Please join us on Thursday, June 18, from 3-4:30 pm EST, to discuss the progress of your syllabus development and to prepare for teaching your upcoming social action course or workshop.
Agenda
1) Introductions — Introductions and put questions in the chat that you have.
2) Updates to Model: 7 Weeks and Go!, the TSA 3-pager, Campaign Implementation Worksheet, and AI Prompt for Demands & Target
3) Discipline-Based Breakout Groups — Break into discipline-based groups and discuss the below questions about your draft syllabus. Afterwards, we will discuss the gems.
- Will you follow the SML model or will you make changes to the order of topics? Explain your thought process. Whatever you decide is fine!
- If teaching a topic along with social action, what reading accommodations will you make? (e.g., Shortened? Back and forth between social action and course concepts? If yes, how will you integrate the two?).
- What books, readings, and evaluation tools will you assign?
- Other questions?
4) All Group Discussion — Aa a whole group, respond to the below general questions about teaching social action, such as:
- What is your plan to monitor your students’ progress with Campaign Activities?
- What is your plan to ensure that the students’ demands and targets are good? (i.e., specific, includes the cost, high stakes but not too big or too small, and directed at the right person?
- Questions from Syllabi Creation Worksheet from Institute: Will student campaigns focus on a specific issue or be open-ended for students to choose? What will be the minimum size for your student campaigns? Will campaigns occur on campus, off campus, or both? How often will students get the chance to meet in their groups to discuss their campaigns in class?
- Other questions?
5) Upcoming Things to Do
- Send SML completed syllabus before beginning of semester, so it can be posted on your course link (or not).
- Have students fill out Student Campaign Survey (possibly put in your syllabus). Before the students submit, please consider using AI prompt. Once sent in, SML will provide recommendations; it is up to you whether you share SML’s recommendations with your students.
- Invite students to attend Fall ‘26 Summit on College Student Social Action on December 3rd, 3-5 pm EST. Recommendation: include invitation in syllabus and give extra credit.
- Come to the two Zoom Meetups planned for Fall ‘26: Sept. 18 & Oct 30th (3-4:30 pm EST)
- SML can Zoom into your class—best time is after students develop demands and target.
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Registered
Name | Course Title | School | Semester teaching | Created time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ali Schaeffing | Gen Ed capstone: Innovating to Impact | Russell Sage College | Fall 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 2:21 PM |
Ashley Newby | Applied Anti-Black Racism | University of Maryland, College Park | Spring 2027 | Apr 15, 2026 2:27 PM |
Brandie Pugh | Victimology | West Virginia | Fall 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 2:29 PM |
Carla Guerron Montero | Decolonizing Knowledge through World Anthropologies | University of Delawre | Spring 2026 | Jan 11, 2026 10:22 PM |
Chelsea Starr | Collective Behavior | Eastern New Mexico University | Fall 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 5:00 PM |
Corey Chan | Eco Leaders Advanced Leadership Team | Bishop O'Dowd High School | Fall 2026 | Jun 2, 2026 3:36 AM |
Craig Talmage | MGMT 220 - Social Innovation | Hobart & William Smith | Fall 2026 | Apr 28, 2026 1:26 PM |
Diane Bessel | Social Action for Community Change | Daemen Universitu | Fall 2026 (Planned) | Apr 21, 2026 11:20 AM |
Dingani Mthethwa | Forging Cultures of Resilience | Virginia Commonwealth University | Spring 2027 | Jun 14, 2026 9:02 PM |
Dr. Adele Newson-Horst | WGST 201 | Morgan State University | Fall | Jun 12, 2026 9:48 AM |
Dr. Edwina Jackson | Policy I & Policy II | Johnson C. Smith University | Fall 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 9:33 PM |
Eiko Strader | Gender and Public Policy | George Washington University | Fall 2026 | May 5, 2026 2:19 PM |
Elisa Jones | History of Human Rights | College of Charleston | spring 2027 | Jun 18, 2026 3:31 PM |
Ellen Kohl | Environmental Activism | UMBC | Fall 2026 | Jun 2, 2026 10:38 AM |
Elycia Daniel | Guns and Society | Clark Atlanta University | Spring 27 | May 11, 2026 9:30 PM |
Erin Elliott | Engaging Local Policy: Street Level Democrcacy | The Evergreen State College | Fall 2026 | May 27, 2026 5:57 AM |
Fadoua Loudiy | Civil Discourse DEI Designated Course | Slippery Rock University | Fall 2026 | May 12, 2026 4:32 PM |
