The academic success of Bard Early College students reflects the dedication and expertise of our faculty. Our faculty are distinguished in their fields of study, trained in early college pedagogy, and committed to teaching adolescents. Approximately two-thirds of full-time faculty members hold a terminal degree in their discipline, and permanent, full-time faculty are certified in their states. Some college electives are taught by adjunct faculty. The average class size is 22.
At the 2021 American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies conference, Jeffrey Peters (BHSEC Baltimore) will lead a session entitled “Madness: Medicine or Politics?” which focuses on the social and political re-evaluation of “madness” as used in the 18th-century.
Laurel Richardson (BHSEC Manhattan) has been named a 2024 Bronx Museum of the Arts AIM Fellow. In December she was facilitator for a professional development conference for emerging artists called “Critlab” through the Foundation for Contemporary Art Ghana.
Colin Harte has been named Associate Dean of Studies for BHSEC Bronx. He also gave numerous presentations and workshops this year, including a faculty workshop at the Society for Ethnomusicology in Ottawa on “The Bodhrán- Irish Frame Drumming”, a workshop titled “The Bodhrán- World Frame Drumming” and a presentation on “Crisscrossing Traditions from Ireland and Abroad in the Classroom” at the American Irish Teachers Association, Queens, NY. Professor Harte received a grant from the New York State Council for the Arts for Irish Ghanaian Concerts in January 2024.
BHSEC DC Chemistry Faculty Dr. Vanessa Falcao was selected to present at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education 2024. “Building an Immersive Organic Chemistry Learning Experience” presents the results of a pilot eLEarning activity that helps to train students to connect the 2D particulate representations with the rotating 3D molecules within the organic chemistry topic of R and S stereochemistry. The pilot trial included over 300 organic chemistry students in the Fall of 2022 at Auburn University.
