Location: Glen Rowan House, Lake Forest College. Lake Forest, IL. Download a pdf version of the schedule
8:00-8:45 a.m.
Breakfast/Coffee
8:45-9:00 a.m.
Welcome: Dave Park and Beth Corzo-Duchardt
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Panel: Beyond our Disciplines: Media, Communication, and Film in the Liberal Arts
- Hugo Ljungbäck, “Forty Years of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee”
- Carol Donelan, “Reflections on Modes of Knowing in the Liberal Arts Film Curriculum”
- Dave Park, “Communication and the Liberal Arts on the Margins”
- Linda Horwitz, “Putting Public Speaking back into the Introduction to Communication Course: A Return to the Past as a Way to Contribute to Lake Forest College’s New Old General Education Curriculum (GEC)”
10:45-12:15 p.m.
Panel: The Practical Logics of Writing For and With the Media
- Jefferson Pooley, “Implementing Domain of One’s Own into a Media & Communication Major”
- Nathan A. Jung, “Podcasting and Composition”
- Matthew McKeague & John Ellerbach, “Teaching Comedy Writing at the College Level Using Bloom’s Taxonomy”
- Mark Brewin, “Technology as Content and Form: Using the Media to Teach the Media”
12:15-1:30 p.m.
Lunch (with designated tables for topical discussions among attendees) click here for online submission form
1:30 – 2:30
Free time for participants
[concurrent with MCFLAC steering committee meeting]
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Panel: Feminist Theory and Gender Differences Within the Media
- Sean Gilmore
- Ivy Glennon
- Ida Gunadi
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Panel: Moving Image Pedagogies
- Sabiha Khan, “Animating the Kress Collection: Continuities Between Digital Media Production and Renaissance Painting in a Liberal Arts Context”
- Joe Bookman, “Views from The Dark Mountain: Teaching Digital Media and the Anthropocene”
- Gyuchon Jeon, “Combination, Mobilization of Film and Fine Arts in Teaching of Communication Philosophy”
- Liz Benacka, “Strangers in the Dark: A Case for Queer Theory in Introductory Film Courses”
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Optional gathering at local bar (MCFLAC covers at least the first round…)
Shuttle back to hotels at 9:00 p.m.
Location: Glen Rowan House, Lake Forest College. Lake Forest, IL. Download a pdf version of the schedule
8:00-8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
8:45-10:15 a.m.
Panel: The World at Peril: Journalism Pedagogy and Practice in the Liberal Arts
- Sara Vigneri, “What Happens When Student Journalists Dare to do Journalism at Private Colleges?”
- Michael Griffin, “Classroom Scholarship and Community Engagement”
- Steve Macek, “Project Censored in the Classroom”
- Sarah Wolter, “Media & Democracy”
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Panel: Balancing Critical and Vocational Interests in Media Industry Pedagogy
- Mark Perry, “Integrating Theory and Practice in Media Production”
- Camille Yale, “Integrating Media Industries Studies into the Liberal Arts Curriculum”
- Lisa Lynch, “‘Don’t Be So Negative!’: Blending Critical Media Studies With Career Exploration at Drew”
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Interfacing With Administrators as a Media, Communication, or Film Studies Faculty Member
Round Table Participants:
- Martin J. Lang
- Lisa Lynch
- Jefferson Pooley
- Dave Park
12:30-1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45-3:15 p.m.
Panel: Fostering Media Production Curricula in a Liberal Arts Context
- Martin Lang
- Beth Corzo-Duchardt
- Lissa Heineman
- Andrew Miller
- Joe Tarantowski
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Making Critical Analysis Matter: Approaches to Teaching Media, Film, and Rhetorical Criticism
- Theresa A. Donofrio
- David Deifell
- Emily Goodmann
4:30-5:00 p.m.
Discussion: The Future of MCFLAC
Facilitators:
- Dave Park
- Beth Corzo-Duchardt