Meet the Faculty-In-Residence Members

"In my case I live on campus during the week because I commute to New Jersey on weekends. Being on campus gives me an opportunity to attend student events, whether games or performances, and simply to be around for a meal in Mather or in the Bistro where I have a chance to talk with students. In two weeks I'm going with a group of students to see August: Osage County at the Bushnell, and in the spring I hope to get a radio show going on WRTC and to return with my friends at the Fred for a season of intramural softball. Last year they insisted on naming the team the Masur Leaguers!" Professor Masur

"I actually like running into my students and having conversations with them. Also, I myself get to know the campus a bit better. I like easy access to my office and the library plus the gym. Living on campus also enables me to participate in more events. Oh, and there is Cinestudio, our fabulous movie house, just around the corner."

Professor Rosenbaum

"I'm really excited about being a Faculty-in-Residence and I'm enjoying being around campus and being with students more, and having opportunities to interact more. And the big project I'm working on now is [ ... ] to start up a film series of classic old Hollywood movies that everyone's heard of [ .... ]"

Professor Mordine

"When I first heard about the Faculty-in-Residence program, it reminded me of my own undergraduate days - I got to know one of my most influential professors because he lived in the same dorm complex as I did. It struck me as something I'd really like to do at some point in my career, and it made sense for my wife and me to give it a try at this stage in our lives. We live in an apartment on Allen Place, not within a dorm (as some other Faculty-in-Residence do), so there still is a bit of a boundary between my work life and my home life - but the two blur quite a bit. I've had small groups of students over to my apartment for dinner on several occasions, and this semester the English department's senior thesis colloquium, which I am teaching, has met for class here a few times. I've done some campus programming, too, since joining the Faculty-in-Residence program last year - a series of events surrounding the Lincoln Bicentennial (along with Lou Masur, who also lives on campus); a marathon public reading of Moby-Dick, in conjunction with a class I taught last semester; and, twice now, a walk to and around nearby Cedar Hill Cemetery.

But I think the most valuable thing about the Faculty-in-Residence program is the unplanned day-to-day interactions among students and faculty that it makes possible. (I eat pretty regularly in the Bistro and the Cave, for example, and I also spend vastly more time working in the library or at Peter B's than I did before I moved on campus - both of those make for a lot of spontaneous conversations with students.) I have a far better understanding of Trinity students' daily lives than I had before moving on campus, and I think that makes me a better teacher." Professor Hager

Professor Figueroa is another Faculty-in -Residence member, but could not be reached for comment.