The following members of the faculty at Syracuse University have been designated Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professors and are members of the Meredith Symposium.
| Linda Alcoff 1995-1998 Philosophy Project: Develop a more participatory method of student learning; develop a course on race and racism; and examine the pedagogical effects of using the personal voice in the classroom. |
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William Coplin 1995-1998 Project: Offer new course entitled PSC 300: The Good Society. Students read material about how to improve society and then work on special projects. Inventory the different ways faculty throughout the University use undergraduates as teaching assistants and analyze the relative benefits and costs. |
| William Glavin 1995-1998 Magazine
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| Samuel Clemence 1996-1999 Civil Engineering
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| Jerry Evensky 1996-1999 Economics
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| Shiu-Kai Chin 1997-2000 Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Director, New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications and Software Engineering (CASE) ![]() Project: Develop an assessment process to help programs realize their hopes for their students and to prepare our students for life in a society dominated by change and complexity. |
| Marvin Druger 1997-2000 Biology/Science Teaching
Project: Develop a leadership course for undergraduates; and develop a lecture series that enables advanced Ph.D. students to present their research and to talk about graduate school to undergraduates. |
| William Banks 1998-2001 Law
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| Gerardine Clark 1998-2001 Drama Project: Develop DRA 581: Playwriting: Topics of Diversity Campus Life. From the scripts that evolve as the students' final assignment, a number are chosen for public performance as part of the Black Box Theatre and Syracuse Stage/SU Drama's New Play Festival. |
| Sari Biklen 1999-2002 Education/Cultural Foundations
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| Barry Davidson 1999-2002 Mechanical, Aerospace & Manufacturing Engineering
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| Larry Lewandowski 2000-2003 Psychology
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| Shobha Bhatia 2000-2003 Civil Engineering
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David Bennett 2001-2004![]() History Project: Develop a seminar on lecturing for interested graduate students and junior faculty focusing on discussing the ways to effectively present material in a lecture course. |
Jerry Mager 2001-2004![]() Teaching and Leadership Project: Develop a two-way partnership between Syracuse University and New York City schools to provide SU students a semester of guided student teaching in selected City schools. |
Kristi Andersen 2002-2005![]() Political Science Project: Develop a handbook or manual of indicators of quality teaching that could be used by department chairs, deans and committees to evaluate faculty. |
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Sarah H. Ramsey 2002-2005 |
| Stuart Bretschneider 2003-2006 Public Administration and Center for Technology and Information Project: Develop and distribute curricular materials on the development and use of a group project activity based on teaching that will address real projects for a real purpose. A key feature of the teams is that they will be leaderless in that the professor will not appoint anyone to lead the team. It will be the responsibility of the team to address its internal management and organizational issues.
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| Joanna O. Masingila 2003-2006 Mathematics and Math Education Project: Work with professors teaching Gateway courses to develop multimedia mini-case studies to use in preparing teaching assistants to teach in those courses. Each mini-case will consist of 20-30 minutes of classroom video, along with reflections and anticipations of the teacher and study questions.
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| Douglas Armstrong 2004-2007 Anthropology Project: Classroom research and Community Outreach: Caribbean Heritage Preservation Policy Project and Public Interpretation at the Harriet Tubman Home.
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| Micere Githae Mugo 2004-2007 African American Studies Project: Development of a course entitled "Interventionist Debating" to be used to help break the "negative silences that keep the various interest groups apart" while providing students with training in public speaking, debating, and other skills needed to find a collective solution to issues of diversity.
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| Gary Radke 2005-2008 Fine Arts Project: Work with and mentor colleagues across the University to develop courses that consider cross-disciplinary perspectives and incorporate travel as a key tool for expanding student and teacher knowledge and interaction.
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| Arlene Kanter 2005-2008 Law
Project: To establish a university-wide Disability Studies Program that will be integrated into the overall mission of Syracuse University and that will advance our standing as the leading university Disability Studies Program in the United States and internationally. |
| Ann Munly 2006-2009 Architecture
Project: "8+6 Architectural Conversations in the City," a new course engaging students in eight interdisciplinary conversations and six site visits that will help non-architecture students develop architectural 'literacy,' aiding them to interpret and contribute to the future urban settings where they live. |
| Ruth Small 2006-2009 Information Studies
Project: E*LIT (Enriching Literacy through Information Technology) brings together reading, research, technology and motivation to create a framework for University students to work with diverse children in the community. |
| Madonna Harrington Meyer 2007-2010 Sociology
Project: Facilitate greater integration of real-world research cases into graduate quantitative methods courses and helping other faculty members at SU identify and create effective Scholarship in Action learning opportunities for their students. |
| Amardo Rodriguez 2007-2010 Communication and Rhetorical Studies
Project: Creation of a new Innovation and Design minor in VPA in order to "introduce students to the study of innovation and the theoretical, conceptual and experiential challenges that attend to it in its historical, social, political, geographical and communicational contexts." |
| Sharon Hollenback 2008-2011 Public Communication
Project: “World of the Olympics: Issues and Controversies of the Games,” a new course open to students from all majors that will focus on important issues related to the games and the broader Olympic movement, including nationalism, historical boycotts and political conflicts, and performance-enhancing drugs, among other topics. |
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Eric Lui 2008-2011 Project: Creation of an elective course to bridge the technical and non-technical components within studies of sustainable development and technology. Open to all majors, the course will allow students to take a holistic approach to examine the various elements of sustainable environments.
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James T. Spencer 2009-2012
Project: New classroom materials for use in large introductory science courses including a textbook, casebook, creative mock-trial crime scene modules, and laboratory materials which will be shared with high school and middle school teachers, along with training opportunities for those who use them.
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Donald Siegel 2009-2012 Project: Develop a course focused on water in all its forms and uses on a global scale—including the science of water and its movement globally and locally in the hydrologic cycle; the use and availability of water by humans and ecosystems; and past, present and future water policy, ethics, and disputes. If possible, "World Water" will include a 10-day trip to China where students can investigate water use in the Yangtze River system.
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Helen Doerr 2010-2013 Project: Create a model for mentoring graduate |
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Margaret Himley 2010-2013
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| Sandra Lane 2011-2014 Public Health & Anthropology Project: A proponent of experiential learning and community action |
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Norman Kutcher 2011-2014
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Jonathan Massey 2012-2015 Project: "Learning through Engaged Urban History Research," will connect students with faculty, scholars and community members to investigate the urban history of upstate New York since the New Deal. Massey hopes to launch a campus-wide conversation about the making of metropolitan America and publish the resulting work as a historical atlas of the Erie Canal Corridor as well as establishing a permanent transdisciplinary course focused on US urban history of this period. |
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Burak Kazaz 2012-2015
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