• Programs
• Debating For Democracy (D4D)
• Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL)
• Student Choices - Student Voices (SCSV)
• Creating Curricular Coherence
• Creating Cohesive Pathways to Civic Engagement
• Past Initiatives

The Periclean Faculty Leadership Program (PFL)™ champions civic engagement in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community. Periclean Faculty Leaders create and teach courses in a wide variety of disciplines in the fine arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences that address issues of social concern, enrich curriculum, and enhance student social interest and involvement. They promote civil dialogue locally through lectures, town hall meetings, and public events; and advance public scholarship nationally and internationally through publications and conference presentations. 

​Periclean Faculty Leaders Wow at AAC&U Annual Meeting in Washington DC

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Professor Phong Le discusses a student mapping project using 911 data (photo credit: Jennifer Magee)

​On January 25, four Periclean Faculty Leaders presented, "From Curriculum To Community: Encouraging Faculty and Students To Change The World" as part of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2018 Annual Meeting. Joining Jan R. Liss, Project Pericles Executive Director, on stage to talk about their experiences were Periclean Faculty Leaders from Goucher College, New England College, Skidmore College, and Swarthmore College.
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​Phong Le,  Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Center for Data, Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Goucher College and Lynne Steuerle Schofield, Associate Professor of Statistics, Swarthmore College, spoke about the benefits for their students of incorporating civic engagement into their math and statistics courses. Lynne also provided data on how courses with civic engagement components are attracting students who might not otherwise take math or statistics classes.

​Alex Picard , Associate Professor of Theatre, New England College talked about what a powerful experience writing and producing an original play on current social issues had been for her students and the entire New England College community. Students used the course to channel their concerns with the current political climate by working for positive change. Picard described her course as fundamentally changing the civil discourse on campus. After class, discussions continued in the dining and residence halls.

Finally, Nurcan Atalan-Helicke, Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies and Sciences, Skidmore College discussed her students ' work to measure the college's scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, with a focus on emissions generated by study abroad programs, and developing plans to mitigate the campus's environmental impact.

Current Periclean Faculty Leaders

The newest cohort of Periclean Faculty Leaders will teach their courses in the Fall of 2019.  The PFL Program supports faculty in a variety of disciplines as they teach courses that address issues of social concern, enrich curriculum, and enhance student social interest and involvement.  (Note: on mobile phones, swipe left to bring overflow table column content into view.)

