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- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
- Anies Al-Hroub Chairperson APPENDIX A: SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION CENTER (SMEC) A. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
- SMEC Faculty Research
- Science and Mathematics Goes Public Series
- 18 th Annual SMEC Conference (SMEC 18)
- B. PERSONNEL ACADEMIC
- Tamer Amin SMEC Director DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS
F. PUBLICATIONS: Anies Al-Hroub With Berri, H. ADHD in Lebanese schools: Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Springer International Publishing, 2016. “Tracking dropout students in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.” Educational Research Quarterly, 38, 52-79. “The development of educational inspection system in Libya. UNICEF and the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES), Beirut, Lebanon, 2015. With N. Bashour (2015). Review Report on the Current Practices of Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training Programs in Libya. UNICEF and Tala Establishment for Educational Materials, 2015. With N. Bashour. National Rollout Plan for KG Provision in Libya. UNICEF and Tala Establishment for Educational Materials, 2015. Tamer Amin “Coordinating metaphor in science, learning and instruction: The case of energy.” In A. Beger and T. H. Smith, eds., Making Science Accessible: Metaphor guiding the conduct of science, science education, and popularization. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, forthcoming. “The Complexity of Scientific Concepts: The Good and the Bad News for Educators.” In F. Corni F. and T. Altiero, eds., Innovazione nella didattica delle scienze nella scuola primaria e dell’infanzia: al crocevia fra discipline scientifiche e umanistiche. Vol. III. Atti del convegno 2014 – Articoli selezionati. Mantova (Italia): Universitas Studiorum S.r.l. (Ed.), 2015.
With M. K. Naja. “The Effects of fatalism and Denial on Earthquakes Preparedness levels.” Disaster Prevention and Management, 25:2 (2016): 154-167. With M. K. Naja. “Are colleges in Lebanon preparing students for future earthquake disasters?” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 14(2015): 519-526.
Journal Articles and chapters in books:
Conference Proceedings:
Karma El-Hassan
Rabih El-Mouhayar
Ghazi Ghaith
Murad Jurdak
Rima Karami Akkary
Papers submitted for publication:
Vivian Khamis
Rola Khishfe
Barend Vlaardingerbroek 1. Vlaardingerbroek, B. & Taylor, N, (Eds.) (2016). Teacher Quality in Upper Secondary Science Education: International Perspectives. NY: Palgrave-Macmillan. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Having completed a self-study report in 2014, we are still working on the process of implementing permanent changes aimed at: (1) upgrading the department of education to a “school”; (2) restructuring the BA program to include new track on early childhood education/homeroom teaching; (3) developing MEd degree in Education (Professional MA); developing and introducing a PhD. Program; (4) revising the MA programs in light of the new PhD. Program; (5) continue the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Department of Education (1915-2015); (6) organize inter-regional conference on math and science education and a conference on learning disabilities in November 2016; (7) write a chapter about the history of the Department of Education; (8) organize a forum for Graduate Education Students; (9) refurbish the classrooms and the Department’s administration area; and (10) secure fund to help graduate students attend regional and international conferences. Anies Al-Hroub Chairperson APPENDIX A: SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION CENTER (SMEC) A. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES The following activities took place in SMEC between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016:
The Eighteenth Annual Science and Math Educators’ Conference (SMEC18) was organized by the Science and Math Education Center (SMEC on the campus of AUB on March 12, 2016. The Conference program included two plenary sessions and more than 40 peer-reviewed presentations that included research reports, developmental workshops, and innovative ideas in addition to a textbook exhibit in which six publishers or distributors participated. Over 400 teachers, coordinators, school administrators and university faculty attended the conference.
The Science and Math Education Center, in collaboration with the Education Students Society (ESS), organized the 22nd Annual Science, Math and Technology Fair on the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd, 2016. The fair provided K-12 students from 28 schools throughout Lebanon with the opportunity to share scientific, mathematical and technological projects with their peers from other schools. The Fair involved over 500 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 contributing projects. Science and Math education students, SMEC faculty as well as over 40 professors and advanced students from many science, technology and math oriented departments at AUB participated as judges.
