Roundtable: Division of White-Collar and Corporate Crime Students-Meet-Scholars - Best Practices in Teaching White-Collar Crime

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

During this session, scholars will discuss their experiences as white-collar crime educators and touch on the following topics:

- How do I convince undergraduate students that learning about white-collar crime is important?
- How do I make a white-collar crime class as “exciting” as traditional crime courses?
- What makes teaching a white-collar crime class different from other courses? How do you go about planning to teach one?
- How can I convince my department chair that such a course is important to include in the curricula?

Sub Unit

• Area XI. Roundtables

Division of Special Interest

• Division Session of Interest / Division of White Collar and Corporate Crime

Discussants

• Danielle McGurrin, Portland State University

• Kent Ryan Kerley, University of Texas at Arlington

• Mary Dodge, University of Colorado Denver

• Brian Payne, Old Dominion University

• Kip Schlegal, Indiana University