Special Teaching Leaves

Each year Hofstra University sets aside several sabbatical leaves for faculty to work on pedagogical issues. These Special Teaching Leaves provide faculty members time away from regular responsibilities to develop ideas and methods related, in any way, to the enhancement of teaching excellence. A committee of members of the CTSE reviews applications and makes recommendations to the Senate Faculty Affairs Committee for the Special Teaching Leaves (see Criteria for Special Teaching Leaves). Recognizing the tremendous breadth of insight, innovation, and research that may be stimulated during a Teaching Leave, the CTSE has not attempted to limit applications to any particular topics or fields. Faculty may, for example, use the time to investigate larger pedagogical theories, devise instructional methods, or study problems and crises in education. To date, 34 faculty members have been awarded Special Teaching Leaves. Each fall, the Special Teaching Leaves recipients from the prior year are showcased in a presentation titled "Program on Scholarship in Teaching" to which all faculty and administrators are invited.

2009-2010
Mauro Caputi, Daniel Sciarra, Deb Sledgianowski

2008-2009
Evelyn Altenberg, Jeanne Henry, Linda Longmire, Bruce Torff, Sharon Whitton

2007-2008
Barbara Cohen, Janice Koch, Andrea Libresco

2006-2007
Andrew Forman, David Green, Rusty Moore

2005-2006
Laurie Johnson, Charol Shakeshaft

2004-2005
Mauro Caputi

2003-2004
Charles Smith, Bruce Torff

2002-2003
Janice Koch

2001-2002
Michael D'Innocenzo, Jeanne Henry

2000-2001
John Affisco

1999-2000
Mauro Caputi, Joseph Lechowicz, Rusty Moore, Shirlee Sloyer

1998-1999
Nancy Kaplan, Elaine Sherman, Charles Smith

1997-1998
David Cassidy, Kevin LaGrandeur, Sharon Whitton

1996-1997
Robert Bumcrot, David Knee, Timothy Smith, Mohammed Tafti

1995-1996
John Affisco, Michael D'Innocenzo, Laurie Johnson, Nancy Stern

1994-1995
Frances Kaplan, Hadassah Paul, Anoop Rai, Stellye Weinstein

1993-1994
Andrew Forman, Shari Zimmerman

1992-1993
Lesley Browder, Eveline Felsten, Barry Nass, Alvin Silver, June Zaccone