Professorships
An Exceptional Education
Endowed professorships offer fundamental support to building an engaged and distinguished faculty, as they help Goucher recruit and retain top scholars and teachers in their fields. Our faculty members impact hundreds of lives through the courses they teach, the students they mentor, and the academic research and work they pursue today. And we see the long-term impact of our talented and dedicated faculty in the competitive careers Goucher graduates pursue and the values of advocacy and service they model in their communities every day. In addition, professorships bring incredible prestige to our college by providing an exceptional educational experience on campus and in our community for tomorrow’s leaders.
An Exceptional Education
Endowed professorships offer fundamental support to building an engaged and distinguished faculty, as they help Goucher recruit and retain top scholars and teachers in their fields. Our faculty members impact hundreds of lives through the courses they teach, the students they mentor, and the academic research and work they pursue today. And we see the long-term impact of our talented and dedicated faculty in the competitive careers Goucher graduates pursue and the values of advocacy and service they model in their communities every day. In addition, professorships bring incredible prestige to our college by providing an exceptional educational experience on campus and in our community for tomorrow’s leaders.
Professorship in Data Science
Through a $1,000,000 matching grant from the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund, Goucher is establishing a professorship in data science. This data science faculty position will support Goucher’s new data science major and lead programming to develop students’ skills that can be applied to data analytics in governmental agencies, as well as with local, national, and global nonprofit organizations and corporations. Through the new endowed professorship in data science, Goucher students will be taught to analyze economic trends, social media monitoring, demographics, geographic information systems, medical records, public health data, image recognition, environmental modeling, financial transactions, market research, and much more. Goucher students will graduate with the ability to analyze large, robust data sets with an ever-present human and ethical focus, a fundamental value of Goucher College.
Professorship of Judaic Studies & Justice
Goucher College’s endowed professorship in Judaic studies & justice, held by renowned author Associate Professor Martin Shuster, is a testament to the college’s commitment to embracing diverse religious study and social justice. The Judaic studies & justice academic discipline centers on the study of Jews, Judaism, and its correlation to social justice. An introduction to Judaism and its history, beliefs, and practices are explored. The courses of study are interdisciplinary and combine aspects of history, Middle Eastern studies, religious studies, archeology, sociology, Jewish languages, political science, women’s studies, and ethnic studies. Conceptions of ultimate reality, evil, immortality, religious experience, and human subjectivity, as well as arguments for and against theism, atheism, and agnosticism, are explored. Topics of study include scripture and commentary, ritual and liturgy, the life cycle, and the festival calendar. How Jewish tradition responded to and has been shaped by the challenges posed by the modern world is also examined.
Luetkemeyer Professorship
The John A. Luetkemeyer Sr. Endowed Chair at Goucher College is an endowed professorship in Mandarin Chinese and Asian studies. This endowed professorship supports the hallmark of a Goucher education–global learning. Goucher was one of the first colleges in the United States to formally recognize the importance of a global perspective in education by requiring study abroad for all of its students. At Goucher, global education expands beyond languages and study abroad to include curriculum enrichment, cross-cultural engagements, and co-curricular activities. The Luetkemeyer Chair Fund demonstrates the importance and influence of Mandarin Chinese and Asian studies. Mandarin Chinese is one of the most spoken languages globally, and the number of U.S. high schools offering Mandarin Chinese has been increasing in recent years. Goucher is also adding an Asian studies minor that will expand the current curricular offerings to delve deeper into the region’s history, politics, and philosophies.
Latest News
Broad, Humane Perspective mini-grants
This spring, Provost Elaine Meyer-Lee announced three faculty projects that would be funded by the Broad, Humane Perspective mini-grants. The projects will, as she wrote, “help us explore the ways in which we—as the college’s mission statement states—‘prepare students with a broad, humane perspective.’”
Goucher College establishes $2M endowed professorship in biological sciences and chemistry
Matched by alumnae/i contributions, the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund has awarded Goucher College $1 million to establish an endowed professorship to promote research and technology.
Broad, Humane Perspective mini-grants
This spring, Provost Elaine Meyer-Lee announced three faculty projects that
Goucher College establishes $2M endowed professorship in biological sciences and chemistry
Matched by alumnae/i contributions, the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund has awarded Goucher College $1 million to establish an endowed professorship to promote research and technology.
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