Teachers and administrators in MSUNER partner districts are provided an opportunity to immerse themselves in scholarly topics and issues in small, liberal arts seminars offered by university faculty. Seminars focus on three main areas: Great Lives and Literatures; Living, Learning, and the Arts; and Science Matters.

To register for Teachers as Scholars seminars, click here. 

1. Cleopatra: Images of Female Power

Prudence Jones

October 24 and November 14, 2011, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

2. *SOLD OUT* 10 Things to Love About Shakespeare—in Two Parts

Naomi Conn Liebler

October 27 and  November 17, 2011, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

3. Evolutionary Biology

Scott Kight

December 1 and 15, 2011, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

4. *SOLD OUT* What is “Correct English,” Anyway? Standard English, Social Realities, and Language Change

Alice Freed

January 24 and 31, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

5. Film, Art, and Social Change in Spain 

Linda Gould Levine

Friday, January 27, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

6. The Sixties

Gregory Waters

February 2 and 9, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

7. *SOLD OUT* Color in the Classroom: A Historical Perspective on How Schools Teach “Race”

Zoë Burkholder

March 2 and 23, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

8. Can Virtue Be Taught – by Women?

Dorothy Rogers

March 30, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

For seminar descriptions, click on the tab "PD Opportunities" or download the following document: 

Teachers as Scholars Seminar Descriptions

To register for Teachers as Scholars seminars, click here.