Creating a Faculty Learning Community in the Humanities

FAIN: ASB-292275-23

St. Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA 94575-2715)
Sunayani Bhattacharya (Project Director: November 2022 to April 2025)
Grant Rozeboom (Project Director: April 2025 to present)
Makiko Imamura (Co Project Director: April 2023 to present)

A two-year project for a faculty learning community to develop courses that integrate humanities study and professional skills    

Saint Mary's College of California proposes the creation of a Faculty Learning Community to develop innovative and high impact course experiences designated for the new humanistic practice requirement of the undergraduate Core Curriculum. This new requirement introduces students to the various ways humanities disciplines are adopting 21st century technologies, communication media, and opportunities for positive social change. The application of humanities disciplinary content with practiced skills promotes diversity in humanities as students in the historically underrepresented groups in academia can more easily recognize and articulate the utility of classroom based learning to prospective post-graduation outcomes. This proposed project will provide faculty with centralized support from Academic Affairs to create and adapt skills-based humanities practices for broader undergraduate audiences through the Core Curriculum.