Date: TBD

Time: TBD

CFP 13 - Critical Dialogue: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Teaching Social Problems through Experiential Learning
Room: TBD

Sponsors: Conflict, Social Action, and Change
Teaching Social Problems

Organizer &

Presider/Discussant: Jessica S. Pearce, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Description: 

Addressing social problems and advocating for social justice requires research, collaboration, and innovation. This session focuses on the power and utility of experiential learning to teach about social problems in our classrooms and communities.

Papers:

“Advocacy and Change through Teaching,” Helen Rosenberg, University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Anne Statham, University of Southern Indiana

“Learning ‘Rurality’: Student Perceptions on Health, Family, and Institutional Power in North Louisiana,” Carlos N. Chapman II and Junior R. Hopwood, Grambling State University

“Letter Writing as a Feminist Pedagogical Practice,” Julia Gutierrez, Agnes Scott College

“Making Sociology Real for Online Students,” Jessica S. Pearce, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

“Practicing Power: Social Work Students and Advocacy Modalities,” Sara Terrana and Shahira Amin, Adelphi University

“Teaching at the Mexico-U.S. Border: Experiential Learning Through an Alternative Spring Break,” Patricia Sanchez-Connally, Framingham State University

“The Contention between Abolition as a Political Project and Abolition as Pedagogy,” Kayla M. Martensen, University of New Mexico and Libby Vigil, The University of New Mexico

“TimeBanking in Class: Engaging Students in Mutual Aid and Community Creation,” Jacqueline Daugherty, Miami University

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