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Monsters around the World: Expanding Students’ Cross-Cultural Competencies

by Alex Watkins, Adjunct Professor, Composition and Literary Studies How do you condense 300 (or more) years of literature into sixteen weeks? This is the… Read More

The Global Stage: Performance as Protest, Protest as Performance

by Carrie Kaplan, Adjunct Professor, Literary Manage Austin Department of Drama, Tutor IV Shamshow, grandstanding, devolving into theater, playing to the crowd, play-acting, mere theater,… Read More

Global Microfinance Practices – a Study in Contrast for Small Business Financing

by Courtney Ahrenholtz, Associate Professor, Finance and Marketing Small business financing in the United States generally refers to the ways in which an entrepreneur obtains… Read More

Recentering ARTS 1301: Moving Art Appreciation in a More Global and Gender Inclusive Direction

by Dawn E. Hewitt, Adjunct, Assistant Professor, Art Department Coming in to teach ARTS 1301 can be a little daunting. There is a… Read More

Global Connections Education in Teacher Certification

by Lisa T Brown, PhD, Adjunct Instructor Continuing Education, Teacher Certification Austin Community College Continuing Education has a growing program that certifies teachers for Texas… Read More

The Digital Divide: A Global Perspective

by Katherine Susman, Associate Professior Computer Science and Information Technology I am currently completing my second-year teaching information technology at ACC after… Read More

Case-Based Global Learning in Human Growth and Development

by Dr. Nancy Ejuma, Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychology  As a newer adjunct psychology professor, I viewed the Global Education Faculty Learning Community… Read More

Global Gender and Inclusion in Math

by Hoda Tavakoli, Adjunct Associate Professor, Mathematics I am thankful for the opportunity to participate in the Faculty Learning Community for the year… Read More

Gender Studies in Human Growth and Development

by Sadaf Sajjad, Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychology There is some misconception among non-gender specialists about gender research topics. They have a greater tendency… Read More

Cinderella Stories and the Feminine Ideal

by Lauren Elander, Adjunct, Assistant Professor, Composition & Literacy Studies With the disruption of the Western Literary Canon, literature courses can include dynamic texts that… Read More

Global Citizenship in the Operating Room

by Susan Diamond, Surgical Technology Faculty As a surgical technology instructor, I am privileged to team teach with a talented and encouraging group in a… Read More

Women and the Musical Canon

by Sami Froncek, Adjunct Professor of Music “Are there any girl composers? Why? When I grow up, I’m going to be a… Read More

Globalizing the Foreign Language Classroom: Moving Beyond “Us” and “Them”

by Kasina Entzi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of German The foreign language classroom may seem like an inherently cosmopolitan learning space, but even after years of… Read More

Gender Bias in Healthcare Research

by Daira Wilson, Ph.D., RN, Professor of Nursing Nursing is rooted in delivering care based on “evidence-based practice.” We follow the science to make sure… Read More

Global Gender and Womens Studies: Indigenous Women in Politics

by Vanessa L. Faz, Adjunct Professor of Government  During the academic year of 2020-2021, I had the pleasure and opportunity to be a participant in… Read More

Centering Erasure: Talking About What We Don’t Talk About

by Ruth Friede-Cornell, Adjunct Professor of Communication Studies I admit that I entered into the Global Gender and Women’s Studies Faculty Learning Community (FLC) with… Read More

U.S. Government 2305 Simulation Project: Femicide in Juarez, Mexico

by Celeste Rios, M.A., Adjunct Professor of Government My experience as an academic professor has taught me that bringing awareness is key to understanding… Read More

Globalizing in Psychology Teaching

by Sadaf Sajjad, Associate Professor of Psychology  It was an immense honor and pleasure for me to be selected to the Faculty Learning… Read More

Contextualizing Growth Mindset and Grit

by Sarah Porter, Ph.D., Professor of Student Development and Completion Counselor  During a year marked by remote work, physical distancing, “smooth brain”… Read More

