Teaching Professorship Program Names Professors
Contemporary Writers Series, “Through Indian Eyes: Bringing History to Life” to continue for three more years
Buffalo, NY – The Peter Canisius Distinguished Teaching Professorship Program awarded a new round of professorships, which will begin in June 2008. The three-year grants provide the college’s best faculty with the resources to create innovative programs that enhance undergraduate teaching through such exciting initiatives as interdisciplinary projects, scholarly travel, experiential courses and the incorporation of technology into the classroom.
Each professorship includes an annual stipend and program budget, in addition to the regular college salary. Faculty members are chosen through a competitive grant process that focuses on creativity and the extent to which their proposals will advance the college’s vision. The new Distinguished Teaching Professorships were awarded to:
Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English and Canisius College Writer-in-Residence. Cochrane will use his Peter Canisius Teaching Professorship to continue his popular Contemporary Writers Series, which was established in 1999 and was among the first Teaching Professorships awarded at Canisius. The series brings writers of national stature to campus to read from their work and to meet with students, faculty and members of the Buffalo community. It is presented in coordination with a course devoted to the study of contemporary fiction.
Keith R. Burich, PhD, professor of history, will use his Peter Canisius Teaching Professorship to further develop his Native American program, now entitled “Through Indian Eyes: Bringing History to Life.” Originally established in 2004 with support from a Peter Canisius Professorship, the program gives voice to Native Americans, and enables them to tell their history “in their own words and in their own ways.”
Students will gain new perspectives on post-Columbian history and culture not only through coursework but through a Native American speaker’s series, cultural immersion programs to Montana’s Crow Reservation and New Mexico’s and Arizona’s Navajo Reservations, and through field experiences to such places as the National Museum of the American Indian. In addition, Burich will develop a new course entitled Historical Archeology. The course will examine Native American history from an archeological perspective and be offered to students in the Canisius All-College Honors Program.
When established in 1998, the Distinguished Teaching Professorship Program was funded by a $1.5 million gift to the college from the John R. Oishei Foundation. The Peter Canisius Distinguished Teaching Professorships are now funded by Canisius College.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders – intelligent, caring, faithful individuals – able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, their communities and their service to humanity.
Each professorship includes an annual stipend and program budget, in addition to the regular college salary. Faculty members are chosen through a competitive grant process that focuses on creativity and the extent to which their proposals will advance the college’s vision. The new Distinguished Teaching Professorships were awarded to:
Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English and Canisius College Writer-in-Residence. Cochrane will use his Peter Canisius Teaching Professorship to continue his popular Contemporary Writers Series, which was established in 1999 and was among the first Teaching Professorships awarded at Canisius. The series brings writers of national stature to campus to read from their work and to meet with students, faculty and members of the Buffalo community. It is presented in coordination with a course devoted to the study of contemporary fiction.
Keith R. Burich, PhD, professor of history, will use his Peter Canisius Teaching Professorship to further develop his Native American program, now entitled “Through Indian Eyes: Bringing History to Life.” Originally established in 2004 with support from a Peter Canisius Professorship, the program gives voice to Native Americans, and enables them to tell their history “in their own words and in their own ways.”
Students will gain new perspectives on post-Columbian history and culture not only through coursework but through a Native American speaker’s series, cultural immersion programs to Montana’s Crow Reservation and New Mexico’s and Arizona’s Navajo Reservations, and through field experiences to such places as the National Museum of the American Indian. In addition, Burich will develop a new course entitled Historical Archeology. The course will examine Native American history from an archeological perspective and be offered to students in the Canisius All-College Honors Program.
When established in 1998, the Distinguished Teaching Professorship Program was funded by a $1.5 million gift to the college from the John R. Oishei Foundation. The Peter Canisius Distinguished Teaching Professorships are now funded by Canisius College.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders – intelligent, caring, faithful individuals – able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, their communities and their service to humanity.
Date released: 2/11/2008
