我们的历史 and Mission

凯尔特人 was established in October 2007. It provides support for faculty members during all phases of their careers at 弗雷明汉 State University. 凯尔特人 is a faculty-run organization with a steering committee of representatives from across the disciplines assisting the directors. The first 凯尔特人 Co-董事 were Bridgett Perry-Galvin, Professor of Psychology, 和Elaine Beilin, 英语教授. Patricia Luoto, Professor of Consumer Sciences, subsequently served as a Co-Director. Subsequent directors and assistant directors include:

  • 2012-2015:
    • Karen Druffel, Professor of Business, Director
    • Claudia Springer, 英语教授, Assistant Director
  • 2015-2018:
    • Elaine Beilin, 英语教授, Director
    • Jon Huibregtse, Professor of 历史, Assistant Director
  • 2018-2021:
    • Jon Huibregste, Professor of 历史, Director
    • Lina Rincón, Associate Professor of Sociology, Assistant Director
  • 2020年春季:
    • Lina Rincón, Associate Professor of Sociology, Interim Director
    • May Hara, Associate Professor of Education, Interim Assistant Director
  • 2021-2024:
    • May Hara, Associate Professor of Education, Director
    • Maria (Lissa) Bollettino, Professor of 历史, Assistant Director

使命宣言

凯尔特人 will support faculty and librarians' professional development by organizing programs and activities to encourage innovative and effective pedagogy, 建议, 服务, 奖学金, 创造性的工作. 

目的:

  • Support faculty and librarian well-being as a foundation for professional flourishing
  • To provide faculty and librarian funding for travel, 研究, 创造性的工作, innovation in teaching and 建议, and other small grants
  • To provide mentoring to faculty and librarians at all phases of their careers
  • To provide support relating to leadership development for faculty and librarians
  • To facilitate connection, interdisciplinary collaboration, and publicizing of faculty and librarian accomplishments, in all aspects of professional work
  • To champion diversity, 股本, and antiracism as central elements of teaching and learning and key commitments of 凯尔特人 and the 弗雷明汉 State University community

The following is a small sampling of the scholarly endeavors by our faculty in 2023-2024 that were funded through 凯尔特人:

Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz, Patricia Sánchez-Connally, and Beth Whalley (Sociology & 犯罪学)

Received funding to participate in the Border Awareness Experience 

Kaan Agartan (Sociology & 犯罪学)

Received funding to present “Urban Insurgency as Spatial Democracy: Rethinking Gezi Uprisings 10 years Later” at the American Sociological Association’s 118th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (PA).

Megan Mayer (Nutrition & 健康研究)

Received funding to participate in a one-week, virtual training hosted by the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. 

Rachel Trousdale (English)

Received funding which allowed her to pursue a series of sabbatical projects during the 23-24 school year, including presenting a paper called “Old Possum and the Creative 艺术” at the annual meeting of the T.S. Eliot Society; did 研究 at the British 图书馆 allowing her to write “Teaching Critical Race Theory With Orlando and The Dreadnaught Hoax,” which she presented at this year’s Modern Language Association and has since published; did more 研究 at the British 图书馆 and the National Poetry 图书馆 in London in support of her class on 20th and 21st century British poetry; and traveled to Glasgow, 来英国发表论文, “Bird Islands: Elizabeth Bishop’s Questioning Seabirds” at the Elizabeth Bishop in Glasgow conference. 

Zahra Tohidinia (Marketing)

Received funding to present her project titled “Consumer Definitions of Fast Fashion: Production vs. Consumption Ontologies Reflected in an Online Forum” in Academy of Marketing 2023 conference. The findings of our project indicate that, while some consumers focus on the fashion industry itself as the main driver of their definition of fast fashion, others define it by emphasizing their consumption patterns."