Faculty Development

Faculty Development Trip to El Paso/Ciudad Juárez

May 16-24, 2004

Latino/Latin American Studies and Academic Affairs announce a faculty development trip to El Paso/Ciudad Juárez to take place May 16-24, 2004.  The El Paso/Ciudad Juárez trip is intended to help promote the study of Latino communities, culture, and issues throughout the CSB/SJU curriculum.  Faculty members from any discipline are welcome and encouraged  to apply.  Dr. Bruce Campbell (Spanish) and Dr. Brian Larkin (History) will lead the program.  Applications must be submitted to Brian Larkin, Director of Latino/Latin American Studies, by Friday, March 19, 2004. 

The program will consist of daily seminars and site visits led by specialists working with the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. The themes of the program include Mexican immigration to the United States, NAFTA and economic development, the changing demographics of the border region, the transformation of border indigenous communities, Latino public art, Latino faith expressions, Latino gender relations, and Latino history.  Visits will include, but are not limited to, maquiladoras (assembly plants in northern Mexico), the rich collection of Latino murals in El Paso, Catholic and Protestant parishes in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, the Casa del Migrante (a shelter and orphanage run by the Diocese of Juárez), and various neighborhoods of rural-to-urban migrants and indigenous communities in Ciudad Juárez.  Faculty members will also meet with agents of the US Border Patrol and activists working with immigrant and women’s advocacy groups.  In addition to seminars and site visits, CSB/SJU faculty will have the opportunity to converse individually with Latino specialists from the UTEP faculty in their own discipline.  Participating faculty will be expected to prepare for the development trip by reading a collection of essays and a general history of Latinos before arrival in El Paso.

Flight, lodging, meals, and program materials will be covered.

Five to seven faculty members, in addition to the program leaders, will be accepted to participate in this development experience.

Eligibility:

1. Continuing, full-time CSB/SJU faculty status.
2. Departmental endorsement.
3. Submission of a faculty development report by October 15, 2004 and a curriculum impact report by September 30, 2005.

Procedure for Applications:

A completed application should consist of the following:

1. A cover sheet
2. A narrative description of anticipated faculty and curricular development
3. A letter of support from the department chair or, in the case of chairs applying, a letter from the appropriate dean.
4. A projected time-table for implementation of curricular change related to this program.

The cover sheet must provide the name and department of the applicant and a brief statement of purpose, including anticipated curricular change.

The narrative should be no more than two single-spaced typed pages. It should describe the benefits of the program to the applicant’s professional development, the CSB/SJU curriculum, and the CSB/SJU community.

The chair’s (dean’s) letter should comment on the relevance of project for the applicant and department and should support the curricular change that will result.

The time-table should identify, as nearly as possible, the semester and year when the curricular or course revision will be implemented.

Criteria for Evaluating Applications:

1. To what extent does the applicant incorporate the concerns and goals of the Latino/Latin American Studies Learning Community and Minor?  Please see the Latino/Latin American Studies home page (www.csbsju.edu/llas) for more information.
2. To what extent does the applicant add to the offerings of the Latino/Latin American Studies Minor?
3. What is the overall quality of the applicantion? Are the applicant’s timetable and proposed curricular change clearly specified and reasonable?
4. How does the Latino/Latin American Studies Learning Community and Minor benefit from the project? Questions such as “How will students benefit and how many students will likely be touched by this project?” and “Can the results of this project have an impact beyond the applicant’s courses, i.e., in the department and the larger CSBSJU community?” are relevant here.