(via Arlie Sims, Columbia College Chicago)
The Second Biennial Chicago Research Summit will be held online Friday, October 15. The theme for this year’s event is “Exploring Chicago’s Stories: Enhancing Student Learning Through Chicago-Based Research?”. The summit will bring together faculty, staff, administrators, librarians, and community partners to discuss strategies for enhancing student learning through Chicago-based research pedagogy.
There are three primary goals for the summit.
- to provide a platform to share successful pedagogical strategies for engaging undergraduates in research about Chicago
- to build collaborative relationships between faculty, staff, administrators, librarians, cultural institutions, and community organizations
- to create a forum to share and learn about research resources, collections, and learning opportunities that support Chicago-based research pedagogy
Call for Proposals
We are seeking presenters across disciplines to lead engaging and stimulating sessions that illustrate how they are using Chicago-based research pedagogy to enhance undergraduate student learning. We are also interested in sessions that share research, institutional best practices, successful programs, assignments, coursework, and creative approaches to this method of instruction. Lastly, we encourage representatives from Chicago area museums, cultural institutions, and community organizations to submit proposals that highlight their services, resources, and collections.
We encourage submissions of presentations or panels that relate to the theme of “Exploring Chicago’s Stories”, including own-voice narratives, oral histories, creative projects, or other approaches.
Some areas of interest to the programming committee include the following.
- engaging undergraduate learners
- facilitating student researchers
- pedagogical approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- program administration and evaluation
- community partnerships
- exploring Chicago’s archival collections
- listening to Chicagoans’ stories
All sessions and talks will be virtual. Individual presentations will be 20 minutes and should include audience interaction or discussion. The Chicago Research Summit will also include 5-minute lightning talks, which are a great way to share ideas, collections, assignments, and best practices that don’t warrant a full session. We also welcome proposals for a three member panel on a common theme.
Submissions for full sessions and lightning talks should include a 150-250 word description of your presentation. Please include 1-3 learning outcomes or a brief description of the main takeaways for your audience.
To submit a proposal, please go here. The deadline is Tuesday, June 1. Potential presenters will be notified in early August 2021 of their proposal status.