Educating Global Citizens
The 2005-06 Innovative Teaching Showcase features three WWU instructors who promote students’ learning and understanding of global communities. From the disciplines of American cultural studies, linguistics, and anthropology, these professors’ scholarship informs their instruction and promotes their students’ understanding of global issues. Dr. Karen W. Morse, Western's President, introduces the theme, "Educating Global Citizens," for this year's showcase.
To learn more about this year's Showcase theme, Educating Global Citizens, read the following:
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| Larry Estrada is an associate professor and director of the American Cultural Studies program at Fairhaven College, and is the president of the National Association for Ethnic Studies. His scholarship focuses on the impacts of changing demographics on our country's social, cultural and economic climate. |
Edward Vajda is a professor, director of East Asian Studies, Russian Language section coordinator for the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at WWU, and editor of Word, the journal of the International Linguistics Association. His scholarship focuses on native Siberian peoples and languages, including the Ket people, who inhabit the Yenisei Basin in central Siberia.
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| Kathleen Young is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at WWU. Her cultural anthropological research focuses on the global issues of genocide, war, death and dying, and rape, religion and Islamic Law. |
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