Jose Alfonso Feito

Jose Alfonso

Overview

Department: 
School of Liberal Arts » Collegiate Seminar
School of Liberal Arts » Women's and Gender Studies
School of Science » Psychology
SMC Email Address: 
jfeito@stmarys-ca.edu
Contact Information: 

Office
Psychology Center 114

Phone: X4179 (Psych) - X416
Email: jfeito@stmarys-ca.edu
Mail: PMB 5082, Moraga, CA  94575

Education

  • Ph.D., Social Psychology,, University of California, Berkeley, December 1997
    Dissertation Title: "Children's Beliefs about the Social Consequences of Emotional Expression."
  • B.A., with Honors, Behavioral Sciences, University of Chicago, June 1986

Professional Experience

Teaching Experience:

  • Full Professor - Dept of Psychology, Saint Mary's College (2007-Present)
  • Associate Professor - Dept. of Psychology, Saint Mary's College, (2003 - 2007)
  • Assistant Professor - Dept. of Psychology, Saint Mary's College, (1999 - 2003)
  • Lecturer - Dept. of Psychology, California State University, Hayward (1997 - 1998)
  • Lecturer - Dept. of Psychology, Saint Mary's College (1996 - 1999)
  • Nursery School Teacher - Harold E. Jones Child Study Center, UC Berkeley (1992 - 1995)
  • Graduate Student Instructor - Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley (1987 - 1991)

Fellowships:

  • The Pew National Fellowship Program for Carnegie Scholars - (2004)
    2001-02, 2003-04.
  • University of California Affirmative Action Dissertation-Year Fellowship - (1995)
  • American Psychological Association Minority Research Fellowship - (1992)
    1989-92
  • National Science Foundation Minority Research Fellowship - (1989)
    1986-89.
  • Richter Fellowship for Undergraduate Research, University of Chicago, - (1986)
    1985-86.

Courses Taught

Recently Taught:

  • Psychology of Gender
  • Human Sexualities 
  • Queer Theories
  • Seminar in Psychology
  • Cross-cultural Psychology
  • Collegiate Seminar (all courses) 
  • Social Psychology

Service

Professional Memberships:

  • American Association for Higher Education
    (2002 - Present)
  • International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
    (2001 - Present)
  • American Psychological Association
    (1998 - Present)
    * Division 2, Teaching of Psychology and Division

Collegiate Seminar:

  • Director of Collegiate Seminar (2012-2017)
  • Collegiate Seminar Governing Board (2003-2012)

Rank & Tenure Committee:

  • Rank & Tenure Committee (2009 - 2011)
    Chair 2010-2011

Presentations

Selected Presentations

  • The Practice and Theory of Student Annotation: A Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration. Feito, Jose and Donahue, Patricia (talk, speech or lecture)
    Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Edmonton, Canada
    (October 2008)
  • Reading and Discussing: The Annotation Practices of Undergraduates. Feito, Jose and Donahue, Patricia (talk, speech or lecture)
    Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
    (October 2007)
  • “Watching Students Discuss: A Multimedia Approach to Assessing Seminar Skills”. Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture)
    Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Washington, D.C.
    (November 2006)
  • “Intellectual Intimacy in the Academic Seminar”. Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture)
    Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Vancouver, Canada
    (October 2005)
  • “New Frontiers in Shared Inquiry”. Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture, panel or forum member)
    Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, San Francisco, CA
    (January 2005)
  • “Allowing Not-Knowing: Shared Inquiry and the Invitation to Wonder”. Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture)
    Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Bloomington, IN
    (October 2004)
  • “Impact of Meta-Cognitive Reflection and Research on Student Learning”. Feito, Jose, Ostroff, Wendy, James, Harnish and Greene, Laura (panel or forum member)
    5th Carnegie Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, San Diego, CA
    (March 2004)
  • “Reflection and Reciprocity: Enhancing Seminar-Style Classes with Web-based Bulletin Boards”. Feito, Jose (poster)
    National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL
    (January 2004)
  • "Engaging Students as Advocates for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning". Feito, Jose and Malone, Lawrence (talk, speech or lecture)
    4th Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC
    (March 2003)
  • "Mapping the Academic Seminar: A Research Agenda for Liberal Education.". Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture, panel or forum member)
    American Association of Colleges and Universities Seattle, Washington
    (January 2003)
  • "Developing Projects in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.". Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture, panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
    Exploring the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference Portland, Oregon
    (October 2002)
  • "Comparisons between the U.S. Carnegie Scholar’s Program and the UK National Teaching Fellows Program.". Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture, panel or forum member)
    Invited Plenary Panel at the Joint UK & USA Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning London, United Kingdom
    (May 2002)
  • "Exploring Intellectual Community: Student Reflections upon their Learning in a Seminar Class.". Feito, Jose (paper)
    Joint UK & USA Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning London, United Kingdom
    (May 2002)
  • "Fostering Intellectual Community: Group Learning Processes in traditional 'Great Books Seminars.'". Feito, Jose (poster)
    American Association for Higher Education National Conference, Chicago, IL,
    (March 2002)
  • "Emergent Themes of Community in a Greek Thought & Literature Class.". Feito, Jose (poster)
    National Meeting of Carnegie Scholars Menlo Park, CA
    (January 2002)
  • "Assessing Learning in Seminar-style Classes.". Feito, Jose (poster)
    National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL
    (January 2002)
  • "Seminar Style Teaching in Psychology". Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture)
    Participant Idea Exchange led at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL,
    (January 2001)
  • "Increasing Multicultural Awareness in the Psychology Classroom.". Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture)
    Participant Idea Exchange led at the National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL,
    (January 2000)
  • "Engaged Pedagogy in Psychology.". Feito, Jose (talk, speech or lecture)
    National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, FL,
    (January 1998)

Publications

  • Feito, Jose & Donahue, Patricia. (2008). Minding the Gap: Annotation as preparation for discussion. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, Vol. 7, Iss. 3, 295-307.
  • Feito, Jose. (2007). · “Allowing Not Knowing in a Dialogic Discussion”. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 1, Iss. 1.
  • Feito, Jose. (2002). "Reflections on the Seminar Experience.". National Teaching and Learning Forum, Vol. 11, Iss. 6.
  • Feito, Jose. (2002). "Exploring Intellectual Community: Reflections on the Evolution of a Seminar.". SoTL International Conference Proceedings.

Honors, Awards & Grants

Awards: 
  • Association for General and Liberal Studies (AGLS) 2015 Exemplary Program Award for Improving General Education

Interests

Scholarly Interests: 
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
    • The Social Construction of Gender
    • Queer Theory
    • Gender & Sexual Deviance
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
    • Intellectual Community in the Classroom
    • Seminar and Discussion methods
  • The Phenomenolgy of Dance
    • Dynamics of Connection
    • Negotiations of Gender in Leadning and Following
  • Psychology of Religion
    • Psychological effects of meditation practice
    • Buddhist psychology