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: SML’s 7 Weeks and Go!, Bobby’s 3-pager, Demand & Target Prompt, and Student Companion Guide
3) Discipline-Based Breakout Groups — Then, we will break into discipline-based groups to share your draft syllabus with colleagues and discuss:
- Where have you placed the “active parts” of the social action model (i.e., Issue Development, Building Power, and Campaign Launch) versus the "reflective parts" (Setting the Tone & Group Dynamics, Theory, and Research)?
- What social action books, readings, and assignments do you plan to use?
- What discipline-specific readings have you incorporated?
- Other questions?
4) All Group Discussion — We will then gather as a whole group to discuss general questions about teaching social action, such as:
- How will you track the progress of student campaigns in real time in order to get to a Campaign Action?
- 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
- Please send your completed syllabus to Scott in the coming weeks, so we can post it on your course link.
- SML can Zoom into your class—best time, after students develop their targets and demands.
- Have your students fill out Student Campaign Form (possibly put into your syllabus and give extra credit for it). We will send you recommendations; it is up to you whether you share them with your students.
- Come to the two Zoom Meetups planned for Fall ‘26
- Invite your students to attend the Fall ‘26 Summit on College Student Social Action. Possibly include this invitation in your syllabus (extra credit?)
Register Here
Registered
Name | Department | Created time | School | Title | Semester teaching | Course Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tess Clancy | Art and Art History (Architecture) | Apr 19, 2026 11:00 PM | Amherst College | Lecturer | Spring 2027 | Topics in Preservation and Social Action |
Tristan Sharratt | Graduate Nursing, Graduate Public Health | Apr 17, 2026 3:05 PM | Binghamton University | Clinical Lecturer | Spring 2027? | Disease Detectives |
Victoria Charles | Earth Sciences | Apr 17, 2026 5:42 AM | Santa Monica College | Professor | Fall 2026 | Sustainability Outreach and Social Action |
Scott Myers-Lipton | Sociology | Apr 15, 2026 6:10 PM | San Jose State University | Director, TSA | no more.... | Social Action |
Travis Cronin | Social Work | Apr 15, 2026 4:25 PM | Fresno State University | Associate Professor | Fall 2026 | SWRK 180 Macro Seminar |
Tajma Cameron | Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy | Apr 15, 2026 3:48 PM | Morgan State University | Assistant Professor in Science Education | Spring 2027 | Empowering Science Learners: Designing and Enacting Culturally Sustaining STEM Social Action Campaigns |
Patricia Linner | Labor Studies | Apr 15, 2026 3:35 PM | Indiana University | Visiting Lecturer | unsure | L110 Introduction to Labor Studies: Labor & Society |
Patricia Linner | Labor Studies | Apr 15, 2026 3:34 PM | Indiana University | Visiting Lecturer | unsure | L110 Introduction to Labor Studies: Labor & Society |
Pam Saylor | Behavioral Sciences | Apr 15, 2026 2:55 PM | Purdue University Northwest | Clinical Assistant Professor | Fall 2026 | Institution Social Welfare |
Ashley Newby | African American and Africana Studies | Apr 15, 2026 2:27 PM | University of Maryland, College Park | Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies | Spring 2027 | Applied Anti-Black Racism |
Helen Rosko | School of Earth Environment & Sustainability | Apr 15, 2026 1:54 PM | Georgia Southern University | Assistant Professor | Fall 2026 | Political Geography |
Sarah Jane Brubaker | Criminal Justice | Apr 15, 2026 12:49 PM | Virginia Commonwealth University | Professor | Fall 2026 | Social Action and Justice |
Nicole Oehmen | Social and Criminal Justice | Apr 15, 2026 12:37 PM | Shenandoah University | Assistant Professor | Fall 2026 | The Sociology of Joy |
Dr. Edwina Jackson | Department of Social Work | Apr 2, 2026 9:33 PM | Johnson C. Smith University | Assistant Professor of Social Work | Fall 2026 | Policy I & Policy II |
Gina Finelli | Sociology, Anthropology and Geography | Apr 1, 2026 4:47 PM | Anne Arundel Community College | Professor, Sociology | Fall 2026 | SOC 281: Special Topics in Sociology - Fighting Back: Designing Resistance for Democratic Backsliding |
Megan Smith | Mar 28, 2026 2:49 PM | University of North Carolina Charlotte | Assistant Teaching Professor | Fall 2026 & Fall 2027 | The Experience of Loneliness | |
Brandie Pugh | Sociology & Anthropology | Mar 9, 2026 2:29 PM | West Virginia | Dr. | Fall 2026 | Victimology |
Ali Schaeffing | Interdisciplinary Studies | Mar 4, 2026 2:21 PM | Russell Sage College | Director of Service Learning & Assistant Professor of Geography | Fall 2026 | Gen Ed capstone: Innovating to Impact |
Jennifer Klauth | Social Work | Mar 2, 2026 7:44 PM | University of Olivet | Asst Faculty | Fall 26 | Social Work Seminar |
Meagan Call-Cummings | School of Education | Feb 24, 2026 8:32 PM | Johns Hopkins University | Associate Professor | Summer 2026 | Participatory Action Research |
Carla Guerron Montero | Jan 11, 2026 10:22 PM | University of Delawre | Professor of Anthropology and Director of Center for Material Culture Studies | Spring 2026 | Decolonizing Knowledge through World Anthropologies | |
Tracy L Humphrey | Social Work | Jan 11, 2026 10:15 PM | University of Memphis | Clinical Assistant Professor | Fall 2026 | Social Welfare Policy and Programming |
Jennifer Klauth | Social work | Jan 11, 2026 6:05 PM | University of Olivet | Asst Professor | Fall 26 | Groups and Organizations |