Class, Wed, 10/02

UD as “Literacy Sponsor”

[The President’s] priorities include: enhancing students’ success, investing in intellectual and physical capital, fostering a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, building an environment of inclusive excellence and strengthening interdisciplinary and global programs.

“President Assanis Reviews Top Five Priorities with Faculty and Staff“, UDaily, 2/17/2017.

Nathan Heller, “The Big Uneasy”

How do the politics of inclusion play out “on the ground” of a US college campus?

Fastwrite

Go to a point in Heller’s piece where he quotes a particular individual who is speaking in a way that you either admire or find troubling. Be ready to tell us why.

Safety and Engaging with Difference (John and Jennifer)

Of Interest

EJ Dickerson, “How a Small-Town Bakery in Ohio Became a Lightning Rod in the Culture Wars“, Rolling Stone, 7/18/2019

To Do

1. Wed, 10/02/4:00 pm: Group B responses to Solnit.
2. Thurs, 10/03, 4:00 pm: Everyone else reads Group B’s responses and comments on at least two.
3. Fri, 10/04, class: We will use those responses and comments to structure our discussion of Solnit.
4. Mon, 10/07, class: Read Jamaica Kinkaid’s “A Small Place”. I will lead our discussion.
5. Mon, 10/07, 4:00 pm: Group C responds to Roxane Gay.
6. Tues, 10/08, 4:00 pm: Everyone else reads Group C’s responses and comments on at least two.
7. Wed, 10/09, class: We will use those responses and comments to structure our discussion of Gay.
8. Thurs, 10/10, 4:00 pm: Everyone emails me a one-page proposal for their final project.
9. Fri, 10/11: Fall “Break”.
10. Mon, 10/14, and Wed, 10/16: No class meeting. Individual conferences with me.