Internationalizing the Undergraduate Curriculum in a Post-Pandemic, Post-George Floyd World

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Nearly two decades after Barber’s call for “Internationalizing the Undergraduate Curriculum,” the discipline has yet to fully embrace the concept. Political and societal developments in the past decade have made this even more apparent. Profound international events, such as racial and colonial reckoning, a global pandemic, increased polarization, and an increase in political violence and armed conflicts, have dramatically shifted global politics. This roundtable addresses the status of the American undergraduate political science curriculum with regard to international politics, as well as the discipline’s interaction with the rest of the world in general, in the context of recent trends and events. Using multiple perspectives, panelists will reflect on recent changes and discuss how changes have impacted political science classrooms, syllabi, reading lists, and lectures. In discussing these issues, the roundtable will invite participants and the audience to share ideas about best teaching practices in undergraduate classes, taking into account the contentious nature of current political discourses as well as the increasing diversity of our classrooms.

Sub Unit

• Teaching, Learning, & the Profession

Chair

• Christopher Cook, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Participants

• Lonce Bailey, Shippensburg University

• Kevan Yenerall, Pennsylvania Western University