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Date:         Wed, 1 Nov 2000 16:39:04 EST
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I thoroughly enjoyed this discussion.  My only regret is that I joined late,
and  I hope it's not too late to access the list archives.

Alonzo Smith
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Date:         Wed, 1 Nov 2000 16:57:32 -0500
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From:         "Noonan, Ellen" 
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To all who wish to access the archives of this discussion, go to:

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/talking.html and click on African American
History Forum.
(The History Matters host, George Mason University, has been experiencing
some server problems today--November 1st--but the site is still there.)

Many thanks to moderator James Horton!


Ellen Noonan
American Social History Project

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I thoroughly enjoyed this discussion.  My only regret is that I joined late,
and  I hope it's not too late to access the list archives.

Alonzo Smith
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Date:         Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:30:04 EST
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Well, does the discussion absolutely have to come to an end, guys?  Why not
start another one?

Anthony A. Lee
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Date:         Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:44:50 EST
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Please send information about any new discussions. I would be interested in
future Forums.
Landon Shephard


>From: "Anthony A. Lee" 
>Reply-To: African-American History Forum
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>To: AFRICAN-AMERICANFORUM@ASHP.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>Subject: Re: One last thought!
>Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:30:04 EST
>
>Well, does the discussion absolutely have to come to an end, guys?  Why not
>start another one?
>
>Anthony A. Lee

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Date:         Fri, 3 Nov 2000 20:32:33 EST
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We keep suggesting to our students that our classrooms are democratic forums
that allow us to engage and discuss those issues that the larger society
often  is unable or unwilling to facilitate.  Why not prepare them with the
truths(evidence, not opinion) that will assist them in developing their own
attiudes and opinions regarding the questions of race, class, and gender.
The dialogue of how to most effectively do this needs to continue if we are
committed to coming to grips with our past.  I applaud Professor Horton and
ASHP for hosting this discussion and agree that the discussion should
continue.
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Date:         Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:27:51 -0800
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From:         Richard Gale 
Subject:      JOB:  Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts with Political
              Economy/American Social History
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SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
=46ACULTY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
_________________________________________________________________________

HUTCHINS SCHOOL OF LIBERAL STUDIES
Anticipated Full-Time Tenure-Track Position

Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts
with Political Economy/American Social History

Starting 2001/02 Academic Year
 (Fall Semester begins August 20, 2001)

The successful candidate will be a member of the Hutchins School of Liberal
Studies in the School of Arts and Humanities.

THE UNIVERSITY:  Sonoma State University is one of the 23 campuses of The
California State University.  Located 48 miles north of San Francisco, the
University has an enrollment of approximately 7,000 students with 400
faculty.  The University is organized into six schools; Arts and
Humanities, Business and Economics, Education, Extended Education, Natural
Sciences and Social Sciences.   Within the traditional structure is an
interdisciplinary school of liberal studies.  The University offers
bachelor's degrees in 33 fields and master's degrees in 12.

THE HUTCHINS SCHOOL OF LIBERAL STUDIES is an interdisciplinary four year
degree-granting program at SSU.  The lower-division curriculum offers a
seminar-based G.E. program; the upper-division major offers a Bachelor of
Arts in Liberal Studies, and includes a pre-credential track for those
planning to teach in grades K-6. The Hutchins program offers seminars (14
students), independent study, tutorials, workshops, and some larger
courses. We emphasize: an interdisciplinary approach to problems, questions
or themes; courses/seminars integrating subject matter and methodologies
from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences; seminar-style,
student-centered learning in small classes, mainly in the form of
discussions of assigned readings; learning to learn, the acquisition of
skills and habits of mind that will equip students for life long
self-education and promote self-motivation and self-direction; and
cooperation, collegiality and a feeling of community among students and
faculty. For additional information about the Hutchins School, our pedagogy
and community, please visit our website at
www.sonoma.edu/hutchins/school/index.html.

QUALIFICATIONS:  Hutchins stresses interdisciplinarity in its curriculum
and pedagogy.  Candidates must have a broad interdisciplinary or
multi-disciplinary educational background, a willingness to engage in
teaching that encompasses a wide range of academic and intellectual
interests, and prior teaching experience at the college level.  Candidates
must be skilled at leading/facilitating seminar discussions, and
supervising/conducting writing tutorials and directed study projects. While
the successful candidate will offer some courses emphasizing her/his
professional disciplines, much of the teaching load will involve subject
matter of general intellectual concern.

The Liberal Arts with Political Economy/American Social History
position requires that candidates have:
=85 a strong background and experience in the liberal arts
=85 a focus in political economy and/or American Social History

 In addition, we seek candidates who may have experience/expertise in one
or more of the following:  Governance; US Diplomatic History; International
Relations; Law; Technology and Society; Ethnic Studies; and American
Studies and Institutions.  Furthermore, these candidates should be able to
engage in community outreach/activism and use instructional technology as
part of their pedagogical offerings.

 DUTIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE:
=85 working cooperatively in faculty teams to develop integrated curricula
=85 teaching lower division interdisciplinary General Education seminars
=85 teaching upper-division interdisciplinary Core seminars and courses for
the major
=85 teaching upper-division interdisciplinary elective seminars (drawing fro=
m
the instructor's areas of expertise) for the major
=85 conducting workshops and coordinating field study
=85 presenting occasional lectures in the individual's areas of expertise
=85 supervising directed study projects and writing tutorials
=85 advising students at the lower and upper division levels, including
substantial work with transfer students
=85 supporting the Hutchins School and the SSU campus community through
administrative and/or committee work

Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in a relevant field from an accredited
institution completed by August 21, 2001.

To be recommended for tenure the candidate must demonstrate satisfactory
performance in four areas: teaching effectiveness; scholarship, research,
creative achievement and professional development; service to the
University; and public service or service to the community.  Although
tenure can be granted at any time, contract provisions specify that "the
normal period of probation shall be a total of six (6) years of full-time
probationary service and credited service, if any.  Any deviation from the
normal six (6) year probationary period shall be the decision of the
President following his/her consideration of recommendations from the
department or equivalent unit and appropriate administrator(s)."  Tenure is
required for promotion above Associate Professor.

RANK AND SALARY:  Assistant Professor $40,500 to $44,000.  Actual hiring
salary within this range as dependent upon educational preparation and
experience.  Subject to any CSU System faculty contract salary increases.

APPLICATIONS: Review of applications will begin December 22, 2000, for
applications postmarked by that date.  The final postmark deadline for all
applications is January 19, 2001. Please submit via mail a 1-2 page letter
of application describing how your background, education and teaching
experience might contribute to our program.  With your letter include a
complete and current vita; a 1-2 page philosophy of education; graduate
transcripts; current teaching evaluations; three letters of recommendation
(may be sent separately); the names, titles, affiliations, and telephone
numbers of at least three references to:

Dr. Richard Zimmer, Hiring Committee Chair
Hutchins School of Liberal Studies      (707) 664-2491
Sonoma State University                 (707) 664-4389 (FAX)
1801 E. Cotati Ave.                     (707) 664-2958 (TDD)
Rohnert Park, CA  94928-3609
e-mail: Richard.Zimmer@sonoma.edu

A013-01/02  PLEASE REFER TO THIS NUMBER ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE AND INQUIRIES
REGARDING THIS POSITION.

NOTE:  Sonoma State University hires only individuals lawfully authorized
to work in the United States.  All offers of employment are contingent upon
presentation of documents demonstrating the appointee's identity and
eligibility to work, in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration
Reform and Control Act.

Sonoma State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
and has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity. We seek a broad
spectrum of candidates including members of underrepresented groups.
Individuals with disabling conditions who require accommodation during the
recruitment process, may contact the Compliance/Diversity Officer at 707
664-2664 or TDD (using the California Relay Service) 800 735-2929.

SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Hutchins School of Liberal Studies
1801 East Cotati Avenue, CH 44
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609



Moresoon,

r.g.

Richard Gale
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Interdisciplinary Arts

Hutchins School of Liberal Studies
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA  94928-3609
http://www.sonoma.edu/Hutchins/

Office:  (707) 664 - 3182
=46ax:  (707) 664 - 4389

E-Mail:  gale@sonoma.edu
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I have broken my ankle and will not be back in my office until Wednesday 15th November 2000.  Please refer any urgent matters to the School Office..
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<< Marcie Cohen Ferris and Michele Gates Moresi
>African American Communities Project
> >>

Dear Marcie and Michele, I would love to hear what you get from other
teachers. Here is a typical sequence in my English teaching at Madison Park
Tech/Voc HS in Boston, MA [public inner city school]. My students are mostly
either African-American, Caribbean-American or African immigrants, and a few
are European American and Asian. We could never read a book from every single
person's many cultural heritages, but we try to look at many cultural
heritages and then bring our own in to the discussion and writing. We are
looking for ways to develop our reading and writing, to understand the world,
and all that good stuff. So...

For a semester of American lit we read: Great Gatsby, as an ethnography of
the society Fitzgerald moved in, 20's upper class white NY culture. Then we
read Their Eyes Were Watching God as an ethnography of Hurston's Florida
Af-Am rural culture. The we read Julia Alvarez In the Time of the Butterflies
as an ethnography of Dominican society under Trujillo. Of course the
ethnography is just part of the reading of all three books - traditional Eng
teachers might call it 'setting' or something a little more complex. But we
try to raise it a little to a cultural inquiry, write about the characters
with reference to the other books.

Another example: For a world lit, grade 10 class we read Macbeth, then Elie
Wiesel's holocaust experience Night, then Death of the King's Horseman by
Wole Soyinka. The three books have so many themes which allow cross-cultural
inquiry, characters facing excruciating personal decisions in vastly
different places and times but of course, people are people.

We also try to do a study of 'formal English' and all the home languages in
the classes, how they are similar and/or different, how they enrich each
other, what the 'rules' and conventions are.

Judith Baker

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