As an undergraduate at Wellesley College years ago, Claudia Guzmán says she felt like “a bit of an anomaly” — a first-generation college student from Wisconsin, educated in public schools, attending an elite East Coast private institution. She struggled to find her place until joining a student organization for Latina students. …
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New Faculty Focus: Sami Schalk
Title: Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Hometown: Southgate, Kentucky Educational background: B.A. in Women’s Studies and Creative Writing from Miami University, 2008; M.F.A. in Poetry from University of Notre Dame, 2010; Ph.D. in Gender Studies from …
Project Aims to Create Engaging, Welcoming Classroom Discussions
An engaging classroom discussion can be a beautiful thing—both a vital part of the learning process and a microcosm of the way we hope democracy functions. Yet a high-quality discussion doesn’t just happen, says UW–Madison …