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Faculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. Jodi Dueck-Read

Faculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. Jodi Dueck-Read

Posted in Faculty Profiles  •  Thursday, February 6, 2020 @ 3:25 PM

Dr. Jodi Dueck-Read, Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies, has taught at Menno Simons College as a sessional instructor since 2010 and has been on faculty since 2015.

What do you love about your work here?

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Doktorvater: How Dietrich Bartel is bringing a teacher’s heart to research communication

Doktorvater: How Dietrich Bartel is bringing a teacher’s heart to research communication

Posted in Faculty Profiles  •  Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 10:23 PM

In German, the word for a doctoral supervisor is doktorvater, or "doctor father." No phrase could better express the spirit of pedagogical generosity and delight which critics have identified in the work of Music Professor Emeritus, Dietrich Bartel.

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Faculty: In Their Own Words - Justin Neufeld

Faculty: In Their Own Words - Justin Neufeld

Posted in Faculty Profiles  •  Thursday, January 23, 2020 @ 1:08 PM

Justin Neufeld has been an Instructor of Philosophy at CMU since 2008.

What are you teaching right now that you're most excited about?

This winter I'm teaching Disability and Difference: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives. It's a class that I've really come to under the influence of students here at CMU. Years ago, a student wanted to do an independent study on disability, and I had more interest than expertise, but we were willing to kind of work on it together, and that gave me confidence a couple of years later to offer a course on the subject. This year will be the second time I'm teaching it.

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Faculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. John Derksen

Faculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. John Derksen

Posted in Faculty Profiles  •  Monday, January 6, 2020 @ 11:48 AM

Dr. John Derksen, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies, has taught at MSC since 2000.

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Faculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. Matthew Pauls

Faculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. Matthew Pauls

Posted in Faculty Profiles  •  Friday, September 20, 2019 @ 4:03 PM

Dr. Matthew Pauls, Assistant Professor of Music, has taught at CMU since 2015.

What do you love about your work here?
I wear a few different hats, so I see students in different kinds of places: one on one in the voice studio, in a classroom, and then in men's chorus. They each have a very different flavour and I enjoy the variety. I love that because of the size of the institution, you get a chance to get to know students better. In a place like the voice studio, where I don't just teach students for one semester, I get to see them grow over a longer period of time and that's very rewarding.

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