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Discipline	Institution	Course / Instructor(s)
American Studies	Goucher College	Religions of Baltimore This course is an intermediate level course targeted at second-year college students who have had some college classroom experience and exposure to discussions of race, power, and perspective through their first year course sequences. This course is different from a traditional “Introduction to World Religions” course in that it moves beyond basic religious literacy to examine the ways in which these religions manifest locally and beyond. Professor: Ann Duncan, Associate Professor of Religion
Cinema & Media Studies	Carleton College	Nonfiction Media Production This course addresses nonfiction media as both an art form and historical prcatice bu exploring expressive, rhetorical, and political possibilities of nonfiction production - specifically short videos and films. Professor: Laska Jimsen, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies
Education	New England College	Teaching Literature for Social Justice This education course explores the ways that texts can be utilized in a classroom to open the dialogue around themes of social justice (and injustice). The definition of the term ‘text’ will be expanded, as this course will introduce preservice education students to media literacy theory as a teaching pedagogy. Students will analyze texts in all forms (from print to multi-modal) in order to understand how underrepresented voices are portrayed. Professor: Christine Oskar-Poisson, Assistant Professor of Education
Education	Rhodes College	Issues at the intersection of Education & Immigration In this course, students explore current immigration issues and how these issues impact the educational experiences of immigrant students and their families, particularly in US public schools. Students will read texts and engage with multimedia resources about citizenship and educational access, language education and language policies, refugee education and education for students with interrupted formal education, and engage current topics like the uncertain future for DACA students and family detention and separation at the border. Professor: Laura Beth Kelly, Assistant Professor
Interdisciplinary Studies	Widener University	Perspectives on Sustainability This course takes a holistic approach to the study of sustainability. Readings and guest lectures from faculty in various disciplines will prompt students to critically examine the theme of sustainability from multiple perspectives, enabling them to gain an appreciation for the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability. Students will affiliate with a community partner and embrace a community-based approach to investigate the array of institutional and individual practices that have been or could be adopted to address sustainability-related challenges at the local level. Professor: Bretton T. Alvaré, Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology
Kinesiology & Economics	Occidental College	Planting Seeds: The collaborative approach to implementing green schoolyards n the urban environment In this community-based learning course, students will be introduced to educational, economic, environmental, and public health perspectives related to urban green schoolyard design and implementation. The course includes off-campus visits to school sites and presentations by experts in landscape design, water conservation, and public education. Throughout the semester, students will learn how to use social science and life science research tools to evaluate the impact of green schoolyards. The semester will culminate in a green schoolyard project with community partners in the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood. Professor: Marcella Raney, Associate Professor of Kinesiology Co-taught by: Bevin Ashernmiller, Associate Professor of Economics
Media, Communications & Visual Arts	Pace University	Multimedia Storytelling This course is a digital media production class combined with a community engagement/service learning course. In it, students will explore multiple ways of telling stories through a variety of storytelling devices common in the media: short documentaries, blog posts, photos, social media posts, and audio storytelling. The course balances service and community engagement with digital production, and all stories will be created for not-for-profit community organizations in Westchester County or New York City. Professor: Melanie LaRosa, Assistant Professor
School of Critical Social Inquiry	Hampshire College	Memory, Nation, Power, and the Politics of Place This course uses a place-based approach to introduce students to the role that narrative plays in creating and maintaining a sense of both local and national belonging while also producing politics of difference. Together we consider how narrative and place play a role in bringing us together as communities and how they can also divide us. Professor: Ashley E. Smith, Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and Environmental Justice
Sociology	Berea College	Civic Sociology This course introduces students to this subfield and contextualizes it within the discipline’s historical and applied traditions. The course will begin by contrasting what sociology’s founders believed was the proper role of sociologists in society and tracing how this conversation has been shaped by the work of individuals such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Jane Addams, C. Wright Mills and, more recently, Michael Burawoy. Professor: Andrea Woodward, Associate Professor of Social Sciences
Sociology & Anthropology	Elon University	Citizenship in Crisis This course is an upper-level anthropology course exploring how and why questions of citizenship matter in times of social crisis. Topics covered will include the construction of national and biological citizenship, sovereign exceptionalism, modes of governmentality, and ways in which citizens’ and governments’ obligations to each other shape our understanding of moral personhood. The course will include investigations into the role of citizenship in responses to the opioid crisis in Elon, NC. Professor: Jennifer Carrol, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Theatre Arts & Dance	Hendrix College	Engaging Community Through Theatre: The Service of Others This course examines creating theatre addressing diversity among those who serve the public. Students will engage public servants in the larger community of Conway and Faulkner County. Professor: Ann Muse, Professor of Theatre Arts