B. PERSONNEL ACADEMIC
Non-ACADEMIC
Tamer Amin SMEC Director DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
The Department of English continues to offer BA degree programs in Language and Literature, and minors in three areas: Language, Literature, and Creative Writing. In cooperation with the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, it also offers a minor in Translation, and in cooperation with Fine Arts and Art History and the Civilization Studies Program, a Minor in Theater. In addition, this academic year, the Department of English started two new minors: a Minor in Gender Studies (revamping the former Minor in Gender Studies housed in FAS which was not doable due to old, inexistent courses) an, in collaboration with Media Studies, a Minor in Film and Visual Culture. At the graduate level, the Department offers MA degrees in Language and in Literature. The proposal of a new MA degree in Rhetoric and Composition was approved in FAS and is now pending approval in the University Board of Graduate Studies. The Department of English has broadened the scope of its courses, which include courses in literature (English, American, and comparative/world literature), language, rhetoric and composition, creative writing, translation, theater, film and visual culture, gender and women’s studies, digital humanities, in addition to courses in academic writing offered by the Communication Skills Program (see Appendix A). The high enrollment in all categories shows a high demand for English courses, both for majors and for the university community at large. The Department qualifies as “the point of entry and incubator for new forms of inquiry that reach out to other disciplines,” as documented in the External Review (see A.2.) It has received additional majors, amounting to 89 undergraduate and graduate students in 2015-16, some opting for dual degree or double major. The Department of English successfully underwent a Program Review with external reviewers Professors Mary Louise Pratt (NYU) and David Lightfoot (Georgetown) visiting the Department on Feb. 18-19. The departmental Program Review Committee (chaired by Kassim Shaaban; members: Ira Allen, Doyle Avant, David Currell, Amy Zenger) produced a detailed self-study in preparation and the departmental Chairperson set the reviewers’ schedule, including meetings with faculty members and students of the Department’s different programs. The review was an extremely productive exercise for the Department, encouraging discussion and collaboration across programs. The reviewers’ “overall impression of the Department was very positive,” describing it as “a flagship department at AUB that stands at the very heart of its liberal arts mission. Without it, that mission does not exist” (External Review). The Department ran four searches: in Rhetoric and Composition (replacement of L. Arnold), Translation (new line), Language (new line), and Gender and Women’s Studies (new line) with altogether 10 on campus visits (including job talks, class sessions, meetings with the Dean of FAS, Chairperson, faculty, and students). Three of the searches were successful with Dr. Erin Zimmerman in Rhetoric and Composition, Dr. Rana Issa in Translation, and Dr. Niamh Kelly in Language. Unfortunately the only shortlisted candidate in Gender and Women’s Studies declined the offer, but the search added positively to the gender and women’s studies initiative at AUB and the Department is re-running the search next year. The Department hosted Visiting Professor in Linguistics Anaïd Donabédian-Demopoulos from INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) and a number of affiliates, whose stay at AUB ranged from one to twelve months: Dr. Catherine Hansen (Comparative Literature, Princeton University); Dr. Veronique Traverso (CNRS, Paris); Yvonne Albers (CNMS, University of Marburg), Dr. Felix Lang (CNMS, University of Marburg). The Department’s internal standing committees (Assessment, Undergraduate, Graduate, and Communication Skills) made significant achievements. The Assessment Committee (chaired by John Pill) carried out the PLO reports and presented a three-year plan for ELIT and ELNG programs and explained how these reports are linked to the Department’s mission. The Undergraduate Committee (chaired by Doyle Avant) oversaw the catalogue revisions of the undergraduate programs in language and literature. The Graduate Committee (chaired by Adam Waterman) revised the comprehensive exam in literature, which now takes the form of a thesis proposal defense, in line with the language program. In addition, it oversaw the revisions of the graduate curriculum in literature, requiring students to take courses from three categories: literary history, comparative literature, and literary and cultural studies, which were approved by the Department as well as by the FAS Graduate Committee. These revisions are at the basis of a future PhD program in literature.
The Department saw the revival of the English Student Society and the formation of three other clubs, not restricted to but coming out of the Department: The Africa Club, the Gender and Sexuality Club, and Cultural Studies Club. In addition the Department, together with the English Student Society, organized its first departmental graduation ceremony on May 20 in Bathish Auditorium, West Hall. The Department’s website continues to be updated and redesigned as well as its Twitter account @AUB_ENGL and Facebook page (new) for the purposes of communication with students and community building within and beyond AUB.
