A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality.
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Shelter dogs get a new shot at life through a college course that teaches them how to be faithful companions once again.
Exploring colors can help discuss abstract, challenging topics in concrete ways – especially experiences doctors and caregivers may encounter caring for people at the end of life.
Is Jesus a peacemaker or a warrior? A socialist or a capitalist? Depending on whom you ask, American Christians see Christ as all these things and more.
A math professor explains how he prepares future teachers to use poetry in their math instruction.
In this course, a gun range becomes a classroom for students to explore their previously held beliefs about firearms.
An anthropology course explores how peoples and cultures around the world use nature-based medicines to heal.
College students learn about people who have dedicated their professional lives to reducing the threat of violence – and their successes and failures.
Students learn the art of dealmaking can involve much more than money.
Science fiction does more than entertain – it can also be used to better understand the political forces that shape the societies in which we live.
Mindfulness is everywhere in pop culture today, but that doesn’t mean people agree on what it means.
An education professor explains how a hit TV show about a struggling school became a jumping-off point for a course about urban education.
A sociology professor uses the popular ‘Boondocks’ cartoon to explore contemporary issues of race in American society.
Many genocide classes review the Holocaust or Cambodia’s Killing Fields. A scholar wanted to show that genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing still happen today.
A university course teaches students why people believe false and evidence-starved claims, to show them how to determine what’s accurate and real and what’s neither.
Support for strong gun ownership rights is often associated with conservative Christian views, but religion and self-defense have a much longer history in the United States.
Social isolation and loneliness in aging adults have been linked to numerous physical and mental health ailments. Teaching students how to listen deeply to older people can lessen those effects.
Spacecraft are just a small part of what it takes for humans to become an interplanetary species. A political science professor explains how there is much more to creating a spacefaring society.
Avoiding failure by playing it safe may limit opportunities for learning and growth.
Books are one of the oldest forms of communication ‘technology,’ a scholar writes, and understanding how they’ve evolved over time provides insights into their role in society.
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Director of Artificial Intelligence Initiatives, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Toronto
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of English, John Carroll University
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy
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Assistant Professor of the Practice in Religion and History and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, Wesleyan University
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Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
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Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
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Assistant Professor of Art History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, State University of New York Cortland
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Professor of Management & Organizations, University of Michigan
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Religion, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Religion and Art History, Rice University