Teaching, Learning, & Leadership (TeLL)

Critstats: Reimagining Statistics Education Through Critical Quantitative Approaches. This lecture introduces "critstats" as a modern approach to teaching introductory statistics that leverages computational software programs to engage students in critical quantitative analysis. We will explore how integrating open source software tools into the curriculum enables students to clearly define any terms and goals, and apply statistical concepts to critical social issues, improving both technical proficiency and critical thinking. This talk will discuss the development of critstats and the use of diverse datasets and related resources to teach fundamental statistical methods whi...

Histories of African Americans Connecting Mathematics and Society The world often looks to philosophy and the social sciences as opposed to the mathematical sciences to discuss and explore topics related to equity, collective action, and justice. Since the late 19th and early 20th century, however, African American scholars have taken social theories, which are strong in intuitive content, and expressed them in more formal terms using mathematics and data. Despite recent advances in discourses at the intersections of mathematics and social just...

Workshop led by Nathan Alexander exploring futurist framework for an interdisciplinary framework. RSVP Here

Lunch conversation with Nathan Alexander & students. 

Docent Holly Mirales '26 will lead a 15-minute talk on Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Victorious over the Serpent of Heresy, by an unknown Peruvian artist (Cuzco School).

Please join us for a presentation by Visiting Instructor of Biology Beth Eischen. Instructional Designer, Digital Innovation Mike Revenaugh, Senior Instructional Designer, VR/AR Technologist Ben Salzman, and Instructional Designer, Digital Innovation and Student Manager Forrest Warner on their work with VR, 3D printing, and podcasting for her Human Anatomy course. This lunchtime series highlights the creative partnerships between Hamilton College faculty and LITS Instructional Designers and Research Librarians. We’ll explore innovative approach...

Oral communication can be added into classes in hundreds of ways. Learn how faculty from across the curriculum use speaking in their classes for a variety of assignments. Join us to hear from others or to share your own assignment ideas. Members of the Speaking Advisory Committee will help moderate the conversation and Director Amy Gaffney will be on hand to help connect faculty with resources for integrating communication into the classroom. Please RSVP here.

Please join us for a presentation by Associate Professor of Literature Pavitra Sundar and Senior Research Librarian for Academic Initiatives & Experiential Learning Alex Wohnsen on their decade-long partnership on Everything is a Remix, a facilitated class discussion in LIT 148: Echoes & Encores in Literature. This discussion encourages students to think about sources, attribution, and citation outside of the research process while probing concepts like originality, authenticity, homage, and plagiarism. This lunchtime series highlights the crea...

The lunch series, “Celebrating Faculty and Staff Achievements,” features new scholarship from 2020 to present by faculty and staff authors, and is sponsored by Ngoni Munemo, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, and Joe Shelley, Vice President for Library and Information Technology Services. Please join us for a presentation by Kim Hoffman, LITS Digital Curation and Preservation Librarian, on her new edited work, From Interrogation to Integration: Centering Social Justice in Special Collections, Archives, and Preservation...

The lunch series, “Celebrating Faculty and Staff Achievements,” features new scholarship from 2020 to present by faculty and staff authors, and is sponsored by Ngoni Munemo, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, and Joe Shelley, Vice President for Library and Information Technology Services. Please join us for a presentation by Amy Koenig, Assistant Professor of Classics, on her work, The Fractured Voice: Silence and Power in Imperial Roman Literature (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024) Lunch will be provided.

Join us for an exciting showcase of research and scholarly insights as our talented senior art history students present their projects. For a virtual option, click here.