Teaching Feminist Activism

Nancy Naples is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Connecticut, and the author of several books including Community Activism andFeminist Politics. Karen Bojar is Professor of English and Women's Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia.

"This book is an essential resource for helping Women's Studies and other faculty conceptualize and carry out feminist and activist projects outside the classroom. Full of concrete examples and multiple resources, the provocative and thoughtful approaches detailed here will challenge and inform one's thinking, teaching, and research." -- Frances A. Maher, co-author of The FeministClassroom"A valuable collection of essays that will interest anyone engaged in teaching some version of feminism or activism, whether labeled as such or not. Reading across these different circumstances and efforts is both illuminating and inspiring." -- Marjorie L. DeVault, author of Liberating Method: Feminism and Social Research"This collection is sure to stimulate interest in trying to connect the classroom with the wider world of feminist organizing and action projects. The diversity of experiences on which faculty report is broad indeed, and the frankness with which they discuss the problems as well as the rewards is reassuring. There is something here for every teacher to find relevant and inspiring." -- Myra Marx Ferree, author of Controversy and Coalition:The New Feminist Movement Across Four Decades of Change

• Introduction1. Teaching Feminist Activism Experientially - Karen Bojar and Nancy NaplesI. Theorizing Experiential Learning and Activist Strategies2. The Dynamics of Critical Pedagogy, Experiential Learning and Feminist Praxis in Women's Studies - Nancy A. Naples3. Collaborative Learning, Subversive Teaching, and Activism - Jane A. Rinehart4. Challenging the 'Academic/Real World' Divide - Catherine M. Orr5. Teaching Feminist Activism: Probing our Assumptions, Analyzing our Choices - Karen BojarII. Teaching Feminist Politics Experientially6. Teaching Community Action in the Introductory Women's Studies Classroom - Nancy A. Naples7. Bridging Feminist Theory and Feminist Practice in a Senior Seminar - Jennifer L. Rexroat8. Activism and the Women's Studies Curriculum - Ellen Cronan RoseIII. Teaching Intersectionality: The Politics of Gender, Race, Class, and Globalization9. Global Feminism and Activism in a Women's Studies Practicum - Kayann Short10. Globalization and Radical Feminist Pedagogy - Anna M. Agathangelou11. Activism and Alliance Within Campus Sisterhood Organizations - Simona J. Hill12. The Individual and Collective Rewards of Community-Based Service Learning - Patricia WashingtonIV. Women's Studies, Experiential Education, and Community Partnership13. Building Feminist Educational Alliances - Melissa Kesler Gilbert and Catherine Sameh14. The Atlanta Semester Program in Women's Leadership and Social Change - Isa Williams15. Women Studies and the Women and Poverty Public Education Initiative - Katherine Rhoades, Anne Statham and Mary Kay Scheiter16. A Women's Studies Foray into Web Site Development - Rebecca Anne AllahyariConclusion17. Reflections on the Present and Future of Feminist Praxis in Women's Studies - Karen Bojar and Nancy A. NaplesWorks CitedResources: Student Internship Settings Web Sites - Rebecca Anne AllahyariAdditional Resources: Reference Guides, Publications, Videos, and Web Sites for Teaching Feminist Activism - Joan Ariel and Jennifer RogersContributors