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Is Jesus a peacemaker or a warrior? A socialist or a capitalist? Depending on whom you ask, American Christians see Christ as all these things and more.
A math professor explains how he prepares future teachers to use poetry in their math instruction.
In this course, a gun range becomes a classroom for students to explore their previously held beliefs about firearms.
An anthropology course explores how peoples and cultures around the world use nature-based medicines to heal.
College students learn about people who have dedicated their professional lives to reducing the threat of violence – and their successes and failures.
Students learn the art of dealmaking can involve much more than money.
Science fiction does more than entertain – it can also be used to better understand the political forces that shape the societies in which we live.
Mindfulness is everywhere in pop culture today, but that doesn’t mean people agree on what it means.
An education professor explains how a hit TV show about a struggling school became a jumping-off point for a course about urban education.
A sociology professor uses the popular ‘Boondocks’ cartoon to explore contemporary issues of race in American society.
Many genocide classes review the Holocaust or Cambodia’s Killing Fields. A scholar wanted to show that genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing still happen today.
A university course teaches students why people believe false and evidence-starved claims, to show them how to determine what’s accurate and real and what’s neither.
Support for strong gun ownership rights is often associated with conservative Christian views, but religion and self-defense have a much longer history in the United States.
Social isolation and loneliness in aging adults have been linked to numerous physical and mental health ailments. Teaching students how to listen deeply to older people can lessen those effects.
Spacecraft are just a small part of what it takes for humans to become an interplanetary species. A political science professor explains how there is much more to creating a spacefaring society.
Avoiding failure by playing it safe may limit opportunities for learning and growth.
Books are one of the oldest forms of communication ‘technology,’ a scholar writes, and understanding how they’ve evolved over time provides insights into their role in society.
Swift, like all writers, draws from her literary forebears to craft new works.
Pictures of women in war play a pivotal role in the battlefield of political ideas, argues a feminist historian who examines how images and attire are used and seen in war zones and occupied lands.
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Professor of English, John Carroll University
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PhD Student in Geography, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
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Executive Director of the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Black Studies and History, Amherst College
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Professor of Curriculum Studies and Philosophy of Education, Indiana University
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Rita Shea Guffey Chair of English, Rice University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, State University of New York Cortland
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Professor of Management & Organizations, University of Michigan
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Professor of Pedagogy in Biology, Emory University
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Adjunct Professor of Genocide Studies and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy
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Director of Religious Studies and Instructor of Philosophy, University of Memphis
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