Past Courses
- PLAN 3813 & 6813 Community-Engaged Methods
Instructor: Barbara Brown Wilson
- PLAN 6020 Methods of Community Research and Engagement
Instructor: Barbara Brown Wilson
- PLAN 3810 Climate Justice in Cities
Instructor: Barbara Brown Wilson
- LPPS 5360 Imagining Equitable Policy
Instructor: Michele Claibourn
- LPPS 5720 Public Interest Data: Ethics and Practice
Instructor: Michele Claibourn
- EDIS 5422 Cross Cultural Education for Diverse Learners
Instructor: Sherica Jones-Lewis
- LPPL 4660 Value and Bias in Public Policy
Instructor: Sophie Trawalter
- EDLF 7806 Family and Community Engagement
Instructor: Ben Allen
- MUSI 3510 Sound Justice as Community Engagement
Instructors: Nomi Dave and Bonnie Gordon
- EDHS 1120 So You Want to Change the World: Foundations of Community Engagement
Instructor: Jennie S. Knight
Course Overview: So, you want to change the world? How can we engage youth and communities to collaboratively work for social change? In this course, we will aim to answer these questions by engaging in reflective reading and practices, which allow us to examine our own identities in relation to learning and understanding principles of social, civic, and community engagement. Knowing who we are and whom we are engaging are integral to these efforts. Thus, we will study educational tenets aimed at advancing consciousness and youth engagement and deepening our knowledge of the critical importance of history, place, and space in local and global contexts. Such thoughtful, critical work requires us to engage in conversations surrounding race, gender, sexuality, religious identity, ability, and other aspects of identity. We will do so with intention and care. Throughout the term, local community collaborators may join us to support our learning.
As our discussions evolve, the nature of our readings may need to shift at certain points in the semester. As such, this syllabus is a living document, which means our work together and our schedule may evolve over the next few weeks. Please read below for additional course information and continue to stay engaged in course communications to remain up to date on any potential schedule changes.