Students taking the course for credit will be required to give three presentations to the class.
Discussion of each assigned reading will take one hour. This discussion will be informal and interactive. The student paper presentation should be approximately 40 minutes in length and should help stimulate discussion. The presenter should provide an overview of the paper, identify the important contributions of the paper and situate the paper within a broader research context. The presenter should be prepared to be interrupted and to answer questions about the paper.
Presenting students must make an appointment to meet with Sheila (several days) prior to their presentation to go over the material they plan to present. Students should have a substantial draft of the presentation ready to show at that time.
Students will be required to make a copy of their presentations available to the class (in ps or pdf) at least 2 hours before class. These presentations will be posted on the course Web page. Presenting students also have the option of linking any relevant supplementary material.
Students auditing the course will be required to present one paper.