The Learning Community Program at UConn collaborates with faculty and staff across many different departments and programs. This year the Learning Community Program is enthusiastic about the opportunity to work with three new Faculty Directors; Dr. Stephen Dyson, Dr. Richard Parnas, and Dr. Diana Rios.
Dr. Stephen Dyson
Associate Professor of Political Science
Faculty Director of Humanities House
“In Humanities House, we learn together through a mash-up of high and pop culture, world trends and our daily experiences at UConn. We help each other to be sensitive, engaged interpreters of our time and place in the world, while learning the empathy to see life as others do too. As faculty director, I'm looking to create an outstanding liberal arts college within the context of this big, powerful research institution.”
Dr. Richard Parnas
Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Faculty Director of EcoHouse
“I hope that I can help EcoHouse students learn to separate facts from fiction, marketing, and political posturing as they learn about environmental issues such as climate change, renewable energy, and food production.”
Dr. Diana Rios
Associate Professor of Communications
Faculty Director of La Comunidad Intelectual
“Our big themes this year are the emerging intellectual and developing identities. La Comunidad Intelectual encourages each student to nurture their intellectual perspectives and treasure their new academic and professional identities. These topics of intellectualism and identity are important for young adults who are redefining who they are and where they fit in the university world, and where they will fit into the world beyond the ivory tower.”
The Learning Community Program at UConn is comprised of 17 residential communities and 9 non-residential communities. To learn more, please visit lc.uconn.edu
For more information, contact: Jennifer Mathieu, Program Coordinator at jennifer.mathieu@uconn.edu