Date/Time
Date(s) - September 20, 2024
11:00 am - 12:45 pm
Location
Longs Peak Room, Lory Student Center
Categories
- Are you worried about handling political topics when they crop up in class discussions?
- Would you like strategies for making conversations about contentious topics more productive?
- Have you thought about how to take your own and your students’ identities into account when managing conversations about political issues?
This workshop is designed to support faculty and graduate student instructors in all classes and disciplines who would like concrete strategies for how to manage political conversations in the classroom. A panel of faculty and graduate student instructors from the Department of Communication Studies with experience handling politics in the classroom will offer concrete strategies for addressing challenges and facilitating productive discussions. The session will include conversation, Q&A, and short workshop activities. Lunch will be provided. RSVP required. Please respond here.
Meet Your Facilitators
Karrin Anderson
Dr. Karrin Anderson is Professor of Communication Studies. She researches gender and the U.S. presidency and teaches courses in political communication and feminist rhetorical theory. She has served on the Presidential Working Group on First Amendment Rights on Campus and helped organize the 2024 College of Liberal Arts Democracy Summit.
Lauren Buisker
Lauren Buisker is a doctoral candidate and graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Communication Studies. Her research uses feminist rhetorical perspectives to understand discourses about sexual violence. She teaches courses in political communication, gender and communication, public speaking, and public argumentation.
Katie Knobloch
Dr. Katie Knobloch is Associate Professor of Communication Studies in Associate Director of Colorado State University’s Center for Public Deliberation. Her teaching, research, and practice focus on public participation and deliberative democracy, particularly on the design and impact of community engagement programs.
Elizabeth Sink
Elizabeth Sink is a Master Instructor in the Honors Program and leads CSU’s Multifaith and Belief Initiatives. Her current scholarship and curriculum-development advances inclusive communication and practical engagement between people who orient around religious and non-religious belief differently.