AHA Session 10
Friday, January 3, 2025: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Sutton South (New York Hilton, Second Floor)
Chair:
Christine E. Eubank, Bergen Community College
Panel:
Elaine Carey, Oakland University
Reginald K. Ellis, Florida A&M University
Daniel J. McInerney, Utah State University
Sara Rzeszutek, Saint Francis College
Reginald K. Ellis, Florida A&M University
Daniel J. McInerney, Utah State University
Sara Rzeszutek, Saint Francis College
Comment:
Daniel J. McInerney, Utah State University
Session Abstract
AHA projects in teaching and learning – along with directives from central administrators and accreditors – have engaged many of us in dual tasks: reimagining our own introductory courses as well as helping colleagues in other disciplines reframe the “gateway” classes in their fields. This roundtable explores a variety of ways in which the changes historians have made in our intro courses offer valuable lessons to share with faculty across our campuses in building timely transformations to General Education. Our panelists are both faculty members and administrators, representing a wide range of institutions: a two-year college, a private metropolitan college, a public doctoral research institution, a major HBCU, and an R1 land grant university. Each presenter will speak briefly about how they worked to meet challenges in both history and Gen Ed. But much of our session will open the floor to questions, suggestions, and audience comments about what has – and hasn’t – worked at their own institutions. Our goal is to demonstrate how historians have both inspired and guided major shifts in the courses that launch students in their post-secondary studies.
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