Below is a list of courses and co-curricular workshops using social action being taught around the nation. Click on the below links to view the syllabi, as well as to learn about the student campaigns in the course.

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Fall & Winter '23 Courses

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• Adrienne Schwarte, Art, Design, and American Politics, Design Department, Maryville College

• Arun Agrawal, Transformations: Commoning and Social Action, School of Environment and Sustainability University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

• Belinda Lindsay, Introduction to Sociology, Social Sciences Department, Prince George Community College.

• Chris Morrisey, Social Justice and Social Change, Social Sciences Department, Blufton University.

• Jaz Routon, Social Justice Activism, Advocacy, and Change, Counseling, Human Development and Family Science, University of Vermont

• Leann Moore, Introduction to Civic Engagement & Social Change, Community Engagement Initiative, University of Delaware.

• Melissa Base, Critical Reading, Thinking and Literacy, Department of Literacy and Reading Education, California State University, Fullerton.

• Michael Downs, Solidarity in Action, Service-Learning/Sustainability, Bishop O'Dowd High School.

• Saugher Nolan, Ethnic Studies Methodologies, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, San José State University.

• Simone Charles, Climate Justice, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

• Shalay Jackson, Social Work Practice with Communities & Organizations, Social Work, Florida State University

• Teresa Martinez,  Social Issues in Higher Education, Center for Community Engaged Learning, Weber State University.

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Previous Semesters

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Civic Engagement

• Paul Simpson, Social Justice & Civic Engagement: Social Change Methods, Dominican University

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Climate Crisis

• Miriam Shakow, Climate Justice and Social Action, Anthropology Department, The College of New Jersey

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Co-Curricular Workshop

• Adrian Griffin, Brain Student Fellowship, Baldwin Wallace University (academic year-long co-curricular, compensated)

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Communication Studies:

• Lucas Hatton, Activism, Action & Resistance, San José State University

  • Students Fix Joe West

  • Safe Parking

• Riva Brown, Multicultural Public Relations, U. of Central Arkansas

  • Bears Against Student Hunger (BASH)

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Peace and Justice Studies:

• Stephanie Sena, Sustainable Solutions to Poverty, Villanova University

  • Villlanovans for Environmental Justice

  • Fossil Free Villanova

• Zulfiya Tursunova, Food Justice, Community, and Peace, Guilford College

  • Guilford Farmer's Market

  • Quaker Produce: Better Food for a Better Mood

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Political Science:

• Adrienne Schwarte & Mark O'Gorman, Art, Design & American Politics, cross-listed in Political Science and Design Departments, Maryville College

  • Students for LGBTQ Inclusivity

  • Scots for Recycling Awareness

• Robert Ovetz, Current Political Issues: Action and Strategy of Political Movements, San José State University

• Laura Rusch, Community Organizing & Leadership, University of Michigan-Dearborn

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Public Administration

• Kent Glenzer, Changing Public Policy: Advocacy in Action, Graduate School of International Policy & Management, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

  • End Period Poverty

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Public Health:

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• Anji Buckner-Capone, Special Topics in Community Health Promotion, San José State U.

• Anne Whitesell, Fundamentals of Health Policy, Miami University

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Social Work

• Walt Paquin, Organizational & Community Practice Social Work, Bluffton University

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Sociology

• Patricia Gibbs, Major Social Problems, Foothill College (draft, asynchronous)

• Scott Myers-Lipton, Social Action, San José State University

  • Students Against Sweeps

  • Students Against Mass Incarceration

  • Students for Filipino Farmworkers

  • Students for Police Accountability

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Sport Management:

• Joanna Line, Sport and Social Change, Hiram College (8 weeks)

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Urban Studies:

• Austin Harrison, Urban Politics & Policy, Rhodes College

  • Lynx Initiative for Equitable Housing

  • Rhodes Students for Payday Lending Reform

  • Students for Free Hearts: Passage of Amendment 3 in TN Constitution

  • Students for Bike-Walk Memphis

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Future Semesters

Climate Crisis

• Ariel Mayse, Just Religion: Spirituality, Social Action, and the Climate Crisis, Religious Studies Department, Stanford University

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English

• Stephanie King, Literature of a Movement: Social Action in Action, Foothills College

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Ethnic Studies

• Jesica Fernández, Research Justice for Social Action, Santa Clara University

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Law

• Stephanie Sena, Social Change and the Law, Villanova Law School.

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