Jessica Carew, assistant professor of political science, and Damion Blake, lecturer in political science & policy studies, presented at the Duke Conference on Race and Post Secondary Education on April 1-2, 2016.
Jessica Carew, assistant professor of political science, and Damion Blake, lecturer in political science & policy studies presented “Confronting Weirdness: Teaching race in higher education,” their research findings on teaching topics and issues related to race and racial inequality on U.S. college campuses. They examined students’ levels of comfort with such topics and the impact instructors’ approach had on the social climate of the classroom and their scholarly benefits from such lessons.