With Rusted Radishes, a reading and discussion with Karim Dimechkie author of “Lifted by the Great Nothing,” 18.9.2015. A Lecture by Dr. Felix Lang on '”Tales of Trauma and Capital: The second generation of Lebanese post-civil war novelists,” 13.10.2015. With CAMES, a talk by Dr. Yasmine Khayyat, “War Remains: Southern Counterpublics, Literature and Memory in Lebanon,” 27.11.2015. With AMPL and in collaboration with the Ahliah School, a translation event by the students of English 233 and English 262A to celebrate the translation into English of Anis Makdisi’s poem أمنا مهد الصبا ‘, 7.12.2015. With AMPL and CAMES, a poetry reading and conversation with May Muzaffar, “Absence: The Manifestations of a Recollected Presence,” 8.12. 2015. A miniconference featuring the research-in-progress of students in English 302J: “Renaissance Tragedy,” 8.12. 2015. With Media Studies, a talk by Professor Laura Marks “Hanan al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image,” 9.12.2015. Readings in Memory of Jean-Marie (née McKenna) Cook and Suheil R. Bushrui, former chairpersons of the Department of English, 10.12. 2015. Erin Zimmerman, “Exploring Disciplinary Boundaries of Visual Communication: What Lies between Composition and Biology,” 4.2.2016 (job talk). Jesse Priest, “Sustainable Public Intellectualism: Engagement and Student Scientist-Activists,” 8.2.2016 (job talk). Dima Ayoub, “Cartographies of Translation: Ahdaf Soueif’s The Map of Love between English and Arabic,”11.02. 2016 (job talk). Rana Issa, “Translation as a Tool for Synchronization since the Age of Globalization: The Case of the Arab Nahda,” 16.2.2016 (job talk). Niamh Kelly, “Pitch Accent, Focus & Lexical Stress: Experimental Evidence from Norwegian (and Welsh),” 23.2.2016 (job talk). Kevin Schluter “Similarity and the Organization of the Mental Lexicon,” 25.2.2016 (job talk). Soraya Batmanghelichi, “Gender and Women’s Studies: ‘Deviance’ Wears Adidas: When Iran’s Goverment Morality Meets PLWH (People Living with HIV/AIDS),” 11.03.2016 (job talk). With CAH, a talk by Harry Garuba, “Travelling into the World: African Writing and Modes of Entry into World Literature,” 16.3.2016. Naazneen Diwan, “Rewriting the Self: Muslim Women and Resilience in the Kalaashakti Expressive Arts and Mindfulness Workshops,” 16.3.2016 (job talk). Deema Kaedbey, “Connecting Communities and Struggles: Queer Feminist Thought from Lebanon,” 17.3.2016 (job talk). With CAH, a workshop with Arab Loutfi on “The Egyptian Melodrama: Cinematic Consequences of the (so-called) Arab Spring.” 20.4.2016. With OIRA, a talk by Catherine Elder, “English language assessment in higher education,” 26.4.2016. With CAH, the Annual Lyric-Translation event, “Lyricism and Language: The Prolific Translation Journey,” an exhibition organized by the students of English 233, 27.4.2016. With CAH, a talk by Rebecca Dingo “Re-eValuating Global Girls’ Empowerment: Toward a Transnational Feminist Literacy” and a workshop on “Interdisciplinarity in English Studies,” 27.4.2016. With the FAS Gender and Women’s Studies initiatives, a very special “reading days” film series of “Urban Intimacies,” 2-4.5.2016. With Fine Arts and Art History, a book exhibition and international conference, “Books in Motion: Exploring Concepts of Mobility in Cross-Cultural Studies of the Book,” 5-7.5.2016. With CAH, a workshop on Italian Theory and Cinema with Lorenzo Chiesa (Genoa School of Humanities), “Pasolini: From the Failed Revolution of 1968 to Anthropological Genocide,” 9.5.2016. With CAH, a screening of “The Tarnished Angels,” followed by a workshop on Cinema and Geo-Politics with Elizabeth R. Anker 10.5.2016. A workshop on publishing, “Writing between Disciplines,” with Libby Anker, 11.5.2016.
Youssef, Jennie (PT Fall, Instructor MA Spring)
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