Keynote Speaker: David Carr: What is reflective teaching, and how does it affect me?

For more than 30 years, David Carr taught librarianship at Rutgers–the State University of New Jersey, and UNC-Chapel Hill, specializing in collections, reading, and reference services in humanities and social sciences. He assists cultural institutions, educators, and leaders in their interpretations of what their institutions mean to users; helps them to invent and construct new possibilities, often collaborative; and advocates the value of a nourished public imagination in a democracy. He writes extensively about adult learning outside schools, especially in public cultural institutions such as libraries and museums. In recent years, he has lectured and written on the passion for reading in adult life and has assisted public libraries carry out community reading projects. Carr was recognized as a master teacher by the Association for Library and Information Science Education in 1994. He has published more than fifty articles, addresses, chapters and book reviews, and two collections of essays: The Promise of Cultural Institutions in 2003, and A Place Not a Place: Reflection and Possibility in Museums and Libraries in 2006. In 2011 he published Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums. He is now writing and thinking about the value of public cultural institutions as essential instruments in democratic societies. Carr holds a Bachelor’s degree from Drew University, Master’s degrees from Columbia and Rutgers Universities, and the Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Email: wildon.carr@gmail.com

Lunch Speaker: Doug James

Doug James is the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at Duke University’s Graduate School. He teaches courses in college teaching, as well as courses in course design and careers in higher education. James directs the Preparing Future Faculty program, which is part of a nationwide program to help prepare graduate students for their future careers. He develops and coordinates professional development in the areas of teacher training and the Responsible Conduct of Research. James holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Biblical Studies, and Philosophy from Evangel University, a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in Religious & Theological Studies from Northwestern University. Email: douglas.james@duke.edu

Rachael Clemens: Put it on paper: Writing teaching statements

Rachael Clemens is a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her current research interests include the examination of information behavior in a time of personal crisis. By studying elements of human information interactions in the context of personal stress, she hopes to document some of the affective and cognitive influences on the information seeking process. Her questions revolve around the information seeking pathways as well as the purpose behind the search. During her time at UNC she has also taught Retrieving & Analyzing Information and User Education at UNC School of Information & Library Science. Clemens holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Concord College, and a Master of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University. Email: rclemens@unc.edu

Hugh Crumley: Learning from each other: The benefits of peer observation

Hugh Crumley directs the Certificate in College Teaching Program in the Duke University Graduate School. He teaches courses in college teaching and instructional technology, conducts research in instructional technology and TA development and provides instructional consulting for graduate students at Duke University. He is also on the faculty of Duke’s Program in Education, where he teaches educational technology in the Secondary Teacher Preparation Program.  Crumley holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Virginia, a Master of Education from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Virginia. Email: crumley@duke.edu

Hannah Rozear & Sarah Bankston: But I don’t have time for that…Techniques for reflection on the run

Hannah Rozear is a reference librarian in the Duke Divinity library. She holds a BA in Art from Davidson College and an MSLS from UNC Chapel Hill. She has previously worked at Lilly Library (internship, 2007-08), Perkins Library (Reference and Instruction Librarian, 2008-09), and Davidson College (Information Literacy Librarian, 2010-11), among other library appointments.

Sarah Bankston is a field experience student in Duke Libraries Instruction & Outreach. She holds a BA in English from Texas A & M University and an MFA in Creative Writing from North Carolina State University. She will receive her MSLS from UNC Chapel Hill in May 2012.