3433 - Teaching (In)Justice

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

Inequality and stratification are cornerstones of many sociology courses. Teaching about inequality and justice can be challenging, as students may be confronted with their own privilege or disadvantage while trying to learn. Additionally, sociology instructors must navigate the current political context in America and beyond of increasing polarization around issues of justice and equality while working to identify effective strategies that meet students where they are, as well as keeping classrooms a safe space for all to learn. This session might cover topics ranging from tools and strategies for teaching about (in)justice, challenges of teaching from a social location of privilege or disadvantage, challenges our diverse physical bodies bring into the classroom, as well as other related issues around justice and injustice in the sociology classroom.

Sub Unit

• Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology / Teaching (In)Justice

Session Organizers

• Alison S. Better, CUNY Kingsborough Community College

• Molly J. Dingel, University of Minnesota Rochester

Presider

• Alison S. Better, CUNY Kingsborough Community College

Individual Presentations

• Faculty in the Closet: If Contingent Faculty Reveal their Part-time Status, are they Better Teachers? - Keith R. Johnson, Independent Scholar

• “My Parents Never Read My Papers, But They Watched My Film”: Documentary Filmmaking as Feminist Pedagogy - Amie P. Hess, Meredith College; Kris Macomber, Meredith College

• Then and Now: Sustaining Open Classroom Dialogue in an Era of Incivility - Suzanne S. Hudd, Quinnipiac University

• Using After-School Programs for Service Learning: How Higher Education Advances a Neoliberal Racial Project - Colleen Rost-Banik, University of Minnesota

Discussant

• Sarah Hoiland, Hostos Community College