and provides structured support for curriculum design at all curricular levels. She is currently a co-PI on three major grant-funded projects, regularly presents at both national and international conferences, and facilitates multiple high-impact signature programs, including course design institutes, a teaching institute for Harvard Medical School, and faculty writing retreats. She has also worked as a curriculum development consultant and faculty writing coach for over 10 years, including designing training programs and curricula for the U.S. Department of State and the New York State Small Business Development Center. She currently teaches education courses in the Health Professions Education doctoral program, and also has extensive teaching experience in writing, literature, and GMAT, GRE, and SAT test prep courses. Previously, Jennifer was the founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship, Teaching, and Learning at Niagara University. She received her PhD in Higher Education from the University at Buffalo and her MA in International Training and Education from American University.
Show NotesSegment 1: Prioritizing Research as an Administrator [00:00-10:19]
In this first segment, Jennifer shares about how she prioritizes research as a full-time administrator.
Segment 2: The Benefits of Writing Retreats [10:20-21:25]
In segment two, Jennifer discusses some of the benefits of communal writing retreats.
Segment 3: Working with a Writing Coach [21:26-33:15]
In segment three, Jennifer explains some of the logistics of working with a writing coach.
Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-02:50]: Prioritizing Research Projects
Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-03:50]: Juggling Multiple Writing Pipelines
To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast:
Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: [email protected] Voicemail: 541-737-1111
If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review.
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Ep 60: Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols on the Importance of the Humanities
On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols is Associate Professor of History at Oregon State University and Director of OSU’s Center for the Humanities. He specializes in the history of the United States and its relationship to the rest of the world, particularly in the areas of isolationism, internationalism, and globalization. In addition, he is an expert on modern U.S. intellectual, cultural, and political history, with an emphasis on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1880-1920) through the present. He is author of Promise and Peril: America at the Dawn of a Global Age (Harvard UP, 2011, 2015), co-editor and co-author, Prophesies of Godlessness: Predictions of America’s Imminent Secularization from the Puritans to the Present Day (Oxford UP, 2008), Senior Editor, Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History (2013), co-editor, Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (2017), and co-organizer and co-editor of the forthcoming Rethinking Grand Strategy (Oxford). He is at work on several new book projects. Nichols is a frequent commentator on air, online, and in print on the historical dimensions of contemporary U.S. foreign policy and politics. He is a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow and is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Segment 1: Isolationism and internationalism in U.S. foreign policy and politics [00:00-10:42]
In this first segment, Chris shares about some of his current research on isolationism.
Segment 2: Directing a Center for Humanities Research [10:43-21:03]
In segment two, Chris shares about his experience directing Oregon State’s Center for the Humanities.
Segment 3: Sharing Research with Broad Audiences [21:04-33:27]
In segment three, Chris discusses his strategies for sharing his research more broadly.
Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-04:34]: The Process of Being Nominated for a Carnegie Fellowship
Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-06:46]: Defining Isolationism
Bonus Clip #3 [00:00-05:02]: Chris’s Work as a Carnegie Fellow
Bonus Clip #4 [00:00-06:29]: Chris’s Interpretation of Grand Strategy
Bonus Clip #5 [00:00-05:25]: The Relationship Between Isolationism and Internationalism
To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast:
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Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-02:50]: Prioritizing Research Projects
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