The 14th Annual Tri -College Faculty & Staff Summer Seminar in
Curriculum & Program Transformation
Alfred University, Alfred State College & St. Bonaventure University
June 15-19, 2015
Hosted by Alfred University
The seminar will run from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm with a break for lunch. Lunch will
be provided. Books will also be provided. The books will be:
 Privilege, Power, and Difference, by Allan Johnson, McGraw Hill, 2nd Ed.
2006
 A Different Mirror, by Ronald Takaki, Rev. Ed., Little Brown Pub., 2008
 Teaching For Diversity and Social Justice, Adams, Bell & Griffin Eds.
Routledge, 2nd ed. 2007.
 Readings For Diversity and Social Justice, Adams, Blumenfeld, Eds.,
Routledge, 3rd ed. 2013.
Seminar facilitators are: Dr. Anita Saunders (formerly of Alfred University) & Dr.
Robert Amico (St. Bonaventure University)
Complete List of Disciplines 2002-2014
Five-College Faculty & Staff Sum. Sem. in Curriculum and Program Transformation
St. Bonaventure U., Alfred State College, Alfred University,
Jamestown Community College. Houghton College
2002 Participants
Alfred State College
Psychology
Social Sciences
English
Computer Imaging
Library Science
St. Bonaventure University
Political Science
Physics
Biology
Marketing
Management
Education
Philosophy
Alfred University
Psychology
Women’s Studies
History
Peace Studies/Phil.
2003 Participants
Alfred University
Theater Arts
Education
Women’s Studies
Linguistics
Biology
Counseling Psych.
Alfred University
Performing Arts
Environmental Studies
Biology
Chemistry
Fine Arts
St. Bonaventure U.
Business Mgmt.
English
Journalism
Counselor Education
Philosophy
2004 Participants
St. Bonaventure
Special Education
Psychology
Philosophy
Education
Theology
Philosophy
JCC Computer Science
Alfred State College
English
Jamestown C. C.
Public Health
Alfred State College
Veterinary Technology
Info. Technologies
Business
English
Mechanical Eng.
Education
Architectural Eng.
2005 Participants
Alfred University
Anthropology
Geology
German
Library Science
Student Life Staff
St. Bonaventure
Education
Campus Ministries
History
Physical Education
Theology
Jamestown Com. Col.
Computer Science
Anthropology
Counseling
2006 Participants
Alfred State College
English
Residence Life
Math & Physics
Computer Imaging
Philosophy
Alfred University
Art History
Art & Design
School Psychology
Asst. Dir. Res. Life
Physical Education
St. Bonaventure Univ.
Sociology
Journalism
Education
Residence Life Director
Psychology
Jamestown CC
Chemistry
History
Business
Library Science
2007 Participants
Alfred State College
Sociology
Mathematics
Comp. Des. & Man.
Physics
Sociology
Alfred University
Student Life
Rural Justice Inst.
School Psychology
Criminal Justice
Philosophy
St. Bonaventure Univ.
Student Life
Journalism
Business
Political Science
English
Jamestown CC
Computer Science
Mathematics
Chemistry
Library Science
2008 Participants
Alfred State
Soc. & Behav. Sci
Multicult. Affairs Dir.
Nursing
Biology
Counseling
Alfred University
School Psych.
Multicult. Aff. Dir.
Psychology
Art
St. Bonaventure University
Education
Business
Political Sci.
Student Life
Houghton College
Modern Languages
Sociology
Education
English
2009 Participants
ASC
Counseling
Student Aff.
Nursing
Electronics
AU
Communications
Women’s Leadership
Religious Studies
School Counseling
Music
School Psychology
Student Affairs
ASC
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Mathhematics
Digital Media
Automotive Trades
Academic Success Advisor
Residence Director
ASC
Physics
English
Business
Teaching/Learning Ctr.
Student Leadership
Student retention
ASC
Chemistry
Learning Center
Director Multicultural Affairs
Director Civic Engagement
Residence Hall Director
SBU
Physical Education
Education
Business
Philosophy
Spanish
Journalism
Sociology
Student Life
2010 Participants
AU
Engineering
Engineering – Glass Sci.
School Psychology
Mathematics
Chinese Language
2011 Participants
AU
Chemistry
Biology
Confucuis Center
Engineering
2012 Participants
AU
Psychology
Confucius Inst.
Counseling
Business
Chinese Lang.
Physics
Asst. Dir. Res. Life
Houghton College
Reference Librtarian
Digital Media & Art
Psychology
Student Programming
Director of Athletics
Integrated Studies
Men’s Soccer Coach
JCC
Integ. Tech.
SBU
Education
Diversity Officer
Accounting
Physical Education
Teaching/Learning Dir.
Exercise Physiology
Houghton
Education
Edu (TESOL)
SBU
Theater
Education
Counseling
Residence Life
HEOP
Educational Leadership
Houghton
Education
Physical Educ.
SBU
Houghton
Journalism
Education
Physical Ed.
Thoelogy
Dir. Univ. Ministries
Dir. Fran. Ctr. Soc. Con.
Sociology
Learning Ctr.
Res. Hall Dir.
2013 Participants
SBU
Career Counseling
Biology
Chemistry
Education
Residence Director
Physical Education
AU
Education
Counseling & School Psychology
Counseling & School Psychology
ASC
Nursing
Electric Trades
Electrical Engineering
Learning Assistance
Coord. of Stud. Clubs & Orgs.
