Tag: Central America

• Reflections on teaching Politics of Central America

  I considered myself pretty luck to have the chance to teach an entire course on Central America this semester. The course did not disappoint; every space on the roster filled, and twice a week I shared a classroom with a great group of students. Their questions and perspectives on the course material kept me on […]

  philipljohnson

  December 22, 2018

  The classroom

  Alice Driver, Berta Cáceres, Central America, Daniel Ortega, migration, syllabus, The classroom

• Teaching Politics of Central America

  At the start of the year, before I left New York to conduct field work, I bagged a rather excellent teaching assignment for the fall semester. A long-forgotten course listing, entitled ‘Politics and Government of Central America,’ was collecting cobwebs in the Hunter College catalogue. I would have the chance to dust it off – […]

  philipljohnson

  August 27, 2018

  The classroom

  Central America, gender, Joan Didion, Jon Lee Anderson, Martha Gellhorn, Salman Rushdie, syllabus, Ted Gurr, The classroom