HTLab: Teaching in Partnership
Our thirtieth and final Humanities Teaching Lab
UMBC Professors Keegan Finberg (English), Tania Lizarazo (Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication) and Elaine MacDougall (English, Writing Center) will share their experiences teaching transformed and community-engaged courses through the HTLabs Course Transformation Grant Program. In 2021, Dr. Lizarazo taught, “Global Stories,” a course dedicated to community-engaged digital storytelling. Dr. Finberg transformed her introductory American literature course into “Baltimore Poetry and Politics,” a class immersed in the places and poets of Charm City. Elaine McDougall partnered with Baltimore City College High School Teacher Lena Tashjian on “Telling Our (Counter) Stories,” a collaborative writing course between UMBC and this Baltimore City high school.
- Identify ways they might transform their courses in the long, near and short terms
- Practice applying new pedagogical techniques shared by the panelists
- Consider the challenges of teaching in partnership and how to address them
- Share knowledge of inclusive pedagogy and community-based practices gleaned from the last six years of Humanities Teaching Labs