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Introducing our 2025 Smithsonian Faculty Fellows!!!!
Our 2025 Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship is underway! After receiving a large and robust group of applications, eleven faculty were selected to participate in this year's Fellowship. We are pleased to welcome : Erin Aust, English and Reading, Germantown Tiffany Banks,…
Lights Out- Exploring with Introductory Psychology Students
by Professor Melissa McCeney During the fall semester, Introductory Psychology students visited the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in order to consider the impact of identity on conservation-related behaviors, as well as the role of museums in shaping specific…
Telling my Story: Classroom Practice for Personal Self-Realization and Interactive Cross-Cultural Practices
By Professor Serena Gould The primary objectives of our class visit to the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) were: (i) to adhere to the integrated skills requirements of the ELAI990 syllabus while providing dynamic and relevant coursework around my four modular…
Exploring Intersectionality, Race, and Gender: Students’ Inspiring Visit to the African American Museum
by Professor Gadis Effendi On a sunny autumn day in October, students from the Sociology of Gender 208 class visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. This field trip allowed them to explore the…
Finding Your Story Through Musical Artifacts: An MUSC131 Journey Through American Popular Music
by Professor Ted Shusterman On Sunday, November 3, 2024, I visited two Smithsonian museums along with my two sections of MUSC-131 American Popular Music. Both sections are in the Dual Enrollment program at Montgomery College, with one section in the…