Teaching Innovation in the Arts and Humanities
August 24, 2020
Fifty-one ARHU proposals received Teaching Innovation Grants to enhance student learning and engagement for Fall 2020.
By ARHU Staff
Reimagined online printmaking courses with high quality technical demonstrations. Technology to enable real-time practice in Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish courses. And portable recorders for 450 School of Music students to capture and upload high-quality recordings of auditions, lesson assignments, performances and research.
These are among the upgrades coming to courses and programs across the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) this fall, as learning will remain primarily online due to COVID-19. In total, 51 ARHU proposals received Teaching Innovation Grants to improve the use of educational technology to enhance student learning and engagement with online course material during the Fall 2020 semester.
The grants, which were awarded by the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost across 12 ARHU departments and one Living-Learning Honors Program, have allowed faculty members to spend the summer exploring new tools, technology and pedagogies.
Across the university, 309 proposals were submitted and 286 were at least partly funded, with an average grant size of $13,000.
ARHU proposals that received grants include:
Department of American Studies
Bayley J. Marquez, assistant professor: AMST 340, “Introduction to Theories and Methods in American Studies”
Susan Pramschufer, senior lecturer: AMST 204, “Film and American Culture Studies” and AMST 328X, “(Dis)ability in American Film”
Department of Art
Patrick M. Craig, associate professor: ARTT 110, “Elements of Drawing I”; ARTT 210, “Elements of Drawing II”; and ARTT 418B, “Advanced Drawing Studio; A Contemporary Approach”
Jessica Gatlin, assistant professor of print & extended media: ARTT 341, “Elements of Printmaking: Woodcut & Relief” and ARTT 489T, “Special Topics: Prints & The Revolution”
Wendy Jacobs, senior lecturer and undergraduate director: ARTT 100, “Two-Dimensional Design Fundamentals”
Matthew McLaughlin, lecturer: ARTT 418B, “Advanced Drawing Studio; A Contemporary Approach”
John Ruppert, professor: ARTT 489K, “Cast Image” and ARTT 489L, “Found Object and Mixed Media”
Justin D. Strom, assistant professor and graduate director: ARTT 341, “Elements of Printmaking: Woodcut and Relief” and ARTT 343, “Elements of Printmaking: Screen Printing”
Department of Art History
Abigail McEwen, associate professor of Latin American art and director of undergraduate studies: Grant for Carillon Communities/I-Series Course Redesign
Department of Communication
Lindsey Anderson, assistant professor: COMM 107, “Oral Communication: Principles and Practices”
Nicholas Joyce, assistant professor: COMM 382, “Intercultural Communication”
Design Cultures & Creativity (DCC) Living-Learning Honors Program
Shannon Leah Collis, associate professor of art: HDCC 208C, “Seminar in Digital Cultures and Creativity: Sound Cultures and Practices”
Jason Farman, professor of American studies and director of the Design Cultures & Creativity (DCC) Program: HDCC 105, “Introduction to Design Cultures & Creativity”
Evan Golub, senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Computer Science: HDCC 208N, “Seminar in Digital Cultures and Creativity; Innovations in Images and Technology”
Jessica H. Lu, DCC associate director: HDCC 201, “Capstone Proposal through Design Thinking”
Jessica H. Lu, DCC associate director: HDCC 208O, “Critical Data Modeling”
Department of English
Merle Collins, professor and director of the Latin American Studies Center: Grant with the Office of International Affairs’ Global Classrooms Connections program to expand faculty support for re-designing courses to include global engagement with international university partners
Jessica Enoch, professor and director of academic writing: Grant for the Academic Writing Program
Gabrielle Fuentes, assistant professor creative writing: Grant for creative writing (CRWR) workshops
Jason Rudy, professor: Grant for the honors programs in the Departments of English, American Studies and Art History
Scott Trudell, associate professor: ENGL 301, “This is English: Fields and Methods”
Scott Wible, associate professor, director of professional writing: Grant for the Professional Writing Program
