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Welcome to the Retired Faculty Association The aims of the Retired Faculty Association are:
To facilitate
constructive contributions by its members to the
University;
To ascertain the relevant needs of retired faculty and to communicate this information to the
administration; and
To promote social and intellectual interaction among its members.
All retired faculty members and librarians are eligible for Active Membership with full voting rights. Retired faculty members and
librarians living outside the Amherst area, retired faculty members and librarians of other colleges or universities, and widows or
widowers of persons who were eligible for Active or Associate Membership, may become Associate Members upon payment of Associate Member
dues. Spouses of Active or Associate Members qualify as Associate members without payment of dues.
This site aims to provide useful information to retired faculty through the links on the menu at left. If you have suggestions for
types of information you would like to find here contact us at retfac@cns.umass.edu |
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Featured News
Save the Date: December 11th for our Holiday
Luncheon
November 13, 2013 Meeting Agenda
Campus Center 168 C
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Coffee, Tea and Cookies |
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Business
meeting and Announcements |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Peter Elbow
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of
English |
Vernacular
Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Ervin Staub
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Psychology |
"Overcoming Evil: Passivity, and
Active Bystandership to Create Caring Communities, Societies, and
Prevent Mass Violence." |
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Ervin Staub
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
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Ervin Staub interests include helping behavior and altruism, and passivity of bystanders in the face of others' needs.
He has studied the development of caring, helping altruism and ways to reduce aggression in children. For many years he
has studied the roots and prevention of violence between groups, especially mass killings, genocide and terrorism, as well
as reconciliation after violence. He has applied his work in real world settings to reduce police violence, promote
healing and reconciliation in Rwanda, and other ways.
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