2016-17: India & London
ACM faculty site visits in 2016-17 have taken groups of faculty to India and the U.K. to learn about three ACM off-campus study programs.
Spring 2017 faculty site visit to London, U.K.
Fall 2016 faculty site visit to Pune, India
Spring 2017: London
Faculty and students visiting Hampton Court Palace. Faculty (back row, l-r): Scott Legge (Macalester), Kristin Larson (Monmouth), Cyn Fitch (Knox), Amy Weldon (Luther), Rebecca S. Graff (Lake Forest), and Corinne Scheiner (Colorado).
Program visited: London & Florence: Arts in Context (spring semester and winter quarter/trimester)
Read blog posts from the London faculty site visit!
Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived by Amy Weldon, Luther College
Two of My Favorite Things as a Historical Archaeologist by Rebecca S. Graff, Lake Forest College
Living in the City and Gaining Independence by Kristin Larson, Monmouth College
We Laughed, We Gasped, We Gawked by Cyn Fitch, Knox College
Lunch at Ottolenghi by Corinne Scheiner, Colorado College
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Highlights of the visit:
- Class field visits to Hampton Court Palace, Hunterian Museum, Freud Museum, and to see Romeo & Juliet at the Globe Theatre
- Meetings with students, Visiting Faculty Director Nancy Barry (Luther College), Instructor Andrew Kennedy, and students
- Giving presentations and workshops to the students in conjunction with their courses
- Tour of the student housing and time for neighborhood exploration.
- Discussion of site-based learning and the professional and pedagogical impact for faculty of leading study abroad programs
Faculty participants:
- Cyn Fitch, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing, Knox College
- Rebecca S. Graff, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Lake Forest College
- Kristin Larson, Professor of Psychology, Monmouth College
- Scott Legge, Associate Professor of Anthropology (Biological), Macalester College
- Corinne Scheiner, Maytag Professor in Comparative Literature and Judson M. Bemis Professor in the Humanities, Colorado College
- Amy Weldon, Associate Professor of English, Luther College
Fall 2016: India
October 17-20, 2016
Programs visited: India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization (fall semester) and India: Development Studies & Hindi Language (spring semester and winter quarter/trimester)
- Danielle Fatkin, Assistant Professor of History, Knox College
- Martyn Smith, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Lawrence University
- DeAne Lagerquist, Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College
- Lee Emma Running, Associate Professor of Art, Grinnell College
- Peter Balaam, Associate Professor of English, Carleton College