Info on the other candidates and the schedule:
David Janzen – Thursday Jan 30
Daniel Riccardi Friday Jan 31
Lindsay Cuff Thursday Feb 6
The details of their talks and bios are below and can replace Neil’s information in the notice below.
Thanks
Chris
Dr. David Janzen, Friday, January 31:
14:45-15:15 | Coffee with graduate and undergraduate students | FSC 3101 |
Teaching Seminar
9:30-11:00am
FSC 1221
“The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation
Talk on Educational Leadership
2:00-2:45pm
FSC 1220
Dr. Janzen received his PhD in 2017 from the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo, where he specializes in the development and instruction of communication courses for students in the Faculty of Science. Dr. Janzen is the Principal Investigator on the project “Student Podcasting as Project-Based Learning in Science Communication”. He is also a co-applicant on a research project “Soil as a Relational Media”.
Daniel Riccardi, Monday, February 3:
14:45-15:15 | Coffee with graduate and undergraduate students | FSC 3101 |
Teaching Seminar
9:30-11:00am
McM 258
“The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation
Talk on Educational Leadership
2:00-2:45pm
FSC 1220
Daniel Riccardi received his Master of Arts degree in 2014 in Language & Literacies Education from The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Since 2015, he has been a Lecturer in the Academic English Program at Vantage College, where he has been involved in the design and re-design of communications course linked to various disciplines. He is the current Chair of the Management Program at Vantage. His key achievements in the area of educational leadership focus on assessment as well as course-embedded Community Engaged Learning opportunities.
Lindsay Cuff, Friday, February 7:
14:45-15:15 | Coffee with graduate and undergraduate students | FSC 3101 |
Teaching Seminar
9:30-11:00am
FSC 1221
“The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation
Talk on Educational Leadership
2:00-2:45pm
McM 258
Lindsay Cuff received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 2009 in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She is currently an Instructor of Communications at the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, BC where she has redeveloped courses to respond to student learning needs. She is leading a funded research initiative investigating how the College of the Rockies can better support English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners.
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Hello LFS,
You are invited to meet and have coffee with the first of four candidates for the Joint Hire (LFS and Forestry) for a Lecturer in Communications, Dr. Neil Leveridge. The position is to provide leadership in teaching communication courses, including LFS 150 and FRST 150, Scholarly Writing and Argumentation, to students in both Faculties. We welcome student feedback on future faculty hires who will teach these foundational courses.
When: Monday, January 27
Where: MacMillan Building, Room 350 (boardroom close to LFS Student Services)
Time: 11:15 – 11:45am
Please also join us for his presentations on the same day, Monday, January 27, by Dr. Leveridge as follows:
Time: 9:30-11:00am
Location: MacMillan, Room 258
Topic: Teaching Seminar: “The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation
Time: 2:00 – 2:45pm
Location: Forest Sciences Building, Room 1220
Topic: Talk on Educational Leadership
About the candidate: 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
We welcome your feedback on Dr. Leveridge in person, or via email. Feel free to email me, Dr. Christine Scaman, FNH faculty member and Co-Chair of the hiring committee, at christine.scaman@ubc.ca to request a feedback form if you are unable to attend the presentations, or with any questions.
Thank you,
Dr. Scaman
Christine Scaman PhD
Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory