Upcoming Professional
Development, Seminars & Speakers
U of M CRLT Players |
Dr. Susan Kauffman
| Dr. Frank Wu
U of M CRLT Theatre Troupe Returns to Michigan Tech
Through Performances, workshops, seminars, and individual consultations, the
CRLT (Center for Research, Learning & Teaching) Theatre Program provides educators and administrators with an innovative
and dynamic approach to sparking dialogue, promoting inclusivity, and effecting
positive change inside and outside the classroom.
Using a solid foundation of research, the CRLT Players develop and present
provocative vignettes in order to engage audience members in thinking and
talking about issues of pedagogy, diversity, and inclusion in the classroom.
Sketches draw the audience into the scene with a mix of comedy, drama and
occasionally music, and are designed to portray the complexities and challenges
of everyday classroom situations. Following each sketch, the audience
dialogues with the actors who stay in character. A trained facilitator
guides this discussion and provides professional expertise and research-based
information about the topic at hand.
CRLT Players Upcoming Presentations at Michigan Tech
- Thursday, Sept. 14 (3:30-5:30) (RSVP
to this session)
Stories from the Maize: Voice and Visions of Diversity
Based on interviews with students,
faculty, and administrators about their personal experiences and thoughts
regarding diversity at the University. This compelling production raises
questions about the meaning of diversity, the complexity of identity, and
what it means to be responsible for institutional change. Sketches draw the
audience into the scene with a mix of comedy, drama and occasionally music,
and are designed to portray the complexities and challenges of everyday
classroom situations. Following each sketch, the audience dialogues with the
actors, who stay in character. A trained facilitator guides the discussion
and provides professional expertise and research-based information about the
topic at hand. After the dialogue, the characters often repeat the sketch,
incorporating audience members’ suggested changes.
- Friday, Sept. 15 (8:15-10:00) (RSVP
to this session)
Tenure Sketch: The Fence
The Fence focuses on a tenure
meeting discussion at the executive committee level of a science department.
The sketch poses questions regarding the fairness of some common issues and
dynamics in tenure discussions and portrays the subtle ways that the gender
can affect a committee’s interpretation of the candidate’s scholarship and
productivity. This sketch is also part of the U-M ADVANCE project (funded by
NSF).
- Friday, Sept. 15 (3:00-5:00) (RSVP
to this session)
Student Conflict in the Classroom
Focuses on a classroom conversation
that suddenly turns contentious, exploring questions surrounding students’
backgrounds and conflicting perspectives, instructor responsibility, and
what does or does not constitute subject-appropriate discussion in the
classroom.
Dr. Susan Kauffman
Dr. Susan Kauffman is the Acting Director of the University of Michigan's Center
for Education of Women, and is the author of numerous publications concerning
civil rights, Women's rights and Women in education and business. She has
worked tirelessly for the education and support of Women since the late 1970s.
She is also the author of the recently published work: "The Gender Impact of
the Proposed Michigan Civil Rights Initiative."
Dr. Susan Kauffman's Upcoming Presentations
- Monday, Sept. 25 (Time TBA)
The Potential Impact of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
Dr. Frank Wu
In 2004, Frank H. Wu became the ninth Dean of Wayne State University Law School
in his hometown of Detroit. From 1995 to 2004, he served on the law faculty of
Howard University, including two years as Clinic Director. He has been an
adjunct professor at Columbia University, a visiting professor at University of
Michigan, and a teaching fellow at Stanford University.
Dean Wu is the author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White and
co-author of Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American
Internment. His writing has appeared on a professional basis in such periodicals
as the Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun,
Chronicle of Higher Education, Legal Times, and Asian Week.
Dr. Frank Wu's Upcoming Presentations
- Monday, Oct. 16, Tuesday, Oct 17 (Time TBA)
Beyond Black and White - Civil rights in the 21st Century
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