Teaching and Scholarship Hub

Please sign up here if you would like lunch during the September Mini-Symposium. More information about the symposia is below.

The Mini-Symposia Series builds on the extraordinary enthusiasm for the Faculty and Staff Research Symposium, offering a new rhythm of exchange across the academic year. Instead of one full day, we gather four times– in the fall and spring—for half-day symposia that revisit and reimagine presentations from the full Symposium. This new format allows more opportunities to engage with colleagues’ research, creative projects, and collaborations in a focused and accessible way. Next fall, the full one-day Symposium returns, as the formats will alternate in two-year cycles. 

Each Symposium features one or two morning panels and one or two afternoon panels, with time for community connection:

• 10:00 a.m. – Coffee and light snacks at the Faculty Hub
• 10:30–11:45 a.m. – Morning Session (1-2 concurrent panels)
• 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. – Lunch at the Faculty Hub
• 1:30–2:45 p.m. – Afternoon Session (1-2 concurrent panels)
• 3:00 p.m. – Conclusion

Please feel free to come for all or part of the day–no need to register; if you would like to join in the lunch, sign up above. The 2025-2026 academic year will feature the Mini-Symposia on Friday, September 26, 2025; Friday, November 7, 2025; Friday, January 30, 2026; and Friday, February 20, 2026. 

The schedule for Friday, February 20, 2026, is as follows:

Session One: 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Panel 1: Memory, Expertise, and the Power of Storytelling

Chair: Terry Dolson, Bonner Center for Civic Engagement

Kasongo Kapanga, Arts & Sciences, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures - The Impact of Oral Tradition

Linda Fairtile, Parsons Music Library - Editing Verdi's Otello: Learning from Performance

Stephen Brauer, Arts & Sciences, English and American Studies - Explaining the Game: Expertise and Analysis as Authority

Lunch: 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.

Session Two: 1:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Panel 1: AntiBlackness and the Stories of Authentic Allies: Lived Experiences in the Fight Against Institutionalized Racism - One Year Later…

Presented in Honor of Black History Month

Chair: Jane Berry, Arts & Sciences; Psychology

Charlynn Small, Student Development, Counseling and Psychological Services 

Betty Crutcher, Mentor-in-Residence, Jepson School of Leadership Studies

Shannon Jones, Arts & Sciences, Biology

Keith McIntosh, Information Services

Camilla Nonterah, Arts & Sciences, Psychology 

Matthew Oware, Arts & Sciences, Sociology and Anthropology