Department of History
Richard Bell, professor: HIST 132, “Fighting Slavery”
Ting Zhang, assistant professor: HIST 284, “East Asian Civilization I”
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Mauro Resmini, assistant professor of film studies and Italian: FILM 245, “Film Form and Culture” (also listed as ENGL 245)
Mary Ellen Scullen, associate professor of French: Grant for the redesign of 30 language courses across eight languages (Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish)
Juan Uriagereka, professor of linguistics: SPAN 425, “Hispanic Linguistics II: Structures of Spanish”
Department of Linguistics
Michelle Morrison, assistant research scientist at the UMD Center for Advanced Study of Language: LING 200, “Introductory Linguistics”; LING 240, “Language and Mind”; HESP 120, “Introduction to Linguistics”
School of Music
Amanda Consol, lecturer & director of acting, Maryland Opera Studio: MUSC 379, “Opera Workshop”
Dora Hanninen, professor of music theory, division coordinator for theory and composition: MUSC 150, “Theory of Music I”; MUSC 250, “Advanced Theory of Music I”; and MUSC 450, “Musical Form”
Craig Kier, associate professor of voice/opera; director, Maryland Opera Studio; division coordinator, Conducting & Ensembles: Grant for SOM Ensembles
Edward Maclary, professor of conducting & ensembles; director of Choral Activities; professor of voice/opera: Conducting Grant
Gregory Miller, director-designate: Technology Grant
Irina Muresanu, associate professor of violin: MUSC 400S/600/800S (String Pedagogy)
Timothy Powell, senior lecturer of saxophone; interim director of jazz; University Jazz Band; UMD Chamber Jazz Combos: Grant for Jazz Studies Area
David Salness, professor of violin and director & string coordinator of chamber & small ensembles: Grant for Chamber Music Ensembles
Rita Sloan, director of collaborative piano studies: MUSC 129/428/608 (section 7901)/609 “Meaningful Connections”
Patrick Warfield, associate director for faculty affairs & graduate studies, professor of musicology & ethnomusicology: Grant for General Education courses
J. Lawrence Witzleben, professor of musicology & ethnomusicology, World Music Ensembles Coordinator: MUSC 260, “Music as Global Culture”
Daniel Zimmerman, lecturer in music theory and coordinator of the Aural Skills Program: Grant to standardize the aural skills curriculum and develop a database of dictation examples
Department of Philosophy
Hallie Liberto, associate professor: PHIL 140, “Contemporary Moral Issues”
Eric Pacuit, associate professor: PHIL 171, “Reasoning for Humans: Clear Thinking in an Uncertain World”
Rachel Singpurwalla, associate professor of philosophy: PHIL 310, “Ancient Philosophy”
School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Andrew Robert Cissna, lecturer, lighting design: Grant for the creation of a 3D, interactive theater space where students can get access to information inside a digital representation of the Kay Theatre
Crystal Davis, assistant professor of dance performance and scholarship: DANC 604, “Dance Pedagogy” and THET 606, “Teaching Theatre”
Leslie Felbain, associate professor of theatre performance: THET 285, “The Art of Communication and Presentation”
Helen Q Huang, professor of dance/theatre design and production: THET 649, “Advanced Design Studio in Costume” and THET 473, “Rendering for Theatre II”
Jared Mezzocchi, associate professor of dance/theatre design and production: Grant to enhance live performance strategies for a virtual stage
Lisa Nathans, assistant professor of theatre performance: THET 310, “Voice for the Actor 1”; THET 351, “Musical Theatre I”; THET 411, “Voice for the Actor II”
Kendra Portier, assistant professor of dance performance and scholarship, Maya Brin Endowed Professor in Dance: DANC 228/9, “Ballet I” and “Ballet II”; DANC 328/9, “Ballet III” and “Ballet IV”; DANC 448/9, “Modern Dance V” and “Modern Dance VI”; DANC 689B, “Special Topics in Dance”
Department of Women’s Studies
Iván A. Ramos, assistant professor of LGBTQ studies, and Sydney F. Lewis, lecturer: WMST 200, “Introduction to Women’s Studies: Women and Society”; WMST 250, “Introduction to Women’s Studies: Women, Art and Culture”; LGBT 200, “Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies”; WMST 298, “Women’s Bodies in Contention”