Teaching Social Action Meet-Up

Meet-Up Highlights:

The “Walk the Walk” documentary profiles several student campaigns in action.

Agenda

Quick Intros

College, department, when teaching social action, and title of class

Check-in from those teaching social action this Fall semester (2 minutes)

What has been your biggest learning experience so far?
How did the Issue Identification process go? Targets and demands chosen? What campaign issues did the students choose?

Questions for faculty teaching social action
TSA Business

Invite colleagues to MSU Institute on Oct. 8-9, NY-PA Institute on Nov. 8-9, or in 2026 (Winter Institute, DC, Charleston, Summer, Berlin, NYC)
Next Virtual Meetup: Thursday, October 30th, 3 pm EST
For folks teaching social action now: have students fill out the Student Campaign Form

Sign-up for the October 30th Meet-Up here

Participants

Name	Email	School	Title	Department
* Cassandra Simon	csimon@ua.ede	The University of Alabama	Associate Professor	School of Social Work
* Cassandra Simon	csimon@ua.edu	The University of Alabama	Associate Professor	School of Social Work
* Charlie Domahidi	charlie.domahidi@oswego.edu	SUNY Oswego	Assistant Professor	Criminal Justice
* Chelsea Starr	chelsea.starr@enmu.edu	Eastern New Mexico University	Professor of Sociology	Sociology
* Cheyenne Luzynski	Cheyenne.Luzynski@mail.wvu.edu	West Virginia University	Teaching Associate Professor	Leadership Studies
* Cheyenne Luzynski	Cheyenne.luzynski@mail.wvu.edu	West Virginia University	Teaching Associate Professor	Leadership studies
* Corey Chan	cchan@bishopodowd.org	Bishop O'Dowd High School	Sustainability Coordinator
* Craig Talmage	Talmage@hws.edu	Hobart & William Smith	Associate Professor & Chair	Business Management & Entrepreneurship
* Hollis France	franceh@cofc.edu	College of Charleston	Associate Professor	Political Science
* Ian O'Byrne	obyrnei@cofc.edu	College of Charleston	PhD	Teacher Educaiton
* Janice Brown Wharwood	janice.wharwood@fmu.edu	Florida Memorial University	Director and Assistant Professor of Social Work	School of Education and Social Sciences
* Jessie Piper	jessie.piper@washburn.edu	Washburn University	Assistant Professor	Family and Human Services
* Jessie Piper	jessie.piper@washburn.edu	Washburn University	Assistant Professor	Family and Human Services
* Josephine Nummi	jnummi@purdue.edu	Purdue University Northwest	Assistant Professor of Sociology	Department of Behavioral Sciences
* Kris De Welde	deweldek@cofc.edu	College of Charleston	Professor	Women's and Gender Studies
* Kristen Driskill	kdriskill@sjfc.edu	St. John Fisher University	Associate Professor of Inclusive Education	Department of Inclusive Education
* Kristen Driskill	kdriskill@sjfc.edu	St. John Fisher University	Associate Professor of Inclusive Education	Department of Inclusive Education
* Leah Mundell	leah.mundell@nau.edu	Northern Arizona University	Associate Teaching Professor	Anthropology and Sustainable Communities
* Lee Smithey	lsmithe1@swarthmore.edu	Swarthmore College	Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Sociology	Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
* Meagan Call-Cummings	meagan.call-cummings@jhu.edu	Johns Hopkins University	Associate Professor	School of Education
* Natalia Sianko	natalls@clemson.edu	Clemson University	Associate Professor	Sociology Anthropology and Criminal Justice
* Natalie Novak	nnovak@flagler.edu	Flagler College	Adjunct Instructor	Core Curriculum, Department of Visual Arts
* Nicole Oehmen	qel02@su.edu	Shenandoah University	Assistant Professor	Sociology and Justice Studies
* Nicole Oehmen	nicole.oehmen@su.edu	Shenandoah University	Assistant Professor	Sociology
* Omotola Akinsola	omotola.akinsola@mnsu.edu	Minnesota State University Mankato	Associate Professor	Social Work
* Pam Saylor	psaylor@purdue.edu	Purdue University Northwest	Clinical Assistant Professor	Behavioral Sciences
* Patricia Linner	plinner@iu.edu	Indiana University	Visiting Lecturer	Labor Studies
* Qiang Chen	qchen@siena.edu	Siena University	Associate Professor	Social Work
* Roland Hwang	hwangr@umich.edu	U-Mich Dept of American Culture	Lecturer	American Culture
* Rosina Hassoun	rhassoun@svsu.edu	Saginaw Valley State University	Professor	Sociology
* Sarah-Jane Brubaker	sbrubaker@vcu.edu	Virginia Commonwealth University	Professor	Criminal Justice
* Schantell Williams	schantell.williams@sjsu.edu	San Jose State University	Lecturer	Public Health
* Sheryl Groden	grodensh@umich.edu	University of Michigan-Flint	Associate Professor	Social Work
* Sue Collins	scollins@mtu.edu	Michigan Tech	Assoc Prof, Communication Culture & Media	Humanities
* Traci Cihon	traci.cihon@wmich.edu	Western Michigan University	Associate Professor	Psychology
* Tracie Meyers	tmeyers@jjay.cuny.edu	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	Assistant Professor	SEEK Department
* Tracie Meyers	tmeyers@jjay.cuny.edu	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	Assistant Professor	SEEK
* Travis Cronin	travis@mail.fresnostate.edu	California State University, Fresno	SWRK 180 Macro Seminar	Social Work
* Victoria Charles	charles_victoria@smc.edu	Santa Monica College	Professor	Earth Sciences
* Victoria Charles	charles_victoria@smc.edu	Santa Monica College	Professor	Earth Sciences
• Sacha M Klein	kleinsa@msu.edu	Michigan State University	Associate Professor	Social Work
• Sydney Rittershaus	sar567@nau.edu	Northern Arizona University	Instructor	Geography
Aaron PeeksMease	apeeks3@nebraska.edu	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Professor of Practice	Sociology
Abdelaziz Elmadani	Abdelaziz.elmadani@brooklyn.cuny.edu	Brooklyn College	Assistant professor	School Psychology, Counseling, and Leadership
Abigail Eiler	rowea@umich.edu	University of Michigan	Director, Undergraduate Educational Programs/Clinical Associate Professor	Social Work
Adam Schneider	aschneider@ssw.umaryland.edu	University of Maryland School of Social Work	Clinical Associate Professor	School of Social Work
Adam Schneider	aschneider@ssw.umaryland.edu	University of Maryland School of Social Work	Clinical Associate Professor	Social Work - Leadership, Policy and Social Change
Addie Campbell-Mungen	addie.campbellmungen@asurams.edu	Albany State University	Assistant Professor	Social Work
Adele Okoli	kokoli@uca.edu	University of Central Arkansas	Associate Professor of French/ Academic Coordinator, Living Learning Community in Global Engagement	School of Language and Literature
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