2017 EPIC Symposium: Integrating Global Topics into Community College Curricula

Educators at EPIC symposium
Date
Sat May 13th 2017, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Event Sponsor
Stanford Global Studies Division
Location
Bechtel Conference Center, Stanford University
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Join us for this full-day symposium about the challenges and opportunities of incorporating global issues into the community college classroom. 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. Partners include the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education and Lacuna. Registration is free and all community college faculty are welcome.  
 

Presentations will feature adapted lesson plans and course materials as well as strategies for reaching diverse student populations.

AGENDA

8:30 A.M.  REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:00 A.M.  OPENING REMARKS   

BECHTEL CONFERENCE CENTER, ENCINA HALL 

JOVANA  KNEŽEVIĆ, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR RUSSIAN, EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

9:15 – 10:45 A.M.   DEVELOPING GLOBAL STUDIES AT CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES  

BECHTEL CONFERENCE CENTER     

CHAIR: JOVANA KNEŽEVIĆ   

  • The Opportunities and Challenges of Teaching Global Studies at Community Colleges: A Classroom Experience, Alemayehu Lirenso, Ph.D., Associate Faculty Global Studies, Geography and Political Science, Mission College   
  • Always be Closing: Selling Global Studies at the Course, Department and College Level, Christopher McBride, Ph.D., English Faculty Solano College, Vallejo Center    

  • Educating and Mentoring Global Citizens: The Role of Co-Curricular Activities, Céline Pinet, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Affairs, Curriculum and Instructional Support, Hartnell College,  and Dulce María Gray, Ph.D., Professor of English and Gender, and Women’s Studies, West Valley College

10:45 – 11:00 A.M.  VIDEO INTRODUCTION OF  2016-17 EPIC FELLOWS’ PROJECTS 

11:00 – 11:15 A.M.  BREAK

11:15 A.M. –  12:45 P.M.  CONCURRENT SPICE PANEL 1:  EPIC FELLOW PROJECTS

CISAC CONFERENCE ROOM, 2ND FLOOR     
CHAIR: JONAS EDMAN, SPICE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY     

  • In Lak’ech/Kapwa Indigenous Teach Ins “Decolonizing the Curriculum,” Anthony Santa Ana, De Anza College  
  • The Global Speaker Series: Integrating International Perspectives into Course Curriculum Across the Community College Campus, Danni Redding Lapuz, College of San Mateo  
  • The Global Imaginary: Including Post Secondary Global Studies Programs, Patricia Gibbs Stayte, Foothill College

CONCURRENT SPICE PANEL 2:  EPIC FELLOW PROJECTS 

BECHTEL CONFERENCE CENTER   
CHAIR: GARY MUKAI, SPICE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • Exploring and Informing Students’ Cultural  Sense of Self, Susan Thomas, De Anza College  
  • Integrating Transnational Perspectives into Economics Courses, Monika Thomas,  De Anza College  
  • From Western Wanderings to Global Migrations: Re-Imaging an Interconnected Past,  Judith Hunt, College of San Mateo

12:45 P.M.   LUNCH
1:45 – 3:15 P.M.   LACUNA PANEL:  EPIC FELLOW PROJECTS  

BECHTEL CONFERENCE CENTER     
CHAIR: DANIEL BUSH, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER, LACUNA, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • Teaching International Texts to International Students, Carrie Hunter, Foothill College  
  • The World Around Us: Cultivating Global Perspectives in Advanced ESL Classes,  Clara Lam, De Anza College  
  • Reading the World in California, Anne Argyriou, De Anza College  
  • Writers at Risk: An International Poetry Unit, Laura Woltag, College of San Mateo

3:15 – 4:15 P.M.  KEYNOTE ADDRESS  

Why Global Studies? Jeremy M. Weinstein,  Director of Stanford Global Studies

4:15 – 4:30 P.M.  CLOSING REMARKS

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