Disrupting the Syllabus, with Julia Charles Linen

Julia Charles talks about disrupting the syllabus on episode 419 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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Quotes from the episode

Disrupting suggests that there is something that necessitates change over time.
-Julia Charles

I am disrupting an ideology, a way of thinking, about this document.
-Julia Charles

I view the syllabus as a tool for engagement.
-Julia Charles

When the syllabus is a document that you can be excited about, students become more creative in the class.
-Julia Charles

I’ve learned to ask for help and reach outside of myself.
-Julia Charles

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Resources

• That Middle World: Race, Performance, and the Politics of Passing – by Julia S. Charles
• The Loving Luggage Project
• Beloit College
• What is it we are trying to disrupt?
• Julia’s tweet with her syllabus
• The Source Magazine
• XXL Magazine
• Help celebrate Julia’s 40th birthday by “getting 40 new suitcases for youth currently in or aging out of foster care – any amount helps”

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