Taught By:
Emily Vietti
Associate Teaching Professor & Civic Engagement Faculty Fellow
University of Kansas
Read profile here.
Motivation to Teach Social Action:
Course Description:
Kansas is a mostly rural state, and rural communities are in desperate need of service providers. In most places, not just rural communities, poll workers are significantly older than the general population, and are rarely representative of their communities. So, the idea would be to train students, both in the technical aspects of working at the polls, but also in skills like conflict management and intergenerational communication, while also teaching them about the historical and civic contexts of voting in the United States. Then, we could send these students back to their home communities for election day to work as poll workers and engage in their communities as informed citizens and leaders.
