Luncheon: CTRL Faculty Award Presentations

Session Location: Butler Board Room | Google Map
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Date: Wednesday, August 21

Time: 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Moderated by Anna Olsson (Assistant Vice Provost, CTRL)

Presenters (and Award winners): Amelia Tseng (Assistant Professor, CAS | World Languages and Cultures) and Sonya Grier (Professor, KSB | Marketing)

Session Description:

At this luncheon, come hear this year’s CTRL Faculty Award Winners talk about their work. Amelia Tseng and her colleagues in the Department of World Languages and Cultures (winners of the Ann Ferren Curriculum Design Award) will talk about creating CAS’s new Linguistics minor, which integrates social science and humanistic perspectives to provide students with linguistic knowledge and a lens through which to understand and critique language’s role in society and social justice. The program underscores the values of inquiry-based liberal arts education in line with World Languages and Cultures’ inherent multiculturalism and global awareness, AU’s focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and student interest in critical scholarship and social engagement. Sonya Grier (the winner of the Milton and Sonia Greenberg Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award) will discuss how we can empower students, who are the future societal leaders, to navigate complex racial issues in the marketplace. Her presentation describes research on teaching strategies to equip students with the skills to identify and dismantle racial bias, promoting equitable marketplaces for all.