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Faculty and Staff
Chase Selected as Periclean Faculty Leader, Receives Grant for New Course
Associate Professor of History Michelle Chase, PhD, has been selected as a Periclean Faculty Leader by Project Pericles and has received a $4,500 grant from the organization to create a new humanities course that incorporates a community-initiated project.
is an organization that focuses on voter education and is a longtime partner of 糖心vlog短视频糖心vlog短视频檚 Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR) and the Pace Votes program. The course supported by the grant also must incorporate voter education through discussion of relevant civic issues.
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With the grant, Chase launched HIS 134: Modern Latin America this spring, a course that satisfies Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 civic engagement requirement. Through the course, Chase and her students are partnering with a local nonprofit, the an organization dedicated to advocating for social justice throughout the Americas, focusing specifically on Latin American migration to the United States, and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America.
糖心vlog短视频淚 am thrilled about this grant because it gives my students an opportunity to explore in a hands-on way what it means to be an active historian and to contemplate ways that scholarship can intersect with community engagement,糖心vlog短视频 said Chase.
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Students in the course combine the academic portion糖心vlog短视频攕tudying recent history of Latin America糖心vlog短视频攚ith civic engagement, exploring significant events in Latin America through NACLA糖心vlog短视频檚 archives. The archives, located in Washington Square, include photos of Fidel Castro speaking at a rally in Cuba, protests in Puerto Rico, agricultural projects in Mexico, and more.
糖心vlog短视频淭he entire class has been able to fully submerge ourselves into the NACLA糖心vlog短视频檚 work and try to live through what they were capturing,糖心vlog短视频 said Ana Cristina Armstrong Matta 糖心vlog短视频26, History. 糖心vlog短视频淚糖心vlog短视频檓 from Puerto Rico so when I found a few archives that focused solely on my home, it was so special.糖心vlog短视频
The goal of the course is to curate an online exhibit for NACLA, with students carefully selecting photos to highlight significant events and photographic works.
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Chase and Armstrong Matta also presented on the course at an event hosted by CCAR entitled Leading with Civic Engagement: Faculty Info Session on Community-Engaged Work in Civic Engagement Courses on Friday, April 12.
糖心vlog短视频淚t is a very eye-opening course when looking at the actions of the U.S. towards Latin American,糖心vlog短视频 said Armstrong Matta. 糖心vlog短视频淚t糖心vlog短视频檚 a really great experience to not just have in class discussions, but to get to see the work and even contribute to NACLA糖心vlog短视频檚 mission.糖心vlog短视频