Karen V. Zagrodnik

A good word to describe my classes is “varied,” as each class meeting’s experience is determined by the course topic, the class type, and that day’s focus. One day in my British literature survey class can be a discussion about the hero or heroine of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” while in another class meeting students present their stop-motion video interpretation of a poem. One class meeting in my Advanced Grammar class is a game of tag-team sentence diagramming, while another class meeting reviews usage and mechanics. In my Analyzing Austen Connections class, a class lecture presents psychological theories about sibling relationships followed by students creating genograms for the Bennet sisters from “Pride and Prejudice.” One class meeting in Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies is a discussion of the value of a liberal arts education, while in another class meeting majors create AI images to represent their INDS selves. In general, class meetings tend to be dynamic, challenging, and engaging spaces for exploration and self-reflection.