USM Faculty First Week 2022: Full Schedule

CONNECT: Building Community at USM

11:15am CDT

An Honest Community: Addressing the Growth of Cheating Enabled by COVID and Technology

When classes became a largely de facto online experience, scholars of all levels became dependent on technology in new ways whether it be for submitting assignments or for using programs like TurnItIn to detect plagiarism and other issues. Yet, there has recently been a boom in methodologies used by students that bypass plagiarism checks and enable student dishonesty, thus this workshop will provide examples of student behavior that disrupts the academic community and discuss how to discover this hidden deceit to maintain the value of the academic community.

Speakers

James Thomas

Assistant Professor, School of Education

Faculty First Week Academic Dishonesty pptx

Tuesday August 16, 2022 11:15am - 12:00pm CDT
Liberal Arts Building 108

Pedagogy, Workshop

1:15pm CDT

From Conversation to Action: Practical Steps and Strategies to Support Mental Health in the Classroom

In the past year(s), there has been a growing conversation about how faculty can support student mental health. This presentation will build on those conversations by offering practical, easy-to-implement strategies in classes to support student mental health.

Speakers

Kristy McRaney

Director, Center for Behavioral Health; Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Psychology

Conversation to Action FFW PPT pdf

Tip Sheet to Support Student MH pdf

Tuesday August 16, 2022 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Liberal Arts Building 108

Pedagogy, Workshop

1:15pm CDT

Incorporating Experiential Learning with Interdisciplinary Teaching to Enhance Students' Learning Experiences

Incorporating experiential learning in interdisciplinary teaching expands students' content learning and real-world experiences to better prepare for their future career fields. The presentation will focus on how collaborating with similar content areas enables students to better grasp industry experiences while exposing them to continued career growth opportunities and provide opportunities for attendees to begin brainstorming possible connections to simulate the session in their major area.

Speakers

Chris Croft

Assistant Professor, School of Marketing, University of Southern Mississippi

Dr. Chris Croft is currently an Assistant Professor of Sport Management in the College of Business and Economic Development and the School of Marketing at the University of Southern Mississippi. Croft has been involved in intercollegiate athletics and higher education as an assistant... Read More →

Wei Wang

Associate Professor, School of Marketing, The University of Southern Mississippi

Tuesday August 16, 2022 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Liberal Arts Building 204

Pedagogy, Workshop

2:15pm CDT

Opportunities and Challenges in Creating Community at Public Regional Universities

Public regional universities (PRUs), or open-access institutions, is a sector of higher education with learning and teaching-centered roots and a historic commitment to underserved populations. As a PRU, Southern Miss is a quality, cost-effective postsecondary option for a broad range of students. The session will explore each of our roles in making a campus community that serves a diverse array of people and delivers on the very mission of public regional universities.

Speakers

Laura Laughlin

Director, Fraternity & Sorority Life

Tuesday August 16, 2022 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Joseph Greene Hall 104

Pedagogy, Workshop

10:15am CDT

Considerations for Classroom Re-Socialization

Since the return to face-to-face instruction, everyone has had to readapt and readjust to a new "normal" in the college classroom (online and in person). The purpose of this session is to discuss insights learned from students during the 2021-2022 academic year in their return to face to face instruction/format. However, this discussion is inclusive of, and relevant for, online (asynchronous and synchronous/chat) faculty and students as well.

Speakers

Michelle McLeese

Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Social Science and Global Studies, The University of Southern Mississippi

Dr. McLeese holds a PhD, MS, and BS in Sociology, and a BS in Psychology. While Dr. McLeese teaches a variety of areas in her discipline, her research is focused on the areas of crime/deviance and health (especially mental health). Her dissertation examined subjective responses of... Read More →

Wednesday August 17, 2022 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
Liberal Arts Building 108

Pedagogy, Workshop

1:15pm CDT

Advising 101

As faculty, you are an expert in your discipline but may find yourself feeling lost when given a set of students to advise. In this session you will learn the foundation to providing effective academic advising to your students.

Speakers

Christy Oberst

Director, University Advisement Center, USM

FFW2022 Advising101 pdf

Thursday August 18, 2022 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Liberal Arts Building 108

Pedagogy, Workshop

2:15pm CDT

The Interteaching Approach to Course Design: Building Community via the Interactive Pursuit of Shared Goals

Interteaching is an active learning approach to course design that provides substantial opportunities for personal and engaging peer-to-peer and student-to-instructor interactions. This workshop will review the evidence base for the approach, discuss the aspects of implementation, and provide first-hand experience of an instructor who implemented interteaching in larger class (n ≈ 110).

Speakers

Austen Anderson

Assistant Professor, School of Psychology

Thursday August 18, 2022 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Liberal Arts Building 204

Pedagogy, Workshop

9:15am CDT

Open to the Public: Finding and Using Public Domain and Openly-Licensed Instructional Materials

This session will provide faculty with a general overview of copyright law regarding using outside materials for instruction, and will specifically focus on Public Domain and openly-licensed materials that can be easily utilized with little or no permission required. Attendees will learn how to find and incorporate these materials into their courses and/or teach their students how to do the same.

Speakers

Joshua Cromwell

Scholarly Communications Manager, University Libraries, The University of Southern Mississippi

Jessica Clark

Assistant Curator of Historical Manuscripts

Friday August 19, 2022 9:15am - 10:00am CDT
Joseph Greene Hall 104

Pedagogy, Workshop

11:15am CDT

Fitting in Growth Mindset and Self Care into Your Venn Diagram

If we look at our work and our lives as a Venn Diagram, we may notice that the section for self care and growth seems to be shrinking at times. We will look at ways to enhance that section by finding ways to incorporate growth mindset in our courses in order to encourage growth in ourselves, others and help to build a better campus community

Speakers

Marlene Naquin

Lecturer, School of Coastal Resilience, University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast

Friday August 19, 2022 11:15am - 12:00pm CDT
Joseph Greene Hall 104

Pedagogy, Workshop

1:15pm CDT

A Recipe for Creating A Classroom Community

The session will share the results of fusing the Course Contents (Graphic Design), Service-Learning, Active Learning, ACUE practices, and Career Centered Objectives to cultivate an engaging classroom community while building a connection with the non-profit community.

Audience members can expect to learn how participating in USM's Service-Learning, ACUE, and other Faculty Development seminars, courses, or activities could help them create a unique learning experience and project(s) for students. Depending on how the different pedagogies are integrated, it could generate a recipe for student learning. They will also get an opportunity to see how using these different pedagogies affected the student's design work and how it brought Sophmore-level Graphic Design classes closer to each other.

Speakers

Linh Nguyen

Assistant Professor, School of Performing and Visual Arts, University of Southern Mississippi

Recipe 4 Class Community Present pdf

Friday August 19, 2022 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Joseph Greene Hall 104

Pedagogy, Workshop