Louis and Martin We are currently involved in a "reconsideration" of our curriculum. And something like these interdepartmental majors is on the table (we already have a few- Environmental Studies, Health Sciences, etc.) We are still small (around 1000 FTE) and growing but slowly. . . well, we'll see). Anyway, we have a bit of both worlds. Departments that are concentrated and ones that are mixed. Psychology has only been "together" for about four years and I can still see advantages and disadvantages. I have to say I see Louis' point- I feel a bit isolated and less part of the community since we moved into a suite. But I also see some bit of advantage to being together with my colleagues in psychology. I also think that being a psychology department may be a bit more "mixed" than some situations. We also have a small department made up of three with experimental backgrounds (general/learning, bio/developmental, and cognitive), one who is an EdD (qualitative/education) and one in counseling. It makes me think that perhaps we could do the mixing of disciplines with greater effect. But in all honesty the best time of my academic office life was in a suite with a historian and the college's writer in residence (who was deeply Freudian!). Yes, I did tell him on more than one occasion that he was . . oh, never mind. We did have some extremely spirited exchanges! Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [email protected]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: Bourgeois, Dr. Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mon 4/27/2009 7:09 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - End the University as We Know It - NYTimes.com We do that here, at my institution, and I thought at first that it was a great idea. And I have a lot of great conversations with my neighbors, who are theater profs, art profs, and history profs, but they generally don't tend to involve research or teaching. I think it's a good idea on paper that just doesn't work. ________________________________________ From: Louis Schmier [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:05 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - End the University as We Know It - NYTimes.com I always thought we should mix up offices among the various disciplines so that an historian would have an office next to an artist, psychologist, chemist, etc, etc. We were that way back when I first arrived on campus 43 years ago, had only a fifth of the faculty (100) and a seventh of the student body (1500). We had only 1 1/2 buildings for the entire faculty and classrooms. We were at that time a true campus community, interacted with each other, partied with each other, appreciated each other. We weren't balkanized. Then, we started to grow and the turf wars began, the separation into different buildings and campuses began, the division into departments, schools, and then colleges began, and the deterioration of the campus community began. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmier http:/www.therandomthoughts.com Department of History Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947) /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\____/\ \/\ / \ \__ \/ / \ /\/ \ \ /\ //\/\/ /\ \_ / /___\/\ \ \ \/ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains \ /\ _/ \ don't practice on mole hills" -/ \ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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