Dir. Health & Wellness
2014 Participants
SBU
Education
Career Counseling
Residence Director
Physical Education
HEOP Advisor
AU
Counseling & School Psychology
Photography
Asst. Dean Student Development
Career Advisor
Career Development
ASC
Culinary Arts
Nursing
Ag. & Vet. Technology
Math & Physics
Student Success Center
Some Responses from Past Participants
Average scores from all participants:
Key: 1 (strongly agree) 2 (agree) 3 (undecided) 4 (disagree) 5 (strongly disagree) NA (not
applicable)
What is your overall rating of this seminar? 1(excellent), 2(very good), 3(good),
4(somewhat good), 5(not good at all)
1.2
I would recommend that my colleagues participate in this seminar.
1.2
I would recommend that this seminar be continued next summer.
1.1
Sample comments:
“I enjoyed the experiential learning.”
“What powerful questions and methods were put before us!”
“This seminar was both useful and enjoyable. I got quite a few specific activities and ideas I
could use.”
“This was a very valuable seminar in terms of enhancing my abilities to teach my multicultural
courses & to integrate the materials into other classes. Anita and Bob were excellent facilitators.”
“This was very clearly run – well designed. A nice balance between information and discussion.
The participants were diverse and very willing to contribute.”
“If there were a possibility of a follow-up or 2nd level course with more attention to pedagogical
strategy, that would be great.”
“It would be nice to rotate the seminar between the participating institutions.”
“I found the exercises applying our learning to the course I am revising most useful.”
“Interacting with faculty members who have applied the principles and methods of the workshop
was most helpful.”
“I’ve been energized and empowered. Look forward to going back to a new semester.”
“Nice resources, plus excellent application of concepts through interactive, experiential learning.
. . I’m reluctant to suggest this, because I hated giving up a whole week of my research time, but
I can see that the seminar would have been even better with more time.”
“The mixture of institutions and disciplines was an opening of great proportions – Thank you.”
Rationale for Curriculum and Program Transformation
The Five-College Faculty and Staff Summer Seminar in Curriculum and Program
Transformation was initiated eleven years ago to assist each institution in their efforts to create a
more inclusive curriculum and more inclusive programming that addresses issues of race, class,
gender, sexual orientation, and other institutionalized systems of inequality. The seminar
provides faculty and staff with training and resources needed to develop or modify courses in
their disciplines and programs in their divisions that address these issues.
We have adopted and modified a model of curriculum transformation originally
developed at Oregon State University (OSU) and known as their Difference, Power and
Discrimination (DPD) Program. OSU explains their rationale for the DPD Program as follows:
“The unequal distribution of social, economic, and political power in the United States
and in other countries is sustained through a variety of individual beliefs and institutional
practices. These beliefs and practices have tended to obscure the origins and operations of
social discrimination such that this unequal power distribution is often viewed as the
natural order. Faculty, administrators, and students are often unaware of the challenges
faced by students who represent populations historically subject to discrimination. A
change throughout the curriculum that engages students in the intellectual examination of
the complexity of the structures, systems, and ideologies that sustain discrimination and
the unequal distribution of power and resources in society is necessary.”
We have modified OSU’s model to fit the unique circumstances of our five comparatively small
institutions by starting off with a pilot program where interested faculty and staff self-select into
the seminar and slowly, year by year, curriculum and program transformation takes place one
faculty or staff member and one discipline or program at a time. The success of the initial years
has generated greater interest among more faculties and staff in a wider variety of disciplines and
programs than we had at first. How each institution incorporates curriculum and program
transformation is determined by each institution in accordance with its mission. For example,
one institution may opt to formally institutionalize curriculum and program transformation as
OSU has done and another may opt to keep the informal and voluntary approach we have in
place.
Relevant Questions for Curriculum & Program Transformation
1. Who is included in the content of your curriculum/program? Whose issues
are explored? Who is left out?
2. Who created and defined your discipline/area? How did their perspectives
affect the ways your discipline was constructed? Whose perspectives were
ignored in the development of your discipline/area?
3. What epistemological assumptions undergird your curriculum/program?
How might other ways of knowing reshape your curriculum/program?
4. Who is advantaged in your field? Who is disadvantaged?
5. Whose interests does your curriculum/program serve?
6. From whose perspective is your course taught/program directed? Whose
perspectives are excluded, marginalized, or minimized? How would
inclusion of these perspectives change what/how you teach/direct?
7. How does your curriculum/program support and help maintain the dominant
culture? In what ways could your curriculum/program challenge the
dominant culture?
8. What are the ethical considerations implicit in your curriculum/program?
9. What may be the impact of the application of your curriculum or program in
the real world? Who is affected? In what ways?
10.How might your curriculum/program play a role in effecting social justice?
11.Who is advantaged by your teaching/leading style? Who is disadvantaged?
How might your teaching/leading style play a role in effecting social justice?
Yes, I would like to participate in the Tri-College Faculty & Staff
Summer Seminar in Curriculum & Program Transformation hosted
by Alfred University, June 15-19, 2015
Name: __________________________________________________
Discipline or position: _______________________________________
Email: __________________________________________________
Return email Bob Amico at ramico@sbu.edu. Applicants will be
accepted on a first come first serve basis.
One-Day Advanced Seminar
For Previous Participants
On Saturday, June 20th, 2015 there will be a one-day advanced seminar for
interested faculty and staff who have completed the seminar in a previous year.
The advanced seminar will provide participants an opportunity to share with other
participants their successes and their difficulties implementing what they learned in
the original seminar. The daylong seminar will consist of a series of interactive
exercises, role-playing and trouble-shooting activities and action plans for the
future.
Sign-ups will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Lunch will be
provided.
Yes, I am interested in signing up for the One-Day Advanced
Seminar on June 20th from 9-5 hosted by Alfred University
NAME: ________________________________________________
School Affiliation: _______________________________________
Position: _______________________________________________
Year of Participation in Original Seminar: __________________
Email Address: _____