Exploring Identity through a Global Lens

by Sharon Goh, Professor of Student Development / ESOL / Adult Education Participating in the Globalizing Curriculum Faculty Learning Community (FLC), run by ACC International… Read More

Taking “Interdisciplinary” to a New Level: Composition and Nursing Collaboration

by Shelley Mitchell, Professor of Nursing I approached our first regular meeting of the Faculty Learning Community on Global Gender and Women’s Studies with excitement… Read More

Nursing Around the World

by Daira Wilson, Professor of Nursing Teaching students to become “citizens of the world” is necessary in nursing education. However, it is often easy to… Read More

The World from Six Feet Away

by Ryan Davidson, Adjunct Professor of English Perspective has always been an essential aspect of individual growth. Learning leads to empathy which leads to understanding… Read More

Top Benefits of the Global FLC Model

  ACC International Programs partners with the University of Texas-Austin Hemispheres Consortium to host two Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) each year to engage a… Read More

Expressing Humanity through Storytelling

by Brinda Roy, Professor of English It would be an understatement to say I was excited to find out that I was selected to participate… Read More

My Experience in a Faculty Learning Community

by Rebel Sanders, Associate Professor of Biology My experience in the Globalizing Curriculum FLC has been informative, motivating, and given me a sense of community… Read More

Globalize Your Curriculum, Globalize Your Thinking

by Margarita Burciaga, Adjunct Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management Getting selected/being able to participate in the Austin Community College (ACC) 2019-2020 Faculty Learning… Read More

Nursing from a Global Perspective

by - John Nation MSN, RN As a participant in this year’s Globalizing Curriculum Faculty Learning Community, I have had the opportunity to attend fascinating lectures on a wide range of subjects and collaborate with colleagues at ACC on how best to incorporate global perspectives into our courses. As a nursing instructor, a great deal of my teaching focuses on the nursing management of diseases and health promotion in our community and in the United States. While participating in the Globalizing Curriculum Faculty Learning Community, I’ve been able to spend more time considering global issues in health care and nursing. Additionally, the monthly lectures by University of Texas at Austin professors about major global issues have been fascinating and thought-provoking. Read More

Contextualizing Social Issues as Human Rights Issues

by – Jackie Burns, PhD I recently had the privilege of participating in the Globalization of the Curriculum Faculty Learning Community. It was an extended… Read More

Globalizing Curriculum: Inspiring Creative Action

by - Rebekah Starnes As an English professor, students sometimes ask me, “Why is everything we read so dark?” I respond that literature reflects history, which is often depressing, that it’s a way for people to process trauma or comment on social problems. I focus on literature’s transformative function as well—how authors use the power of literature to change the world for the better. Read More

Hunger in Malawi: Globalizing an Ethics Curriculum

by - Linda L. Cox, Ph.D. In ethics, we ask questions such as, “Who is the subject of rights?” “How should we address global hunger?” “What’s our duty to the environment?” I’ve observed that sometimes these questions and the competing answers can make students feel overwhelmed and paralyzed at the end of the day. One of my goals, then, has been to help students feel they can use their academic work to make a powerful impact in the world. Read More

Globalizing my Curriculum to Create Future Globalized Thinkers and Leaders and Social Agents of Change

by - Lillian Huerta This year and last year, I had the privilege of being selected to participate in a Globalizing Curriculum Faculty Learning Community. This great community is sponsored by UT Austin and Austin Community College’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and International Programs. It involves a small group of faculty members who meet once a month to engage in conversations regarding how to globalize their respective courses. In addition, faculty are provided the opportunity to listen to speakers who are other faculty members and/or community leaders and are experts in their fields. The topics range from human rights, gender and LGBT issues, religion, critical pedagogy, poverty, and an array of other topics. Thus, the interchange of conversations and interaction with the guest speakers provide faculty with an array of ideas on how to globalize their courses. Read More

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