Shakespeare and Inclusive Pedagogy, Thursday, May 12, from 4-6 p.m. ET. This roundtable extends the work of the SAA 2022 workshop “Shakespeare and the Anti-Racist Classroom,” which sought to provide teacher-scholar-activists an opportunity to discuss methods of manifesting anti-racist solidarity through pedagogical practice and to demonstrate successful approaches to engaging in meaningful, ongoing discussions with students about race, racial formation, and white supremacy. We turn to Shakespeare and his contemporaries as our foundation for this roundtable because of the canonical, cultural capital that inheres in them, and because these authors have historically upheld imperialism and racism. “Shakespeare and Inclusive Pedagogy” will broaden the scope of our discussion from Shakespeare and antiracism in particular to inclusive teaching practices in general. Speakers will discuss how their scholarly work and pedagogical philosophy acknowledges the roles of instructors' bodily presences in creating and sustaining equitable classrooms.
Ambereen Dadabhoy, Harvey Mudd College Nedda Mehdizadeh, University of California, Los Angeles Colby Gordon, Bryn Mawr College Lisa Jennings, Texas A&M University, San Antonio