Building Global Perspectives in the Humanities

FAIN: AC-258965-18

Texas Woman's University (Denton, TX 76204-5589)
Gretchen Busl (Project Director: June 2017 to November 2022)
Ashley Brookner Bender (Co Project Director: November 2017 to November 2022)

A faculty development project to incorporate global perspectives into additional humanities courses at Texas Woman’s University.

The "Building Global Perspectives" project's primary aims are to increase the number of humanities courses offered that qualify for the Global Perspective requirement, and strengthen the Global Studies minor with the intent of creating an accompanying interdisciplinary major. The project will also bolster TWU's connection to the DFW community by creating experiential learning partnerships and broadening existing Global Connections Initiative programming.

Associated Products

"Local Experiences as Global Learning" (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: "Local Experiences as Global Learning"
Author: Gretchen Busl
Abstract: This presentation will help participants consider how to “Go Global without Going Abroad,” which is the motto of our NEH-funded program “Building Global Perspectives in the Humanities.” One major goal of this program is to increase inclusivity in global education, as many students find traditional education abroad programs time- and cost-prohibitive. This presentation will help attendees imagine how to launch their own local partnerships to enhance global experiential learning at their institutions.
Date: 6/26/2018
Conference Name: Experiential Learning Leadership Institute

“Going Global without Going Abroad: Building Local Partnerships for Inclusive Global Learning” (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: “Going Global without Going Abroad: Building Local Partnerships for Inclusive Global Learning”
Author: Ashley Bender
Author: Gretchen Busl
Abstract: This presentation will draw from an NEH-funded program, “Building Global Perspectives in the Humanities,” to offer a model of best practices for inclusivity in developing experiential learning partnerships. Our presentation will help attendees imagine how to launch and navigate their own partnerships to enhance experiential learning at their institutions, focusing on four key stages: evaluating institutional and student needs, identifying prospective partners, communicating stakeholder contributions and benefits, and establishing institutional agreements.
Date: 9/26/2018
Conference Name: National Society for Experiential Education conference

“Local as Global: Experiential Learning in the Humanities” (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: “Local as Global: Experiential Learning in the Humanities”
Author: Ashley Bender
Author: Gretchen Busl
Abstract: This poster will focus on best practices for creating experiential education partnerships, modeled on the efforts of Texas Woman’s University to connect with Dallas/Fort Worth-area organizations for the NEH-funded project “Building Global Perspectives in the Humanities.” This project aligns with LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes and Principles of Excellence to create an opportunity for students to go global without going abroad by incorporating experiential learning into global perspectives courses. The presenters will help attendees imagine how to launch their own such partnerships, focusing on four key stages: evaluating institutional and student needs, identifying prospective partners, communicating stakeholder contributions and benefits, and establishing institutional agreements. Discussion will focus on inclusivity, since the primary goal of this project is to increase access to global learning. Because many students find traditional education abroad programs time and cost prohibitive, the facilitators will focus on leveraging local resources to create global experiences.
Date: 10/12/18
Conference Name: Association of American Colleges and Universities Global Engagement and Spaces of Practice

“Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Promote Global Learning" (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: “Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Promote Global Learning"
Author: Ashley Bender and Gretchen Busl
Abstract: Drawing on their successful model of faculty professional development in global education and experiential learning, the presenters will lead participants through an overview of their workshop series. Participants will begin the process of identifying key stakeholders on their own campuses who could help develop and support an interdisciplinary professional development program to improve global education. Participants will leave the session not only with a workshop model that they can bring to their own campuses but also with a preliminary plan to develop and implement a program that meets the needs of their own institutions and that draws on their institutions’ unique resources.
Date: 10/17/2019

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