The Public Humanities Tomorrow: Working w School Communities

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:50:02 -0500

"The Public Humanities Tomorrow: Working with School Communities“

Date: Thursday, December 10, 2020
Time: 9:30 – 11 a.m. EST
Registration required – available here

Public humanities’ emphasis on collaboration, storytelling, and community encourages students to recognize their own knowledge and experiences as valuable in a collective process of inquiry. This challenges traditionally hierarchical power structures in the classroom and empowers students to become more active leaders and learners. The members of this panel have all worked with K-12 students and teachers in projects designed to expand public engagement with the humanities. These collaborative partnerships between post-secondary institutions and public schools enrich K-12 education by making available unique archival and primary materials, highlighting the importance of regional histories to student learning, and emphasizing the role that students’ own experiences can play in making education meaningful.

Panelists:
Jason Cohen, Berea College
Patrick Oray, Bard Early College High School
Mary Rizzo, Rutgers University – Newark
Khadijah Costley White, Rutgers University – New Brunswick

Chair:
Denise Meringolo, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Please RSVP to Rachel Brubaker, rbruba1@umbc.edu