Engaging Difference: Teaching Humanities and Social Science in Multicultural Environments. This item is unavailable.Engaging Difference: Teaching Humanities and Social Science in Multicultural Environments

Engaging Difference discusses how to develop strategies to engage difference that work for both students and professors in multicultural classrooms. The contributions to this volume discuss specific pedagogical techniques (for example, the use of novels, web resources, and personal narratives) and the ways in which these have been applied in the classroom and in related educational activities. One contribution addresses the issues related to the freedom of speech in diverse classrooms. The essays are rooted in relevant theoretical perspectives from active learning literature, including emerging approaches on intersectional pedagogies. All authors are practitioners engaged in teaching in college, and several have previous high school teaching experience. They openly discuss challenges related to teaching in diverse classrooms and suggest pedagogical strategies to thrive in diverse environments.

Dovile Budryte, Ph.D. is a Professor of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College. Her publications include articles about the Baltic states and three books, Taming Nationalism? Political Community Building in the Post–Soviet Baltic States (2005), Feminist Conversations: Women, Trauma and Empowerment in Post–Transitional Societies (co-edited with Lisa M. Vaughn and Natalya T. Riegg, 2009), and Memory and Trauma in International Relations: Theories, Cases and Debates (co-edited with Erica Resende, 2013). In 2014/15, she was the recipient of the University System of Georgia Excellence in Teaching Award. Her current research interests include intersectionality, memory politics, and trauma education.

Scott A. Boykin, M.T.S., J.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College. Before joining Georgia Gwinnett College, Dr. Boykin practiced law in Alabama and Texas and served as a judicial clerk to Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Boykin has published research in political theory and American constitutional law.