CONSORTIUM FOR FACULTY DIVERSITY AT LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges
October 2-4, 2009
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Friday, October 2
Airport shuttle departure from Minneapolis/St Paul Airport
See separate schedule sent via e-mail
3:00-5:00 pm
Check-in
Country Inn, Northfield
4:45 and 5:30 pm
Shuttles from Country Inn to Headley House
5:00-6:30 pm
Registration and reception
Headley House, 815 East Second Street, Carleton College
6:45-8:30 pm
Dinner
Great Hall, Carleton College
Saturday, October 3
7:45, 8:00, and
8:15 am
Shuttles to St. Olaf College (all events will be held in Buntrock Commons)
8:00-8:30 am
Coffee and refreshments
Viking Theater Lobby, St Olaf College
8:30-10:00 am
Panel Discussion: “Faculty Life at Liberal Arts Colleges: Career Reflections”
Viking Theater, St Olaf College
 Joan Hepburn, Assistant Professor, English Department, St Olaf College
 Al Montero, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Director
of Latin American Studies and Coordinator of International Relations,
Carleton College
 Anantanand Rambachan, Professor and Chair, Religion, Philosophy, and
Asian Studies Department, St Olaf College
Moderator: Stephanie Schmidt, former CFD Scholar, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Environmental Studies Department, St Olaf College
10:00-10:15 am
Break
Gold Ballroom, St Olaf College
10:15-11:45 am
Panel Discussion: “Next Steps in Your Academic Career: Making the Most of
Your Fellowship Year; Landing A Tenure-Track Job; Getting Tenure”
Gold Ballroom, St Olaf College
 Anita Chikkatur, CFD Scholar, Educational Studies Department,
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Carleton College
Yansi Pérez, former CFD Scholar, Assistant Professor, Spanish
Department, Carleton College
Mario Montaño, former CFD Scholar, Associate Professor and Chair,
Anthropology Department, Colorado College
12:00 – 1:15 pm
Lunch
Sun Ballroom, St Olaf College
1:30–3:15 pm
Feedback sessions, mock interviews, best practices discussions
Meet outside the Sun Ballroom, St Olaf College
For CFD Scholars: meetings between CFD Scholars and faculty from local
institutions. You will receive a separate schedule with the name of your faculty
interviewer and the time of your individual and small group meetings.
1) one-on-one feedback sessions with faculty on job application materials (see
list on registration site; send materials to bkrogh@carleton.edu by Monday,
September 21);
2) small group feedback (mock interview setting) on CFD Scholars’ brief oral
presentation on “How does my research, scholarship or creative work inform
your teaching?”
For Campus Representatives: session on Consortium expectations, best
practices for recruiting and mentoring of Scholars, etc.
Heritage Room, St Olaf College
Moderator: Kerry Pannell, Dean of the Faculty, QG Noblitt Chair in Economics and
Management, and Chair of the CFD Steering Committee,
DePauw University
3:15-3:30 pm
Break
Viking Theater Lobby, St Olaf College
3:30-5:00 pm
Panel Discussion: “Managing Expectations: Issues for Faculty of Color”
Viking Theater, St Olaf College
 Heather Lobban-Viravong, former CFD Scholar, Associate Professor and
Chair, English Department, Grinnell College
 Sharon Lane-Getaz, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department,
St. Olaf College
 Nancy Cho, Professor, English Department and Director of American
Studies, Carleton College
5:00 and 5:15 pm
Shuttles to Country Inn
6:15 pm
Shuttles to Carleton College
6:30-8:00 pm
Reception and dinner
Great Hall, Carleton College
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8:00-10:00 pm
For CFD Scholars: Dessert, conversations, and gathering of questions for
Sunday’s Question and Answer Session on the CFD experience
Alumni Guest Library, Carleton College
8:30-10:00 pm
For Campus Representatives: Dessert and conversations
Home of St Olaf’s President David Anderson (rides will be arranged)
Sunday, October 4
7:45 and 8:15 am
Check out of the hotel and catch the shuttle to Carleton College (take your
luggage; airport shuttle vans will remain locked)
8:00-8:30 am
Coffee and refreshments
Language and Dining Center 104, Carleton College
8:30–9:30 am
Question and Answer Session on the CFD experience (Campus Representatives
will address questions, including those prepared by Scholars on Saturday
evening)
Language and Dining Center 104, Carleton College
9:45-10:15 am
Debriefing and Next Steps
Language and Dining Center 104, Carleton College
10:30 am
Airport shuttle departure
Parking lot next to the Chapel, Carleton College
Conference Co-chairs:
Bruce King, Assistant to the President for Institutional Diversity, St Olaf College
Éva Pósfay, Associate Dean of the College and Professor of French, Carleton College