Tag: The classroom

• 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

• Teaching terrorism

  This semester I am teaching a course on Terrorism at Hunter College. It’s about as close to an ideal course topic as I can get (given that The Coffee and Doughnuts of New York City isn’t a widely recognised political science topic), and it made for an interesting end to the summer, as I put…

  philipljohnson

  September 10, 2017

  The classroom

  Charlottesville, Che Guevara, syllabus, terrorism, The classroom, violence