Prior Periclean Faculty Leaders

Periclean Faculty Leaders, 2010-2012 and 2017-2018

Discipline	Institution	Course / Instructor(s)
Biology	Carleton College	Immunology In addition to exploring the function of the immune system in infectious disease, vaccination, autoimmunity, transplantation, allergy and asthma, students also build connections between course material and the world outside of the classroom by working with community partners involved in public health, learning to communicate and translate scientific ideas to a nonscientific audience. Professor: Debby Walser-Kuntz, Professor of Biology
Business	Elon University	Business and Sustainability During this winter term course, students travel to the Yucatán, Mexico where they explore how an agrarian subsistence economy illustrates some of the central issues of sustainable development. The course introduces students to the basic sustainability framework, the triple bottom line, and to current critiques of private sustainability initiatives including externalities, price signals generated by existing markets, and the meaning of GDP and economic growth. Professor: Brian Nienhaus, Associate Professor of Business Administration
Business	Wagner College	Post-Crisis Housing on Staten Island This course, from an assets-based approach, seeks to examine how socioeconomic factors effect and are affected by diverse communities' access to housing, with the goal of helping individuals answer the overarching question of whether to own or rent. Additionally, students work with the Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island (S.I.) and the community. Through the creation and distribution of a survey, the students: define the energy profile on S.I. to identify resources, identify what pockets on S.I. have the greatest needs (in order to target funding), sign homeowners up to receive a home energy audit and open up markets in different neighborhoods, and identify job opportunities, in the field of energy, where services are needed. Professor: Mary L. Lo Re, Associate Professor of Finance and Chair, Department of Business Administration
Chemistry	St. Mary's College of Maryland	Instrumental Analysis of Oil and the Gulf of Mexico Environment This course has two overarching objectives.  First is the examination of the theory and appropriate use of instrumentation found in most modern chemistry labs.  The second is for upper level science majors to recognize and develop an appreciation for the link between science and the community. Students use their knowledge to focus on the issues associated with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and its impact on the coastal community in order to meet both objectives. This is accomplished through touring the impacted coastline, interviewing various stakeholders, reading both the related scientific studies and media reports, as well as collecting samples and processing them on the instrumentation they are studying. Professor: Randolph Larsen, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Communications	Bethune-Cookman University	Leadership Communication This course explores leadership communication through theory and application. It is designed to raise awareness of the complexity and power of the leadership communication process and to help students develop leadership skills cognitively, and behaviorally. Students produce an issue campaign, write a reflective essay, identify values via a current events journal, and create and deliver a problem-solution speech and a motivational speech. Professor: Paula McKenzie, Associate Professor of Speech Communication
Communications	Pace University	Citizen Journalism and Deliberation This course examines new developments in democratic theories and journalistic practices. Beyond classroom lectures, students in the course take several different roles - news reporter, forum moderator, and discussant, experiencing participatory democracy through the analysis and deliberation of vital issues facing their communities and school. Professor: Seong-Jae Min, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Computer Science	Drew University	Innovation I (an interdisciplinary course offered under Civic Engagement) In this course, students study examples of innovation in historical and contemporary contexts. This course challenges students to act, think, and collaborate across disciplines by drawing from the arts and humanities, as well as social and natural sciences in formulating potential solutions. Students then implement a solution to a real-world problem that has social impact. Projects included creating prototype websites educating middle-school youth on web safety and helping learners find customizable educational resources based on their individual learning styles. Professor: Emily Hill, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Co-taught by: Andrew Elliott, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Peer: Mark Goadrich, Hendrix College
Computer Science	Hendrix College	Foundations of Computer Science This course is an introduction to solving computational problems, including the fundamentals of computer programming. Assignments incorporate a civic engagement component, such as analyzing public data to solve civic problems and creating programs that assist civic-related processes, such as filing taxes, registering to vote, and applying to be a U.S. citizen. Professor: Mark Goadrich, Associate Professor of Computer Science Peer: Emily Hill, Drew University
Dance	Reed College	Community Dance and Collective Creation Community Dance is a project that brings together members of the Reed College and broader Portland communities. They practice community dance as a mode of dancemaking and social intervention based on the principles of collective creation. The course offers a forum for dancing and holding dialogue about social, cultural, and identity-based issues. The class also includes a residency with a local activist who is instrumental in guiding reflections on the relationship of “place,” belonging, and dance. The Fall 2017 resident was Teresa Raiford of Don’t Shoot Portland, a community organization dedicated to addressing racism. Professor: Victoria Fortuna, Assistant Professor of Dance Peer: S. Alexandra (Alex) Picard, New England College
Economics	Drew University	Political Economy of Non-Profits The main goal of this course is to provide students with an overview of the non-profit sector both in the U.S. and internationally, with a particular focus on gaining an understanding of the types of economic decisions non-profits regularly make. A central question we examine is the extent to which non-profits should or do make decisions in a manner similar to for-profit firms, and the struggles non-profits face in terms of addressing economic realities while staying true to their mission.  As part of the course, students work in groups with a non-profit organization, providing analysis of a current economic challenge or question with which the non-profit is grappling. Professor: Jennifer Olmsted, Associate Professor of Economics
