2009 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
As part of the University’s commitment to encourage graduate students in their development as teachers, the Graduate School presents the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching to recognize outstanding teaching by Ph.D. students. This year, three exceptional students received this award. more
The Link: Shaping the Direction of Teaching and Learning at Duke
Located on the lower level of Perkins Library, the Link is an expansive and flexible campus facility. The Link’s technology and spatial design support many teaching and learning options—including classes that incorporate small group breakout sessions, video capture and real-time playback, classroom videoconferencing, presentations involving multiple projections, and interaction with large data files and data sets. more
Building Intellectual Community: The 2009 Latin American and Caribbean History Graduate Student Workshop
The Latin American and Caribbean History Graduate Student Workshop, held on April 3, 2009, provided a supportive and intellectually rigorous forum for advanced graduate students to share their original research with faculty members and fellow graduate students. The workshop—first held in 2005 and funded by the History Department’s Colloquium and Speakers Committee since 2008—pairs two graduate students, an advanced ABD (All But Dissertation) and a more junior one, who each present a dissertation chapter or primary-source–based research paper for collective discussion by all the workshop attendees. This year’s workshop featured two papers that explored the relationship among military service, nationalism, and citizenship in early twentieth century Bolivia and the British Caribbean. more