Emily Fairchild
Lecturer on Sociology and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard
Specializations:
Micro-processes that sustain and challenge understanding of gender
Interplay among levels of analysis: institutional, interactional, individual especially as related to gendered rituals (ex: weddings), sports, and higher education
Course idea:
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Madhavi Venkatesan
Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics, Northeastern University
Specializations:
Environment
Sustainability
Sustainable and Ecological Economics
Race, Gender, Poverty
SDGs
Resilience
Course idea:
Biological roots of economic systems: An evaluation of how biology and environment foster economic frameworks and an assessment of the rationale for differences in economic goals.
None specified
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Timothy Oleksiak
Assistant Professor, English, UMass Boston
Specializations:
Rhetoric and composition teacher-scholar with a specialization in listening as a rhetorical act, composition pedagogy, and queer feminist rhetoric.
Course idea:
A feminist rhetoric and composition studies course. The course functions as an introduction to feminist approaches to rhetoric.
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Karen Suyemoto
Professor, Psychology, Umass Boston
Specializations:
Psychological experiences and effects of racism
Psychological processes, experiences, and effects of resisting racism for people of color
Activism and psychology
Development and experiences of allies/accomplices
Solidarity and intersectionality
Anti-oppressive education
Course idea:
I would be interested in a course focused on activism/resistance, with particular attention to (a) interactions of the individual/group/structural levels and (b) solidarity and intersectionality, especially related to the dynamic of maintaining White supremacy through divide and conquer and resisting internalizing that dynamic.
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Francesca Inglese
Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology, Northeastern University
Specializations:
African-Diasporic music and dance
Critical race studies
Ethnographic method and ethics
Cultural politics
Postcolonialism
Course idea:
None specified
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Colin Brown
Assistant Teaching Professor, Political Science, Northeastern University
Specializations:
Political Representation
Representation in Legislatures
Citizenship and Naturalization
Immigrant Integration and Incorporation
Social Science Pedagogy
Course idea:
Citizenship, Migration, Gender, and Representation: Who Runs for Office?
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Erin Seaton
Senior Lecturer, Educational Studies, Tufts University
Specializations:
School-Based Mental Health
Gender/Feminist Theory
Anti-Racist Teaching/Pedagogy
Child and Adolescent Development
Identity and Education
LGBTQ+
Qualitative Research Methods
Narrative and Writing
Course idea:
I would love to help facilitate a course that critically examined the intersection of mental health and intersectional identities. Likewise, I would be happy to participate in a series of workshops on reexamining and redesigning education.