29th Annual AIS Conference
Dates: September 27-30, 2007
Location/Institution: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
Theme: "Interdisciplinarity at the Border: Creating, Thinking,
and Living New Knowledge"
Keynote: "The Integrated Self Crosses Boundaries Daily:
Learning to Access the Courage to Keep Moving," presented by Dr.
Amira de la Garza, Associate Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication,
Arizona State University, and Acting Director, North American Center
for Transborder Studies.
Conference Workshop: "The Nuts and Bolts of Integrative
Syllabus Design,"presented by Pauline Gagnon, University of West
Georgia; Allen Repko, University of Texas/Arlington, and Marcia Bundy
Seabury, University of Hartford. Registration, $25.
Other Special Sessions : GUIDE Sessions, small group
discussions with AIS Board members on understanding interdisciplinary
education on the topics of: Administration (Cheryl Jacobsen and Karen
Moranski); Assessment (Don Stowe and Allen Repko); Curriculum (Pauline
Gagnon and William Newell); Hosting an AIS Conference (Roslyn Abt Schindler); Issues
in Integrative Studies & Interdisciplinary Research/Scholarship
(Joan Fiscella and Francine Navakas); Scholarship of Interdisciplinary
Teaching and Learning (Deborah DeZure); and Securing Positions in Interdisciplinary
Studies (Tanya Augsburg).
Other events: Performances by Odds Bodkin, award-winning
performance storyteller, author, musician and educator, and the Jersey
Boys, winner of the 2006 Tony Award ($55 registration); and tours
of the ASU campus, the Heard Museum ($20 registration), Taliesin West
($35 registration), and the Desert Botanical Garden ($55 registration).
Registration Fees: $275, member; $325, non-member; $150, student
member; $175, student non-member.
Conference Coordinator: Kelly Nelson, Senior Lecturer, Interdisciplinary
Studies Program, Arizona State University.
Number of attendees: 167