I strive to have a dynamic student centered classroom. This means that I constantly and consistently update the bibliography and content studied in class. Whenever possible, I invite established and emerging scholars to share their most recent work with my students so that they have the opportunity to talk with the scholars whose work they are studying.
I try to balance task based assignments with experience and observational based assignments.
A typical class may include discussion boards or discussion videos, a creative assignment such as a ´copy´ of an old text, a photographic assignment, a video or something else, in addition to the tradition research project.
I try to incorporate a community engagement component to as many classes as possible. This affords students ´hands on´ and ´real life´ experience in a controlled environment with instructor support. Many of these semester projects become actual job opportunities upon graduation.