RISA CROMER
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Why I Teach

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Learning to think anthropologically can be revelatory by awakening students to their assumptions about the world and the forces that shape it.

My main goal as a teacher is to foster new levels of critical awareness by linking classroom knowledge to one’s life and communities. Encouraging students to relate course themes to their personal lives and experiences creates an atmosphere of exploration and inclusivity within my classes. Collaborative learning activities common to my classes prime students to see themselves as active producers of knowledge. My courses infuse Writing Across the Curriculum principles, which champion writing as an indispensable tool for learning to think critically and creatively. 


My approach to teaching is informed by experiences as a Thinking Matters Fellow at Stanford University and lecturer at the City University of New York, as well as through collaborations within social justice advocacy. I approach education through feminist and antiracist pedagogical values that guide my efforts to provide accessible, critical education and facilitate an engaged, equitable environment for all learners. 
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What I Teach

Anthropology of the United States
Bodies: Science, Politics, Power
Empathy
Ethnographic Methods

Gender Across Cultures
Global Politics of Health
Global Health: Anthropological Perspectives
Health Care, Ethics, & Justice
Human Rights in Latin America
Introduction to Religious Studies
Introduction to Gender & Sexuality Studies
Medical Anthropology in Global Contexts
Race, Gender & Science
Reproductive Politics & Technologies
Reading the Body
Rethinking Kinship
Science, Technology & Society
Technology & Culture

Trashed! Anthropology of Waste
Women in Latin America
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  • home
  • about
  • c.v.
  • teaching
  • research
    • accounting for life
    • embryo adoption
    • ex utero
    • race, religion, reproductive politics
    • saving
    • state righteousness
  • engagement
  • contact