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, librarians, and certain members of the retired professional staff (see Bylaws for details) are eligible for Active Membership with full voting rights. Spouses of Active or Associate Members qualify as Associate members.  Eligible retirees 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. 

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@umass.edu

Zoom Meeting:  Wednesday, April 21st  Meeting Agenda
 

10:15 - 10:30	Welcome, nominations, business, announcements
10:30 - 11:00	TBA
11:00 - 12:00	Allison Butler	Cyber & Media Literacy

	Allison Butler Sr. Lecturer, Communication Dept. & Dir. Media Literacy Certificate Program, Communication and Media Studies BA, Fordham, MA & PhD, New York Univ. Dr. Butler is the author of "Educating media literacy: The need for critical media literacy in teacher education" (Brill, 2020) and, most recently, "Key scholarship in media literacy: David Buckingham" (Brill, 2021), a text on media literacy education scholar David Buckingham. Her research interests are focused on critical media literacy, especially teacher education in media literacy and integrating media literacy into the primary and secondary school classroom. She co-runs Mass Media Literacy, a grassroots organization that trains teachers in media literacy and builds curriculum for critical media literacy across K-12 public schools. Her talk will discuss the need for teacher education in media literacy and threats to K-12 education, including corporate interest in media literacy and data mining under the guise of progressive education.

 

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