Education	The College of Wooster	Issues in Education This course is designed to study contemporary issues in education: their theoretical, political, and social backgrounds, their current status, and ways to make decisions about them and inform practices regarding them. This course examines topics relevant to teachers at all levels including discipline; effective professional relationships; roles and responsibilities of various school personnel; collaborative teaching and learning; needs of the individual learner; multicultural education; legal and ethical implications of teaching; school finance; educational technology; professionalism; standards and accountability; and school reform.  Professor: Matthew Broda, Assistant Professor of Education
English	Morehouse College	Honors College Composition The course focuses on writing analytical academic essays and emphasizes the writing process in order to develop critical thinking and writing skills. It features a community dialogue module: collaborative study with, and mentorship of, local high school students, who join the class to study some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most important essays and speeches. It culminates in a student symposium dedicated to the presentation of a collection of MLK’s most essential writings, with students from MLK’s college and high school almae matres working collaboratively in a dialogue on the relevance of his work to contemporary issues of social justice. Professor: Michael H. Janis, Associate Professor of English Peer: Glenn Stuart, New England College
Environmental Science	Allegheny College	Environmental Education What is environmental education and why is it important for building a sustainable future?  Can environmental education affect change in our abilities, attitudes, and actions as related to human-environment interactions?  An examination of these questions is the central focus of this course. Professor: Thomas Eatmon, Jr., Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Environmental Studies	Skidmore College	Political Ecology This course develops a critical and historical analysis of human-environment interaction that integrates the study of ecological and social-cultural processes. The class integrates a service-learning component that helps students learn theoretical concepts about power relationships, race, gender, and class embedded in nature-society interactions. The class extends this discussion through the opportunity to implement solutions at a local scale by working with a community organization, such as Sustainable Saratoga, advocating for ecologically sustainable practices and zero-waste initiatives. Professor: Nurcan Atalan-Helicke, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Peer: Vanessa Volpe, Ursinus College
Hispanic Studies	Macalester College	Cultural Survival: Resisting the Legacy of Colonialism in the Americas Students in this course trace the historical trajectory that connects early modern colonialism with contemporary struggles for cultural survival in selected sites of the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and North America. Historical texts, testimonial documents, and maps help us understand how and why cultures and languages have been threatened in the Americas, particularly among peoples of Native American and African descent. Students also examine colonial and postcolonial visual arts and verbal and performative expressions that contain strategies of resistance against dominant culture. A key learning component is students' collaboration with Latino, Native American, and African American cultural organizations in the Twin Cities. Professor: Margaret (Molly) Olsen, Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latin American Studies
Humanities (Core Curriculum)	New England College	Exploring Community in Our Towns:  The New Hampshire Town Meeting This course examines the traditions of the New Hampshire town meeting process through a cross-disciplinary lens in order for students to broaden their understanding and concept of community, civic engagement, and participatory democracy. Specifically, students engage with local politicians, artists, writers, and academics to understand the complexity and dynamics of the decision making process in communities using the New Hampshire town meeting structure as a model. Professor: Maura MacNeil, Professor of Writing Co-taught by: Inez McDermott, Associate Professor of Art History
Humanities Interdisciplinary	Hampshire College	Citizens(hip) and Colonialism in our Backyard: Puerto Rican History, Civic Engagement, and Decolonial Social Change The course teaches students the foundational knowledge to better understand the history, politics, and cultures of Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans, and how the legacy of U.S. colonialism shaped every aspect of the lives of Puerto Ricans residing within and outside of Puerto Rico. The course built on the ongoing collaborative partnerships between Hampshire College and local grassroots organizations based in adjacent cities of Holyoke and Springfield, which have large Puerto Rican communities. Professor: Wilson Valentin Escobar, Associate Professor of American Studies, Critical Ethnic Studies, and Sociology Peer: Ulrike Krotscheck & Bradley Proctor, The Evergreen State College
Humanities Interdisciplinary	The Evergreen State College	Inventing the Citizen: The History of Political Action and its Limits The course’s goal is to educate students on the history of citizenship, how citizens become political actors, learn their rights, and use their power to make a social change. Students independently create projects engaging directly with the community, fostering civil dialogue and leadership, and serving the needs of both college and regional community. Student led projects include creating a voter education program and a bilingual after-school program for at-risk rural youth. Professor: Ulrike Krotscheck, Member of the Faculty in Archaeology and Classical Studies Co-taught by: Bradley Proctor, Member of the Faculty in History Peer: Wilson Valentin-Escobar, Hampshire College
