Registration – Educating Character Initiative Webinar Series: How to Educate Character in the University
Register below to sign up for one or more of the following sessions:
Session 4: Cultivating College Students’ Civic Character in the University Setting
Session Leader: Diane Ryan, Associate Dean for Programs and Administration and Affiliate Associate Professor in the Eliot Pearson Department of Child Studies and Human Development and Sunah Hyun, Senior Researcher at Tisch College
Description: During this session, Diane Ryan and Sunah Hyun will share a brief overview of the Tisch College of Civic Life to provide examples of their programs and best practices designed to foster students’ character development. The programs aim to equip students with the values, knowledge, and skills to address social issues and create meaningful change. Tisch College fosters a supportive community to enhance engagement at Tufts University and beyond. The session will also include an explanation of the evaluation framework and the development of objectives specific to different programs.
Date, Time, and Location: Thursday, May 16, 2024, 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET on Zoom
Session 5: Panel: Educating Character Across Differences
Panelists:
- Robyn Ilten-Gee (Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University) considers ways educators can facilitate moral decision-making and reasoning through social justice education and digital media production. She understands character to be a dynamic set of systems that grow and interact with our ever-changing contexts.
- Chrystal Johnson (Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, Purdue University) works in the fields of character education, citizenship development, and the social studies. Her current research interests focus on race, culturally consonant pedagogy, character development, civic education, and schools of choice.
- Ashley Floyd Kuntz, (Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Florida International University) emphasizes the connection between conceptions of the good life and character education on college campuses. As faculty at the nation’s largest Hispanic-Serving Institution, Dr. Kuntz participates in a multicultural, multinational, multilingual community with numerous opportunities to cultivate intellectual curiosity and humility.
Date, Time, and Location: Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET on Zoom