I teach two courses for Aurora University in the General Education Program. One course is for freshmen, called "Discover What Matters." This course is aimed at giving a rigorous academic experience while teaching students about vocation. In this course, students read excerpts from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics along with Plato's Apology and Crito to build a foundation of knowledge about the good life and living well. From there, students read Design Your Life, a book that applies the theory… Show more I teach two courses for Aurora University in the General Education Program. One course is for freshmen, called "Discover What Matters." This course is aimed at giving a rigorous academic experience while teaching students about vocation. In this course, students read excerpts from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics along with Plato's Apology and Crito to build a foundation of knowledge about the good life and living well. From there, students read Design Your Life, a book that applies the theory of design thinking to designing one's life path. The second course is for juniors, called "Global Justice." This course is designed to give students an understanding of various conceptions of justice, then apply that knowledge to one particular global injustice: the oppression of women. Students complete an injustice project in this class, where they choose any injustice that is either national or international. The students write a series of three papers about their injustice, culminating in their ideas for how to address the injustice. At the end of the paper project, students also present their findings to the class to teach others about the injustice they've studied. Show less

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Instructor; Introduction to American Government