2018 EPIC Symposium: Integrating Global Issues into Community College Curricula

Educators at EPIC symposium
Date
Sat May 19th 2018, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location
Stanford Humanities Center
Community college faculty and administrators from across California will gather at Stanford University to discuss ways to prepare students for a world that is increasingly interconnected.  Join us for our third annual full-day symposium about the challenges and opportunities of developing global studies at community colleges.
 

The day will include presentations from Stanford faculty as well as Bay Area community college professors who have collaborated with Stanford University partners to integrate international topics into their curricula.  Presentations will feature adapted lesson plans and course material as well as strategies for reaching diverse student populations. Symposium participants will also have the opportunity to engage in collaborative workshops on developing an Associate Degree for Transfer and promoting global studies beyond the classroom.

Registration required

AGENDA

8:30 A.M.  Registration and Breakfast

9:00 A.M.  Opening Remarks

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

9:15 – 10:30 A.M. Keynote, Levinthal Hall

Teaching Indian Cinema in Trinidad: Rethinking Globalization Paradigms

Usha Iyer, Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies, Stanford University

10:30 – 10:45 A.M.  Video Introduction of 2017-18 EPIC Fellow Projects

10:45 – 11:00 A.M.  Break

11:00 A.M. –  12:30 P.M. Concurrent EPIC Fellow Project Panels

SPICE Panel 1, Watt Common Room:  

  • Chair: Jonas Edman, SPICE, Stanford University

  • Using Online Games to Teach Business and Marketing from a Global Perspective, Natasha Mancuso, Foothill College

  • The Latin American Lost Decade, Brian Evans, Foothill College

  • Using Global Lifestyles as a Platform to Teach Gene Expression and Longevity, Ann Hight, Las Positas College

SPICE Panel 2, Board Room:  

  • Chair: Gary Mukai, SPICE, Stanford University

  • Globalized and Inclusive: Redesigning a Community College Honors Program, Colin Schatz, Las Positas College

  • Global Voices in American History, Antonella Vitale, Las Positas College

  • Internationalizing the Research Project Using Wikipedia, Kali Rippel, Las Positas College

Lacuna Panel, Levinthal Hall:

  • Chairs: Daniel Bush and Julia Azar Rubin, Instructional Designers, Lacuna, Stanford University

  • Critical Thinking and Composition: Investigating American Issues Through Global Viewpoints, Kat King, Las Positas College

  • Studying World Literature with a Global Mindset, Catherine M. Eagan, Las Positas College

  • Expanding Awareness of African Diaspora Experiences: Umoja Community and Contemporary Transnational Literature, Angelo Bummer, Las Positas College

  • Moving Stories: Immigration, Migration, and Displacement in the Age of Globalization, Deborah Garfinkle, De Anza College

12:30 P.M.   Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 P.M.  Concurrent Professional Development and Networking Workshops

Launching a Global Studies Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT), Board Room

  • Chair: John Groschwitz, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University

  • Catherine M. Eagan, Faculty, English, Las Positas College

  • Patricia Gibbs Stayte, Faculty, Sociology, Foothill College

Global Studies Beyond the Classroom, Watt Common Room

  • Chair: Elizabeth Saenz-Ackermann, Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University

  • Chesa Caparas, Faculty in English and Intercultural Studies, Co-Coordinator for FYE and LEAD Programs, De Anza College

  • Danni Redding Lapuz, International Education Program Manager, PDSO, College of San Mateo and Adjunct Faculty, Cañada College

3:00 – 3:15 P.M. Break

3:15 – 4:30 P.M.  Closing Presentation, Levinthal Hall

Seeing the World: How U.S. Universities Make Knowledge in a Global Era

Mitchell L. Stevens, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

The Education Partnership to Internationalize Curriculum (EPIC) provides professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers and community college instructors and professors and is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant. Collaborators include Stanford Global Studies Division, The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), Lacuna Stories, and the Stanford Graduate School of Education's Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET).  Information about our collaborators and past symposia is available on the resources page.

 

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