Online Seminars

Faculty Career Development Webcasts

Join IHS this fall for an online seminar series on advancing liberty through your teaching and research. The autumn lineup includes insights into teaching, developing an effective public voice, and opportunities for intellectual development.

Please enroll (cost free) by clicking on the Register link on the right. Feel free to sign up for as many sessions as you choose.

How Does It All Get Done? Time Management for Faculty

The notoriously productive Dr. Horwitz will discuss the (many) makings of a successful, liberty-advancing academic career, including establishing a balance of teaching, mentoring, research, writing, public intellectual work, service to school, and your personal life.

• April 26th, 3:00-4:00 PM EST
• Speaker: Dr. Steve Horwitz, St. Lawrence University

Past Sessions:

Online Teaching

Best practices, teaching style, community building, and connecting with students in an online setting.

• Thursday, October 25, 7:00-8:00pm EST
• Speaker: Danny Shahar, University of Arizona

Teaching Outside the Classroom

Overview of mentoring, starting reading groups, organizing speaker series, advising student groups, helping students get published, and other possibilities outside the classroom.

• Tuesday, October 30, 7:00-8:00pm EST
• Speaker: Dr. Joshua Hall, Beloit

Why Be a Public Intellectual?

Presentation of why and how to work with the media.

• Monday, November 26, 7:00-8:00pm EST
• Speaker: Dr. Art Carden, Samford University

Getting Started With the Media

Advice for scholars interested in writing op-eds, and contributing to public dialogue through television, print, and radio.

• Thursday, November 29, 7:00-8:00pm EST
• Speaker: Dr. Art Carden, Samford University

Your Guide to Online Teaching

Explore the implications of the online-education revolution including online classroom models and technology, assignments, grading, dealing with cheating, online teaching philosophy, becoming a stellar online lecturer.

• Feb 26th OR May 1st, 8:00-9:00 PM EST
• Danny Shahar, University of Arizona