ECS ORDER applicant ranking
- 1. Reviewers: At this point we are just selecting candidates for interviews. We do not have a lot on information, and a suggested scoring criteria sheet is attached below to provide some guidelines. Please rank the applicants in your primary group, say 1-16. We likely will select the top 5-7 candidates in each group for interviews, but we will discuss the final list to ensure that we hear from those most qualified. If you think you have a COI, please let us know. Also, if you know an applicant not in your group that you think would be a strong candidate, please share that information as well. When your group is done, please submit your complete rankings to Jay and David. Looks like a great group this year, so this should be very engaging and a great deal of fun. Enjoy! Things to look for : Future Assignments Fieldtrips Learning Goals Grants- Fulbright Publications of interest to students Interesting past Questions to Ask during interview: Do you feel capable of helping your students accomplish the feats (Fulbright grant). Mine went above and beyond and one guy in my class pursued research with one of my grad fellows and another decided to take another one of their classes? ORDER isn’t like other first-year seminars bc the students are experiencing all these different teachers who are close and age and are straddling the line between elder and peer? How will you deal with a situation when a first-year starts treating you more like a friend than a teacher? How will you reclaim those boundaries? One of the most interesting parts of the class for first-years is hearing stories of bumps in the road with research mentors and peers and how you got over it? In a few sentences, please provide an entertaining anecdote about a hard time you’ve had in research? How would you handle a situation in which a student is offended by your research topic or methods and has strong reservations about participating in class discussion, fieldtrips, etc.? 1. Barnes, Dawn 2. Burkett, James
- 2. 3. Forrest, Osric 4. Du, Xin 5. Chau, Monica 6. Hanes, Melinda 7. Alexander, Isabella 8. Comstra, Heather 9. Gander, Jennifer 10. Calcutt, Sarah 11. Byun, Phil 12. Fleischer, Candace 13. Ghai, Shweta 14. Ehteshami, Maryam 15. Anderson, Ellen 16. Cho, Kyuwon Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Alexander, Isabella Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __4__1. Research accomplishment. __3__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __3__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: This applicant’s research has the potential to pair well with the “Creating Emory” framework of first-year students that focuses on racial and ethnic issues.Also,given that multi-cultural integration is a novel experience for many first-year students,the topic could be very complimentary to their education as citizen’s of a multi-faceted American and world landscape. When Dr. Freeman mentioned Ms.Alexander’s approach to handling plagiarism, I felt her expertise in this area might be helpful to Senior’s. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Anderson,Ellen Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __3__1. Research accomplishment.
- 3. __3__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __2__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __2__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Ms. Anderson appears to be very invested in her topic. Unfortunately, I feel she will expect an in-depth analysis of a subject many first-year will not only be uninterested in, but also have a hard time understanding the importance of. Also, I’m wary that her dissertation advisorexplained the merits of her proposalbetter than she did. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Barnes, Dawn Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __4__1. Research accomplishment. __5__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __5__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __5__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: I want to join her class today. Students discussing herclass who didn’t take her course is one of the highest praises a teacher/professorcan receive from first-year students. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Burkett, James Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __3__1. Research accomplishment. __5__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __4__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation.
- 4. Additional comments: Although Mr. Burkett is less accomplished than some of the other applicants, his interdisciplinary considerations this early in the process seemlike they would compliment the program and his fellow graduates well. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Byun, Phil Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __3__1. Research accomplishment. __2__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __2__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __3__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Mr. Bryun has a very interesting proposalthat would catch the attention of first-year students.However, he does not seem to have a clear direction for his module. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Calcutt, Sarah Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __4__1. Research accomplishment. __3__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __5__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Considering Ms.Calcutt is currently involved in two research projects, I feel she may be an excellent candidate because of the duality of her experiences, but may be in over her head.Also, I feel that she could really gain from working with the othergrad students because herintended teaching methods, although good,could use critique. For example, the emphasized ideas for senior students could be highly valuable to freshman and should be integrated into the first-year students’curriculum. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Chau, Monica Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score.
- 5. __4__1. Research accomplishment. __3__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __5__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Ms. Chau’s proposalwas very clearly outlined and appears to be ready for immediate use.Ms. Chau, and her proposal, appears to be very science focused and may not integrate well with humanities fellows. Also, she does not clearly distinguish the differences in her plans for freshmen vs. seniors. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Cho, Kyuwon Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __3__1. Research accomplishment. __2__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __2__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __3__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: From Mr. Cho’s application, I am left unsure what exactly he will be teaching. However, I do find some merit in that he recognizes the importance of voice projection, illustration, etc. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Comstra, Heather Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __4__1. Research accomplishment. __3__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience?
- 6. __4__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation Additional comments: Ms. Comstra’s experiences (e.g. BCMB Training Grant Recipient) will provide valuable information on navigating undergraduate and graduate studies for both freshmen and seniors. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Du, Xin Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __5__1. Research accomplishment. __4__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interes t? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __5__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Mr. Din received a 5 for research accomplishment because I believe it will be very interesting to most undergraduate students that he holds a patent. Additionally, his research experience is vast,yet remains in his field. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Ehteshami, Maryam Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __5__1. Research accomplishment. __3__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __4__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: My only concern with her proposalis the rigidity of her lecture series. One of the best aspects ofthe ORDER course is the interdisciplinary portions and Mr./Mrs. Ehteshami’s module may not be able to mesh well with others. On a separate note,being an “invited speaker”, I believe she will have helpful insights to seniors and freshmen on how to make a good impression on speakers at academic conferences. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Fleischer, Candace Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score.
- 7. __3__1. Research accomplishment. __2__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __5__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __4__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Ms. Fleischer appears ready to step into the classroom. However, her module schedule appears rigid and possibly incapable of molding to the other grad students modules.On another note,Ms. Fleischer’s research into some of the causes of depression and fatigue may be very complimentary to the required Health 101 course for freshmen. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Forrest, Osric Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __3__1. Research accomplishment. __4__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __5__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __5__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Mr./Mrs. Forrest’s research may compliment the mandatory Health 101 course for all first-year students because of its focus on inflammation. My only concern is the direction of the seniorresearch presentation; it may need refining, however I believe this may be positive because of its flexibility. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Gander, Jennifer Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __4__1. Research accomplishment. __3__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience?
- 8. __4__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Ms. Gander’s research subject,public health, may provide a very interesting perspective to everyday problems for both freshmen and seniors because it is world citizen-focused as opposed to a more specified topic. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Ghai, Shweta Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __3__1. Research accomplishment. __3__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __5__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __4__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: I think it is very good that Mr./Mrs. Ghai mentioned an interest in providing opportunities for research to their students,as this will allow freshmen a venue for expressing interests outside of their intended major and seniors one last chance to step out of their boundaries before leaving the College. Suggestedscoring criteria Candidate Name: Hanes, Melinda Using a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the best score. __3__1. Research accomplishment. __5__2. Creative use of teaching venues and learning experiences. __4__3. Opportunities for a freshmen/senior seminar. Did the presentation capture your interest? Would it capture the interests of a 1st year student transitioning to college? ..a senior student capstone experience? __4__4. Overall effectiveness and clarity of the presentation. Additional comments: Ms. Hanes’ intended use of cartoons will assist inkeeping the attention of her students and may be a good consideration to share with fellow grad teachers.