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Interview with Robert Foulke

Robert Foulke was a member of Skidmore’s English department from 1970-1992 and served as department chair for ten of those years. In this interview, he discusses department leadership, changes in the English curriculum, developing a winter term class…

Tags: Academic Rigor, Board of Trustees, coeducation, Curriculum, David Porter, Faculty Workload, Freshman Seminars, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Intergenerational Faculty Relations, J-Semester, Liberal Arts Education, Palamountain, student body, Tenure

Interview with Bob Desieno

Bob DiSieno, was a faculty member and Chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science department from 1983-2006. In this interview, he discusses expanding the use of computing across campus, forming the Science Planning Group to strengthen the role of…

Tags: Academic Rigor, Academy of Lifelong Learning, Administrative Computing, Art Department, Collaborative Research, David Porter, Faculty and Administrative Relations, Harder Hall, Information Resources Council, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Liberal Studies, Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Palamountain, sciences, student body, Tenure, Town-Gown Relations

Interview with Eric Weller

Eric Weller joined the Philosophy Faculty at Skidmore in 1963. He became Dean of the Faculty in 1975, a post that he retained until 1990. Despite Weller’s substantial administrative responsibilities, teaching philosophy remained a…

Tags: 4-1-4 Academic Calendar, Business Department, Hiring Women Faculty, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Liberal Studies, Palamountain, Sociology Department, Summer Program Development, Tenure, Val Wilson

Interview with Susan J. Bender

Susan Bender, was a faculty member in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work from 1982-2010 and also served as Associate Dean of the Faculty from 1998-2002. In this interview she covers her academic background in archeology; being…

Tags: 4-1-4 Academic Calendar, Academic Rigor, Anthropology Department, Archaeology Field Lab, David Porter, Feminism, First Year Experience, Interdisciplinary on "Mapping", J-Semester, Liberal Studies, Tang Museum, Tenure, Town-Gown Relations

Browse Items (4 total)

Interview with Robert Foulke

Interview with Bob Desieno

Interview with Eric Weller

Interview with Susan J. Bender