Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1164)
Betsy Verhoeven (Project Director: October 2018 to present)
Nicholas J. Clark (Co Project Director: March 2019 to present)
Emma Fleck (Co Project Director: March 2019 to present)
AKB-265731-19
Humanities Connections Implementation
Education Programs
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[Grant products]
Totals:
$83,820 (approved)
$83,820 (awarded)
Grant period:
6/1/2019 – 5/31/2022
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Promoting Civic Discourse in a Polarizing World
A
two-year curriculum development project that would create two interdisciplinary
courses integrating rhetoric, political science, and marketing.
Susquehanna University proposes to launch "Promoting Civic Discourse in a Polarized World" as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) Humanities Connections program. This implementation project brings together Professors Betsy Verhoeven (Humanities: Rhetoric and Composition, a subdivision of English), Nicholas Clark (Political Science), and Emma Fleck (Marketing and Communications) to develop a cohort of two linked and team-taught courses enrolling approximately 100 students. Both courses share a project-based lab experience, which will feature student-led projects from both classes, designed to promote civic and respectful discourse to the broader public. These projects and curriculum materials will be disseminated via a public-facing website. In addition, an estimated 50 faculty members from Susquehanna (as well as other local schools) will participate in faculty development workshops that promote the pedagogical model and content of the project.
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