Students are invited to meet and have coffee with the first of four candidates for the Joint Hire (Foresty and LFS) for Lecturer in Communications, Dr. Neil Leveridge on Monday January 27,  McM 350, 11:15 – 11:45. The position is to provide leadership in teaching communication courses, including LFS/FRST 150 Scholarly Writing and Argumentation, to students in both Faculties.

Please also join us for presentations on Monday Jan 27,  by Dr. Leveridge as follows:

09:30-11:00 McM 258	Teaching Seminar: “The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation
14:00-14:45 FSC 1220	Talk on Educational Leadership

We welcome your feedback on Dr. Leveridge.  Please email the Co-chair of the hiring committee, at Christine.scaman@ubc.ca to request a feedback form if you are unable to attend the presentations.

Dr. Leveridge obtained his  PhD in Educational Technology (Computer Science/Education) from the National Central University in Taiwan.  He has extensive experience teaching first-year foundational writing courses.  His course development experience includes senior level communications at both Master and PhD levels.

For the past 4 years he has been course lead for seven sections of VANT 140, at Vantage College, and  has taught 44 sections of 3 different courses, focusing on 6 different communication genres.  He is the Technology Assistant for the Academic English Program at UBC Vantage College.  One of his project is  “Virtual Reality Learning” supported by UBC’s 3D-Learning Initiative

Christine Scaman  PhD
Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Room 247, 2205 East Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 1804 | Fax 604 822 5143
christine.scaman@ubc.ca
https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/christinescaman/