Gina Finelli | SOC 281: Special Topics in Sociology - Fighting Back: Designing Resistance for Democratic Backsliding | Anne Arundel Community College | Fall 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 4:47 PM |
Helen Rosko | Political Geography | Georgia Southern University | Fall 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 1:54 PM |
Ian Bethell Bennett | Advanced Research and Writing | University of The Bahamas | Autumn 2026 Spring 2027 | Jun 11, 2026 4:16 PM |
Ian O'Byrne | Unmuted: Making Meaning and Finding Joy in the Hard Work of Learning | College of Charleston | Fall 2026 | May 6, 2026 3:12 PM |
Jackie Leung | Health and Social Policy | Linfield university | Spring 2027 | May 6, 2026 6:04 PM |
Janice Brown Wharwood | Social Work Policy | Florida Memorial University | Fall 26 | Jun 9, 2026 6:39 PM |
Jennifer Klauth | Groups and Organizations | University of Olivet | Fall 26 | Jan 11, 2026 6:05 PM |
Kaj brian | Abolition Feminism(s)- Graduate Course in Justice Studies | University of New Orleans | Fall 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 8:12 PM |
liz canfield | Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies | Virginia Commonwealth University | Fall and Spring | Apr 22, 2026 6:45 PM |
Mahtaub Golab | Sustainability Outreach and Social Action | Santa Monica College | Fall 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 8:43 PM |
Mallory Servais | Solidarity in Action | Bishop O'Dowd High School | Aug 26-April 27 | Jun 15, 2026 8:41 PM |
Meagan Call-Cummings | Participatory Action Research | Johns Hopkins University | Summer 2026 | Feb 24, 2026 8:32 PM |
Megan Smith | The Experience of Loneliness | University of North Carolina Charlotte | Fall 2026 & Fall 2027 | Mar 28, 2026 2:49 PM |
Melissa MacDonald | Social Problems | BHCC | Fall 2026 | May 29, 2026 6:47 PM |
Michael Artime | Political Activism | Pacific Lutheran University | Fall 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 5:47 PM |
Nicole Oehmen | The Sociology of Joy | Shenandoah University | Fall 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 12:37 PM |
Omotola Akinsola | Organization and Community Practice | Minnesota State University Mankato | Fall 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 6:01 PM |
Othelia Lee | Foundation of Social Work | University of North Carolina Charlotte | fall 26 | May 6, 2026 4:52 PM |
Pam Saylor | Institution Social Welfare | Purdue University Northwest | Fall 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 2:55 PM |
Patricia Linner | L110 Introduction to Labor Studies: Labor & Society | Indiana University | unsure | Apr 15, 2026 3:34 PM |
Phillis Isabella Sheppard | Spirituality and Social Activism | Vanderbilt University, Divinity School | Fall 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 4:31 PM |
Rosina Hassoun | SOC 292 Social Action | Saginaw Valley State University | Fall 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 5:59 PM |
Sarah Jane Brubaker | Social Action and Justice | Virginia Commonwealth University | Fall 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 12:49 PM |
Schantell Williams | Public Health Advocacy | San Jose State University | FA 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 10:17 PM |
Sherry Breshears | CORH 304: Persuasive rhetoric, public speaking and advocacy | University of British Columbia - Okanagan | fall 2026 | Jun 16, 2026 7:37 PM |
Susan Bodnar Deren Mthethwa | Forging cultures of resilience (comparative social justice) | Virginia Commonwealth University | Sp 2027 | Jun 14, 2026 10:04 PM |
Tajma Cameron | Empowering Science Learners: Designing and Enacting Culturally Sustaining STEM Social Action Campaigns | Morgan State University | Spring 2027 | Apr 15, 2026 3:48 PM |
Tess Clancy | Topics in Preservation and Social Action | Amherst College | Spring 2027 | Apr 19, 2026 11:00 PM |
Traci Cihon | Behavioral Community Psychology | Western Michigan University | Fall 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 11:46 AM |
Tracie Meyers | Education and Justice | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Fall 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 3:48 PM |
Tracy L Humphrey | Social Welfare Policy and Programming | University of Memphis | Fall 2026 | Jan 11, 2026 10:15 PM |
Travis Cronin | SWRK 180 Macro Seminar | Fresno State University | Fall 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 4:25 PM |
Tristan Sharratt | Disease Detectives | Binghamton University | Spring 2027? | Apr 17, 2026 3:05 PM |
Victoria Charles | Sustainability Outreach and Social Action | Santa Monica College | Fall 2026 | Apr 17, 2026 5:42 AM |
Willie L. Patterson III | Social Justice and Equity | Alabama A&M University | Summer 2026 and Fall 2026 | Jun 16, 2026 1:46 AM |