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The Challenges of Teaching Intersectional Feminist Sociology in the U.S. Today
Sat, August 10, 2:30 to 4:10pm, New York Hilton, Floor: Third Floor, Trianon BallroomAbstract
Given the United States’ current political environment and in keeping with this year’s theme, Engaging Social Justice for a Better World, teaching sociology has become more challenging for some of us. For 30 years, I have taught critical intersectional feminist sociology and welcome this opportunity to interact with colleagues about our successes, failures and best practices. Reaching students who have been propagandized with fake news, social media, FOX news, intergenerational influences, etc. has become exhausting for me and I am predicting, for many others who prioritize social justice. I am full-time on Monroe Community College’s (MCC) Downtown Campus and mainly teach criminology, a requirement for criminal justice and human services majors, but I also teach other required and elective sociology courses.
MCC is also reeling from a student’s racist tweet, a vote of no confidence against our president and accusations of racism, sexism and other accusations of institutional discrimination. I am also the co-founder of and continue to lead MCC’s violence prevention curriculum, Mentors in Violence Prevention at MCC (MVP-MCC); MVP was created by Dr. Jackson Katz, a global violence prevention educator whose provocative work is centered on engaging men in preventing violence against all of us.
Among the questions I would like to discuss are “what changes have you experienced in your teaching in the last few years?” and “what best practice strategies have you employed to increase students’ interest, participation, quality of work, etc.? Which have worked and in what ways? Which have not?”
Our work is more difficult and vital than ever before, and I look forward to these conversations in August, as we teaching sociologists prepare for the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year!