2016 EPIC Symposium: Integrating Global Issues into Community College Curricula

Educators at EPIC symposium
Date
Sat May 14th 2016, 8:30am
Location
Stanford University History Corner, Building 200, Main Quad

This symposium will feature presentations by local community college professors who participated in the Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) fellowship program, hosted by Stanford Global Studies.

This competitive fellowship program brings together 9 community college faculty from Foothill College and the College of San Mateo to work collaboratively with colleagues at Stanford for one academic year on projects aimed at internationalizing course curricula and producing innovative curricular materials for use in community college classrooms.

At the end of the academic year, fellows present their project outcomes and classroom experiences at the EPIC symposium. The event is open to faculty from all community colleges and will be held on May 14, 2016

Meet the 2015-16 EPIC fellows


AGENDA

8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks

  • Jovana Knezevic, Associate Director, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Stanford University

9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Keynote Address

10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Meet Stanford University's EPIC Partners

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Video Introduction of 2015-16 EPIC Fellows' Projects

11:00 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

CONCURRENT PANEL 1: EPIC FELLOW PROJECTS—LACUNA

  • Approaching the International Student Experience in California Collegeswith Nathan Maertens, Foothill College

  • Social Reading and Writingwith Benjamin Armerding, Foothill College

  • Chair: Daniel Bush, Stanford University

CONCURRENT PANEL 2: EPIC FELLOW PROJECTS—LACUNA

  • Refugees and Identity with Tess Hansen, Foothill College

  • Integrating the Literary Transnational in Composition Pedagogy with Sean Negus, Foothill College

  • Chair: Emily Schneider, Lacuna Stories, Stanford University

12:45 p.m. Lunch

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Simultaneous EPIC Fellow Presentations

CONCURRENT PANEL 3: EPIC FELLOW PROJECTS—SPICE

  • Internationalizing Biology Classes with Tania Beliz, College of San Mateo

  • Thinking About Diet: A Workbook for Anthropology with Michele D. Titus, College of San Mateo

  • Chair: Jonas Edman, SPICE Curriculum Writer, Stanford University

CONCURRENT PANEL 4: EPIC FELLOW PROJECTS—INDEPENDENT

  • Improving Student Engagement in and the Internationalization of Sociology Curriculum at the College of San Mateo with John A. Stover, College of San Mateo

  • Understanding Information Privilege: Teaching Information Literacy from a Global Perspective with Stephanie Roach, College of San Mateo

  • Teaching Climate Change (by Not Teaching Climate Change): The Ultimate International Issue? with Scott Lankford, Foothill College

  • Chair: Elizabetth Saenz-Achermann, Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University

3:15 p.m. Break

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Internationalizing Community Colleges at the Institutional Level: Best Practices, Challenges and Opportunities

  • Mary Conroy, Psychology and Global Studies, San Jose City College

  • Laura Demsetz, Dean of Creative Arts and Social Science, College of San Mateo

  • Chui L. Tsang, Former Superintendent and President, Santa Monica College
  • Chair: John Groschwitz, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University

4:30 p.m. Reception

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