Please join us on Thursday, January 8, 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) We will discuss how at the 6th Annual College Summit, how none of the 15 student presentations included a Campaign Action (i.e., a public display of their power near the decision-maker/target), which is a main goal of a social action course. Scott ML’s 7 Weeks & GO document will be discussed as a response; discuss other possible responses.
2) 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".
- What social action books, readings, and assignments do you plan to use.
- What discipline-specific readings have you incorporated.
3) We will then gather as a whole group to discuss general questions about teaching social action, such as:
- 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?
- How will you track the progress of student campaigns in real time?
4) Lastly, SML will discuss:
- Come to Zoom gatherings: Feb 20th and March 27th
- Zooming into your class—best time, after students develop their targets and demands
- Having students fill out Student Campaign Form; will send you recommendations
- How to help students write a press release.
- Grading rubric
- Put in your syllabus: End of Semester Gathering: May 7th, 3 pm
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Registered
Name | Created time | School | Semester teaching | Title | Department | Course Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jessie Piper | Dec 29, 2025 3:23 PM | Washburn University | Every semester, Online in Fall, In-person in Spring | Assistant Professor | Family and Human Services | Prevention & Social Chance |
EJ Neel | Dec 26, 2025 4:58 PM | Worcester State University | AY 26/27 | Adjunct Professor | Sociology | Contemporary Social Problems |
Christa Jennings | Dec 25, 2025 4:49 PM | Purdue University, Fort Wayne | Summer 2026 | Director, Basic Course Program | Communication | Fundamentals of Speech Communication |
Jeremy Smith | Dec 23, 2025 7:06 AM | University of Rochester | Summer 2026 | Civic Learning and Civic Engagement in Context of Child Development | Community Engagement | Civic Learning and Civic Engagement in Context of Community Development |
Steven Carr | Dec 18, 2025 7:22 PM | Purdue University Fort Wayne | Spring 2026 | Professor | Communication | Fundamentals of Communication |
Omotoyosi Odukomaiya | Dec 11, 2025 5:42 PM | Hope College | Spring 2026 | Dr. | English | Women's Voices in Literature |
Tess Clancy | Dec 7, 2025 8:32 PM | UMich | Spring 2026 | Design Fellow | Architecture | EC Workshop Series: Social Action in Architecture and Historic Preservation |
Rosina Hassoun | Dec 3, 2025 10:05 PM | Saginaw Valley State University | Winter (January-May) 2026 | Professor | Sociologist | Sociology of Medicine |
Emanuel Preciado` | Dec 3, 2025 9:51 PM | Northern Arizona University | Spring 2026 | Assistant Teaching Professor | Geography, Planning, and Recreation | Environmental Inequalities |
Tajma Cameron | Dec 3, 2025 8:39 PM | Morgan State University | Spring 2026 | Assistant Professor in Science Education | Department of the Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy | Empowering Science Learners: Co-Constructing a Culturally Sustaining Curriculum |
Qiang Chen | Dec 3, 2025 7:48 PM | Siena University | Spring 2026 | Associate Professor | Social Work | social welfare policy |
Sarah Ramirez | Dec 3, 2025 7:43 PM | University of Washington - Bothell | Winter 2025 - Spring 2026 | Community Engaged Learning Program Manager | Office of Connected Learning | Latino Leadership Initiative |
Natalie Novak | Nov 17, 2025 10:52 PM | Flagler College | Spring 2026 | Adjunct Instructor | Core Curriculum, Department of Visual Arts | COR 151 Crafting Democracy |
Sacha Klein | Nov 5, 2025 2:54 AM | Michigan State University | Spring 2026 | Associate Professor | Social Work | SW 441: Social Work Practice with Task Groups, Organizations and Communities |
Kristen Driskill | Nov 3, 2025 6:08 PM | St. John Fisher University | Spring 2026 | Associate Professor of Inclusive Education | Department of Inclusive Education | Education for Social Justice |
Kris De Welde | Nov 3, 2025 4:04 PM | College of Charleston | Spring 2025 | Professor | Women's and Gender Studies | Interdisciplinary Campaigns for Social Action |
Lee Smithey | Nov 3, 2025 3:31 PM | Swarthmore | Spring 2026 | Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Sociology | Department of Peace and Conflict Studies | Campaigning for Social Change |
Charlie Domahidi | Nov 3, 2025 2:10 AM | SUNY Oswego | Spring 2026 | Assistant Professor | Criminal Justice | CRJ 412: Mass Shootings in Society |
Jozie Nummi | Nov 1, 2025 7:58 PM | Purdue University Northwest | Spring 2026 | Assistant Professor of Sociology | Department of Behavioral Sciences | Communities and Social Movements |
Caroline Sharkey | Oct 22, 2025 2:26 AM | University at Albany, SUNY | TBD - Ideally Spring 2027 | Assistant Professor | School of Social Welfare | Social Justice Through Social Action |
Kendall Deas | Oct 19, 2025 5:41 AM | University of South Carolina | Fall 2026 | Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Law, and Politics | Department of African American Studies-McCausland College of Arts and Sciences | Quality Education Through Social Change |
Kristin Conley | Sep 28, 2025 5:56 PM | Ferris State University | 2026 | Department Chair, Professor | Interdisciplinary Studies | Leadership Capstone |
Phone Pyae Soe | Sep 20, 2025 2:50 AM | Chiang Mai University, Thailand | 2026 (tentative) | Dr. | School of Public Policy | Myanmar Education Reform |