Humanities

Faculty Accomplishments

Dr. Carole Barnett, associate professor of humanities, was one of three JU faculty selected as a Seminar Leader for the inaugural First Coast Scholars Program, which provides intensive, content-rich seminars for Duval County public school teachers through the Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership. Dr. Carole Barnett's seminar was on Disease, Destruction and Disaster. Each seminar was attended by 10-12 teachers who also wrote curriculum units for classroom use on a related topic. The seminars were held at JU from March 27 to May 17, 2007. The First Coast Scholar program is partnered with Princeton University and all three faculty members had visited Princeton University to observe their seminars prior to beginning the Jacksonville project.

Dr. Carole Barnett, associate professor of humanities, is on the board for the World Affairs Council of Jacksonville, which promotes a broader understanding of world affairs to all ages. Dr. Barnett is also heading up an archeological study abroad trip to Italy, Greece and Turkey, May 18 to June 2, 2007.

Dr. Joana Owens, associate professor of humanities, served as the Program Chair for the 2007 meeting of the National Association for Humanities Education, held Feb. 28 - March 3, 2007 in San Francisco. Dr. Owens also participated in the 2006-07 Art & Music Lecture series co-sponsored by the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, presenting three lectures on Neoclassical and Romantic visual art.