Law	Pace University	Business Law – Civic Engagement The course discusses the notion of citizenship within the context of examining laws governing aspects of business including contracts, real property, personal property, torts, and crimes. A major learning goal is to develop and foster critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills in the context of the study of law. The course teaches socially responsible business practices and examines issues of justice and equity in a business context by encouraging students to integrate classroom learning and experiential learning by pursuing internships at The New York City Bar and the Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals, to understand the application of legal principles to real-world issues. Professor: Jessica Magaldi, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Taxation Peer: Casey Schreiber, Dillard University
Leadership Studies	Morehouse College	Leadership and Civic Engagement This course introduces students to the academic study of leadership from both theoretical and practical perspectives, as well as a variety of settings. Leadership as a field is shaped by many disciplines such as business, sociology, psychology, political science, religion, and philosophy. The course includes educational innovations to advance civic engagement, such as thematically linked learning communities, community-based research, collaborative projects, service-learning, mentored internships, and reflective experiential learning where knowledge and skills from the course must be implemented and practiced. Professor: Melvinia Turner King, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies & Interim Executive Director of Leadership Center
Mathematics	Goucher College	Data Analytics This introduction to data analytics course incorporates elements of statistics, computer science, geographic information systems (GIS) and principles of data visualization. Three particularly important objectives in the course are interacting with publicly available data, analyzing data visually, and communicating conclusions drawn from data analysis. Students engage with a local health access clinic to generate data visualizations of community need, clinic effectiveness. and access to healthy food and green spaces. Professor: Phong Le, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Peer: Lynne Steuerle Schofield, Swarthmore College
Mathematics	Swarthmore College	Topics in Statistics, Data Analysis for Policy Reports Students in this course learn sophisticated data analysis methods while working on a semester-long research or evaluation project for local community organizations. The organizations receive free statistical consulting; while the students discover the many challenges that come with working with real data sets. Professor: Lynne Steuerle Schofield, Associate Professor of Statistics Peer: Phong Le, Goucher College
Political Science	Swarthmore College	Democratic Theory and Practice This class combines normative political theory (to determine how U.S. democracy ought to operate), empirical political science (to assess how U.S. democracy actually does operate), and community-based learning with a range of community partners in a socio-economically diverse area (to seek ways in which together we might close the gap between theory and practice).  Professor: Ben Berger, Associate Professor of Political Science
Politics	Earlham College	Civic Engagement Toolkit for Legislative Process The course is designed to help students learn about Congress from the perspective of a Congressional staffer. Students develop a portfolio of writing samples to use in applying for internships and entry level legislative positions. Professor: B. Welling Hall, Professor of Politics and International Studies; Plowshares Professor of Peace Studies
Psychology	Ursinus College	Minority Health and Health Disparities This course integrates institutional, interpersonal, and individual-level factors to examine both the health challenges and strengths of individuals from marginalized communities. Through this course, students gain foundational knowledge that will enable them to build successful initiatives for social justice and health equity at individual and organizational levels. Students practice civil discourse as they move beyond the classroom to engage with the diverse perspectives of local community partners and develop feasible, sustainable, and appropriate community health projects that address disparities. Professor: Vanessa Volpe, Assistant Professor of Psychology Peer: Nurcan Atalan-Helicke, Skidmore College
Religious Studies	Rhodes College	Death, Burial, and the Afterlife: Historical Engagement in Urban Cemeteries In this course students learn how rituals and beliefs develop and change, and also are involved in a local cemetery restoration project that helps them realize practical outcomes from our study of the past. Throughout the semester, they actively think about historical cemeteries in the city of Memphis and plan projects related specifically to a large cemetery that was founded by a group of African American families in 1876. Professor: Milton Moreland, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Archaeology
Science (Core Curriculum)	Chatham University	Environmental Health Issues This course addresses the connection between health and environment including environmental epidemiology, toxicology, policy, disease, and water, air, and soil quality.  The work of scientists to discover, assess, and reduce exposure and risk to environment health problems is explored.  Professor: Barbara Biglan, Associate Professor of Education
Social Science	Hampshire College	What is Africa to Me? Black Diasporic Encounters Recognizing the value of a complex diasporic lens that includes race, gender, and class, this course introduces students to some of the diasporic encounters that African descendants have experienced from the Harlem Renaissance to Hurricane Katrina. Professor: Christopher Tinson, Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Social Work	Widener University	Organization and Community Intervention This second course in the Social and Economic Justice sequence builds on the conceptual areas of the first course, but now moves the student into the domain of advocacy, policy change, and community practice. The course provides the student with the opportunity to understand community and communities, analyze community problems, formulate community level interventions, and develop advocacy skills appropriate to such tasks.   Professor: Marina Barnett, Associate Professor of Social Work
Sociology	Bates College	Research Methods for Sociology This course is a practical introduction to research methods used by sociologists, including survey research, content analysis, participant observation/field research, and qualitative interviewing. The assumptions of various approaches to social science research are considered, along with application of methods of collection and analysis for both qualitative and quantitative data.  These methods are explored through a community-based research project in the Lewiston community, offering students the opportunity to learn more about a specific social issue in our community and to contribute to addressing it through research linked to existing community efforts/organizations. During the Winter 2011 semester, the community-based research project focuses on food security. Professor: Emily W. Kane, Professor of Sociology
