Welcome to Fall 2008!

Cheryl Albers, Associate Professor of Sociology

Office: Classroom Building B322 Phone: (716) 878-3292 e-mail: AlbersCM@BuffaloState.Edu  

Fall 2008 Office Hours:

  Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-10:30, and By Appointment

RECENT COURSES

SOC240 Social Problems

SOC320 Sociology of Families

SOC322 Sociology of Childhood and Youth

HON302 Social Science Seminar
 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Albers, C.M. (2008). “Improving Pedagogy through Action Learning and Scholarship of Teaching.” 36:79-86.

Albers, C. M. (2007). “Faculty Development Benefits of Teaching in a First-Year Learning Community.” Journal of Learning Communities Research. 2(2): 11-27.

Albers, C. M. (2007). “Revising Policy to Recognize Diverse forms of Scholarship.” Annual International Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference Proceedings, London: City University. 3:68-75.

Albers, C. M. (2007). “Developing a Shared Meaning of Scholarship to Enable the Revision of Promotion Policy.” International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 1(1): 1-15.

Albers, C. M. (2006). “Academic and Student Affairs Collaborate to Support Student Parents.” Planning for Higher Education. 35(1):19-30.

Albers, C. M. (2004). “Sociology in Educational Settings.” Social Insights: Sociology at Work. Spring, 9 (1): 24-30.

Albers, C. M. (2004). “Unlocking the Potential of Collaboration.”  Pp. 63-68 in B. Cambridge (ed.). Campus Progress: Supporting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Higher Education.

Albers, C. M.  (2003). “Sociology of Childhood and Youth.” In  S. M. Wright (ed.). Sociology of Children/Childhood, Second Edition. Washington, DC: American Sociological Assoc.

Lucal, B. and Albers, C. M., with Ballantine, J, Burmeister-May, J, Chin, J. Dettmer, and S., Larson, S. (2003). "Faculty Assessment in The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Knowledge Available/Knowledge Needed." Teaching Sociology. 31(2):146-161.

Albers, C. M. (2003). "The Course Syllabi as Evidence of The Scholarship of Teaching." Teaching Sociology. 31 (1):60-72.

RECENT PRESENTATONS

Albers, C. M. “Documenting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through a Course Portfolio.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, August, 2008

Albers, C. M. and Jeffrey Chin. “Improving Pedagogy through Action Learning and Scholarship of Teaching.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, August, 2007.

Albers, C. M. “Supporting Leadership for Change: New Designs for Communities Dedicated to Understanding, Practicing, and Promoting SoTL.” Third Annual Meting of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Sydney, Australia, July, 2007.

Albers, C.M. “Undergraduate Student Conducting SoTL.” Third Annual SoTL Faire, Western Carolina University, April 3, 2007.

Albers, C. M. “Making SoTL Understandable for National, System, International and Departmental Level Policy Makers.” Second Annual Meting of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC, November, 2006.

Albers, C. M. “Undergraduates Conducting Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.” Conference on Faculty-Student Partnerships in Teaching and Learning, Geneseo, NY, May, 2006.

Albers, C. M. “The Subject is Learning.” Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Madison, WI, March, 2006.

Albers, C. M. “From Practice to Policy: Negotiating a Shared Meaning of Scholarship.” Second Annual Meting of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vancouver, British Columbia, October, 2005.

Albers, C. M. “Faculty Development Benefits of Teaching in a First Year Learning Community.” One Hundredth Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2005.

Albers, C. M. “Revising Policy to Recognize Diverse Forms of Scholarship.” 5th Annual International Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL), London, May 2005.

Albers, C. M. “Revising Promotion Policy to Include SOTL.” University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, England, May, 2005.

Albers, C. M. “Supporting SOTL at Buffalo State.” The UK Higher Education Academy, York, England, April, 2005.

Albers, C. M. “Revision Local Policy to Recognize Diverse Forms of Scholarship.” Institute for the Advancement of University Learning. Oxford University, England, March 2005.

Albers, C. M. “Policy Development to Support the SOTL).” City Higher Education Seminar Series (CHESS). City University, London Educational Development Center, March, 2005.

Albers C. M. “Organizing a Campus to Support the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” and “Fellowship Programs the Promote Faculty Change and Student Learning”. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, Indiana, October, 2004.

Albers C. M. “Faculty Development Benefits of Teaching in a First Year Learning Community.” Faculty-Student Partnerships in Teaching and Learning. Geneseo, New York, May 2004.

Albers, C., G. Eastman, and S. Johnson. “Becoming Relevant: How to make the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning on Integral Part of Institutional Life.” Fifth Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Building Knowledge, Improving Learning, San Diego, CA, March 2004.

Albers, C. “Studying Teaching and Learning: Benefits for the College, Departments, Students, Faculty, and Staff.” Fifth Annual Faculty/Staff Scholarship and Creativity Celebration, Buffalo, NY, February, 2004.

Albers, C. "Faculty Evaluation" The Ninety-seventh Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL August, 2002.

Albers, C. "Documenting the Scholarship of Teaching Through a Course Portfolio." The XVth International Sociological Associations World Congress, Brisbane, Australia, July 2002.

Albers, Cheryl. “College as Home for Low-Income, Single-Parent Students and their Children.” American Association of Higher Education 2002 National Conference on Higher Education, Chicago, IL, March 17, 2002.

Albers, Cheryl. “One Thing Leads to Another: The Growth of SOTL at Buffalo State College.” CASTL Reunion, Chicago, IL, March 17, 2002.

Albers, C. "Using the Syllabus to Document the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning." The Ninty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA , August 18-21, 2001.