What will you be doing next fall (or when you start your new position)? And how do you expect it will be different from your work here at Antioch?
I begin my new position in August. I will be Assistant Professor of Psychology, Human Development, and Women’s Studies at University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Probably the biggest difference will be in class size. For example, my intro to Psychology course will have 125 students. I’m going to a state school, and many of the students are first-generation college students. I suspect they will have working technology, and if it doesn’t, they will actually have staff on hand to fix it. I also expect that there will be soap in all the bathrooms.
What do you think you will miss the most about Antioch and what do you think you will miss the least?
I will certainly miss the students. I love the fact that I can get to know my students because classes are small. I love the fact that students are generally quite aware of world issues and that most people are politically liberal. Students here tend to be intellectually curious for its own sake, which makes being a professor a wonderful experience. Antioch attracts a lot of great, funny, witty characters, and I mean that in the best sense. I was talking in my Social Psychology class about how we sometimes cannot easily come up with reasons why we like or love something because it is so difficult to put into words. This really is an amazing place and I will miss all the little things like knowing almost everyone on campus and being able to sit on committees with students. Continue reading An Interview with Chris Smith