Honors Convocation: Robert Tisdale

The Honors Convocation is held each year on the last Friday of spring term to recognize faculty and students for their accomplishments and their service to the community. This year's address will be delivered by Robert Tisdale, Marjorie Crabb Garbisch Professor of English and the Liberal Arts. Tisdale earned his B.A. in philosophy from Princeton University, his M.A.T. (teaching) from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. in English from Yale University. He joined the Carleton faculty in 1966 and has taught a wide range of courses in English and American literature, writing and American studies. Through his courses, Tisdale teaches his students a bit more about a different culture and a different way of thinking, and implicitly, more about American culture. He emphasizes the importance of social change, and the ability of people to evoke change in society. He is a published poet. Tisdale has held numerous leadership positions at Carleton, including department chair, director of American studies, associate dean of the college and acting dean of the college. He has led off-campus studies programs in London and Ireland, and he taught in Carleton’s Institute for Teachers of Talented Students for many years. Professor Tisdale's address is titled "Doors into the Dark."