Sociology	Dillard University	Political Sociology An introduction to political sociology is grounded in the use of "the sociological imagination."  An examination of theoretical perspectives and research methodologies used in political sociology is followed by an opportunity for student learning through civic engagement. With the support of the chief city economist, for example, students compare New Orleans' budgets prior to the Hurricane with those after the Hurricane.           Professor: Winona Somervill, Professor of Sociology
Sociology	Hendrix College	Gender and Sexuality This course examines how social institutions such as the state and legal system, the family, education, religion, and mass media shape gender and sexuality on the individual, interactional, and institutional levels. We pay particular attention to social inequality and systems of power, including gender & sexuality's relation to race, class, and other systems of stratification. The course includes a civic engagement project where students conduct group projects that include research into a community problem regarding gender/sexuality and in connection with community leaders develop a product to help with that issue. Professor: Lisa Leitz, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology	Pitzer College	Colonialism, Racialization, and Renewal: Indian Nations of Southern California This course critically examines higher education as a site of decolonizing struggle within settler societies such as the United States. This course studies colonization and decolonization, the cultural specificity of knowledge production, the educational experience of indigenous peoples, and differences between Western and indigenous ways of learning and knowing. This class engages in the "unsettling" of settler frameworks and identities, thus integrating institutional and personal aspects of Pitzer's relationships with the Indian Nations that are our neighbors and hosts. Professor: Erich Steinman, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Theater	Ursinus College	Community-Based Theater and Civic Engagement In this course, students examine the history, theory, and practice of a variety of community-based theaters, and design and execute performance work tailored specifically to local communities. Students assess particular needs in under-represented communities or communities in conflict, gain the skills to address those needs through community-based performance practices, and become knowledgeable and responsible artists engaged with their local communities. Professor: Domenick Scudera, Professor of Theater
Theatre	New England College	Language and Discourse: How a Resistance Can be a Production The intention of this course is to provide students with a richer understanding of the process of theatrical production from conception to execution and analysis, as well as to better understand the connection between the civic and natural world in which we live. The result is an original theatrical production created by the students, with civic engagement at its core. The production includes poems that reflect their personal stories and experiences, surrounding themes that include feminism, loss and grief, disabilities (both mental and physical), racism, LGBTQ community, marriage equality, and immigration. Professor: S. Alexandra (Alex) Picard, Associate Professor of Theatre Co-taught by: Glenn Stuart, Professor of Theatre Peer: Victoria Fortuna, Reed College, paired with Alex Picard; Michael H. Janis, Morehouse College, paired with Glenn Stuart
Urban Planning	Dillard University	Housing Policy This course focuses on Housing Policy in the United States and highlights global housing themes. Using the city of New Orleans as a living classroom, students learn about housing policy, examining the city's affordable housing crisis, gentrification, and mixed-income development, while partnering with several community organizations. The course examines policy issues affecting urban housing such as real estate development, property taxation, homestead exemptions, race and class discrimination, and public housing. Students complete community-based activities within the housing policy sector. Students make connections with representatives from groups such as Neighborhood Development Foundation, which works on increasing homeownership in the African-American community, and Plant4Peace NOLA, which works on water management issues, as well as Habitat for Humanity, HousingNola, and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. Professor: Casey Schreiber, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Public Policy Peer: Jessica Magaldi, Pace University
Urban Studies	Eugene Lang College, The New School	Immigrant Communities in the City This course examines immigrant communities in the urban environment, ranging from mixed migrant neighborhoods to well-established enclaves. The course takes New York City as its primary case study with a focus on the intersection of immigration and labor as expressed in immigrant political activity. Students engage in term projects shaped in collaboration with community partner(s) actively involved in immigrant communities and neighborhoods. Professor: Laura Y. Liu, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies
Women's and Gender Studies	Berea College	Introduction to Women's Studies This required course for Women's and Gender Studies majors focuses on both a general introduction to the discipline, and more specifically, the issue of domestic violence within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. While the national statistics for domestic violence remain at 1 in 4 women, in Kentucky, 1 in 3 women are victims of domestic violence. Students are asked to think about this issue and ways in which we may decrease the incidence of domestic violence in the Commonwealth of Kentucky through legislation and a recognition of the issues that contribute to the higher incidence within our state. Professor: Linda Strong-Leek, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies & Associate Vice-President of Academic Affairs
Women's and Gender Studies	Spelman College	Gender and Health in Cross Cultural Perspective This course examines current thinking about the politics of women's health and well-being by exploring the major issues and topical areas in the field of gender and health. Theoretically, the course is grounded in multi-racial feminism, black women's activist strategies, and health narratives. Professor: Monica Melton, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies