Teachers as Scholars (TAS)
2002 - 2003 Seminar Series - Titles, Dates, and Instructors
Responsibilities to Others: The Ethics of Critical Reading
October 26, 2001; November 30, 2001; January 25, 2002
Instructor: Phillip Wegner, Ph.D.
Using Nature to Study Our Environment / Ethics, Religion, and
Nature
January 30, February 13, and February 27, 2002
Instructors: Louis Guillette, Ph.D. and Anna Peterson, Ph.D.
Science, Sex, Race
January 30, February 13, and February 27, 2002
Instructor: Robert Hatch, Ph.D.
Biotechnology: What It Is, What It Can Be, What It Is Thought to Be
March 18, April 8, and May 2, 2002
Instructor: Mary Jo Koroly, Ph.D.
Spanish Conquest and Colonization in the Classroom: (Un)told Stories
about the Encounter of America and Europe for Academic Consumption
April 5, 12, and 19, 2002
Instructor: Alvaro Felix Bolanos, Ph.D.
Using Technology to Integrate Drug Education and Sciences
July 1, 2 and 3, 2002
Instructor: J.S. Gravenstein, MD
2002 Seminar Descriptions
Responsibilities to Others:
The Ethics of Critical Reading
This seminar will address the responsibilities that arise
in the act of reading critically. Some of the questions to
be addressed will include: What constitutes a ‘responsible'
reading and what would make it different from an irresponsible
one? What are our obligations to the text as the voice of
an other? How might we extend the ethics of reading critically
to the world beyond the text?
Using Nature to Study
Our Environment/ Ethics, Religion, and Nature
Participants will learn first-hand how scientists utilize
biomarkers as an environmental alarm system, the principals
behind the research and the public, political, and industrial
responses to some of these yet unseen changes. The seminar
will also examine diverse religious and philosophical approaches
to non-human nature, with a particular focus on the ethical
dimensions of human interactions with the environment.
Science, Sex, Race
As a dominant force in modern culture, science has played
a central role in shaping views about knowledge and belief,
about identity and equality, about truth and justice. This
seminar identifies issues from the history and philosophy
of science involving theories of sex and race in the context
of ‘Modern Western Culture.'
Biotechnology: What It
Is, What It Can Be, What It Is Thought to Be
In the course of this interactive seminar and laboratory workshop,
participants will be introduced to the principles of biotechnology,
presented with its applications, and will address the critical
questions raised by this exploding field of science. Activities
will include working with DNA, visiting laboratories, and
discussing the ethical, economical, and social ramification
of biotechnology.
Spanish Conquest and Colonization in the Classroom: (Un)told Stories about the Encounter of America and Europe for Academic Consumption
This participatory seminar examines the cultural context and the rhetorical strategies of the first images about American lands and peoples presented to the European reading public. It also considers the pervasiveness of a set of detrimental images and notions of these lands and people which have found their way into our perception of cultures of non-European origin of all ages.
Using Technology to Integrate
Drug Education and Sciences
Combine engineering marvels with a talented medical and research
staff and STAN, the Human Patient Simulator, is the result.
After learning the history of STAN and a refresher course
in the body systems, teachers develop models to demonstrate
education standards. Biological principles and laws of physics
and chemistry are enforced in a hands-on manner utilizing
customized scenarios and simulations. Learn first hand the
effects of drugs as STAN is given an overdose and you must
save him.
2002 Seminar Instructors
Dr. Bolaños is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Florida. He received his master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Kentucky before joining the UF faculty in 1988. He has been awarded numerous research fellowships. Included in his accomplishments are numerous publications, reviews, and international presentations. He currently teaches colonial Latin American literature.
Dr. Guillette is a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida where he teaches General Biology, Embryology and Reproductive Biology. He has been awarded the University of Florida's highest faculty awards - Teacher/Scholar of the Year in 1998 and Distinguished Alumni Professor in 1999. He is internationally recognized for his work in the field of reproductive biology and endangered wildlife reproduction. Dr. Guillette has served as an expert witness to the U.S. Congress & Senate and as a scientific policy advisor to many U.S. and foreign agencies regarding environmental contamination.
Dr. Hatch is a Professor of History at the University of Florida and has taught in the Program of the History of Science since its inception. Although his research focuses on the Scientific Revolution (Copernicus to Newton), his teaching interests are varied. Professor Hatch has served on the Advisory Board of Science & Education, the National History Teaching Alliance, the Committee on Education (HSS), and was Principal Investigator for a major NSF grant, ‘‘History of Science in the Secondary Curriculum''. Thanks to his students, he has received nearly a dozen teaching awards.
Dr. Koroly is Director of UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training (UF CPET) and a faculty member in the College of Medicine. She currently instructs and directs the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology course for first year medical students. She was the founding director of the UF Biotechnology Center's Education and Training Program, a laboratory workshop series designed to teach the new concepts and techniques of DNA science to scientists and physicians, graduate and medical students, secondary school teachers, and non-science professionals. Since 1995, she has led UF CPET in science, math and technology programs that link UF research faculty and graduate students with in-service teachers and their motivated students.
Dr. Peterson is an Associate Professor of Religion and an affiliate of both the Center for Latin American Studies and the College of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Florida. During Spring 2001, she held the Yulee Humanities Professorship, and she currently holds a University of Florida Research Professorship. Joining her work in Latin America and in environmental ethics, her current research examines the environmental values articulated and practiced by religiously-grounded rural communities in Central America, Mexico, and the Midwestern U.S.
Dr. Wegner is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Florida. He currently instructs courses in modern and twentieth-century literatures, critical theory, and cultural studies. He received the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year Award in 1996 and 2000. Dr. Wegner joined UF in 1994 after earning his doctorate degree from the Literature Program at Duke University. He has published essays and books on a diverse range of topics, including contemporary literary theory, popular film, the literature of empire, and science fiction.
