During a program of presentations by two years of Glennan Fellows, Patricia King from the University of Michigan will give the keynote speech, 'From Ignorant Certainty to Intelligent Confusion: The Development of Reflective Judgment.' The program begins at 11 a.m. April 30 in 14 Crawford Hall. King's talk starts at 12:15 p.m.

King researches the cognitive and emotional development of students. She found that students typically enter college with simplistic and stark right/wrong views about knowledge, using evidence only sparingly or idiosyncratically to justify their beliefs. Their understanding of knowledge matures to some extent during college years-although perhaps not as much as college faculty and administrators would like to believe.

She makes suggestions about helping students along the path to mature reflective judgment.

The Glennan Fellows Program, administered by UCITE, announced the 2003-04 fellows. They are Clemens Burda, assistant professor of chemistry, 'Bringing the Nano-Revolution into the Classroom;' Lisa Damato, assistant professor of nursing, 'Web-Based Nonatal Assessment Course;' Karen Potter, director of the Mather Dance Program and associate professor of theater arts, 'Expanding the 'Dance in Culture' Sequence;' Youngjin Yoo, assistant professor of information systems, 'Designing Knowledge Environments and Products: A new Approach to Management Education;' and Eric Youngstrom, assistant professor of psychology, Experiential Learning of Social Science Research Methods: Server Software, Web Galleries and Radishes!'

Making presentations about current Glennan projects will be:

Mary Davis

Mary Davis, assistant professor of music, is developing a new course called Roots to Rock: Popular Music in American Culture. The interdisciplinary course examines American popular music in its social, political and cultural history, relating music to broader currents in American life and revealing its importance in the construction of American identity. The course will use resources of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and also as a classroom to give students direct access to the museum's objects and archives.

Jutta Ittner

Jutta Ittner, assistant professor of modern languages and literatures, is teaching a seminar course she created called 'Berlin: A Study of Urban Culture.' The course explores the city's buildings and monuments as sites of symbolic meanings and how film and art is studied as a means of understanding the aesthetic significance of the city. The project included a joint faculty/student translation project that provided essential texts for the course that are currently not available in English.

Chandy John

Chandy John, assistant professor of pediatrics, is producing a Handbook of Topical Pediatrics that will be collaboratively written (using the Internet) and field tested by students and residents in academic institutions both in the United States and developing countries. The handbook integrates research and resources of the developed world with the extensive clinical experience and knowledge of local conditions of the developing countries. It is a concise, practical and up-to-date handbook that should prove invaluable in treating infectious diseases in children worldwide.

RenZe Sentilles

RenZe Sentilles, assistant professor of history, constructed the course, Advanced Topics in Women's History that undergraduates will have the opportunity to take biennially. The topics will change with each offering, but will be multicultural and interdisciplinary in nature and utilize the rich resources of area institutions. The course relates women's experiences with labor, politics, war, sexuality and medicine. The teaching emphasis engages students in creative research projects using primary materials to develop their analytical, oral and writing skills.

Cenk Sahinalp

Cenk Sahinalp, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science and genetics, will enhance bioinformatics education at CWRU. The rapidly growing field of biotechnology has created a demand for bioinformatics (the application of computer technology to biomedical research). This area has been identified as one of the five core areas of CWRU's future research focus. Sahinalp will develop a graduate course and curricula that will enable students with either biomedical or engineering backgrounds to gain entry into this new area of research.

Each Glennan Fellow receives a $6,500 stipend to support the development of activities related to teaching and education. Glennan Fellow projects may promote innovations in teaching, utilize new technologies in teaching or the course material, develop new courses, design innovations for current courses or develop new curricula within or across disciplines.

For information, call UCITE at 368-1224.