Brown Bag Series Looks at Workload Issues
Two professors discuss workload issues and editing refererence works at noon on Feb. 22 in Stevenson 3082 as part of the Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Forum. Mike Ezra (AMCS), presents “Putting Together an Edited Volume,” a talk about the trials and rewards of editing an anthological reference work, with tips to new editors about what to expect in the process.
Birch Moonwomon, English, offers “Workload at SSU: Ideologies in Conflict,” a short critical discourse analysis of talk by faculty in an SSU department during an interview concerning workload and health. The loose structure of the interview conversation allowed interviewees to lead the talk into areas where they could directly express their ideological conflicts with the management's use of a corporation model for the academic institution. Phonology, lexical choice, syntax, and topic management are examined for how they are used by speakers to construct ideological identities at the workplace in opposition to those that the speakers feel the management would have them construct.
ARTStor Training for Faculty
All faculty interested in incorporating more visuals into their teaching or research are welcome to sign-up for an ARTStor training on Friday, March 9 in Schulz 2050. ARTStor is one of the University Library's subscription databases and provides collections of art images and associated data. It contains more than 300,000 images embracing architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture. Two sessions will be offered. Trainings are limited to 30 people.
The morning session is a prerequisite called Introduction to ARTStor scheduled for 9-10:30 a.m. and is for beginners. The second session, Teaching with ARTStor, is 1:30-3:30 p.m. and focuses on using the unique teaching tools in ARTStor. RSVP to Raye Lynn Thomas by March 2, thomasra@sonoma.edu.