Students

Students take an active role in the success of my classes. They typically begin giving short presentations based on their research beginning the second week of class. Depending on the course, by the end of the semester, they give individual presentations that can last 20 minutes to over an hour or a team presentation that lasts the entire class period. They participate in campus events, create materials for other students, participate in national and international discussions, and present at conferences.

Photographs

Student dressed as a plague doctor.

I often suggest that students dress professionally for their major course presentations because doing so can sometimes make them feel more confident. This student dressed professionally as a plague doctor for her presentation in early modern world history.

Group of students talking to each other.

Students enjoying the 2016 Multicultural Fair at which they created country displays. Other students created an exhibit titled "Unflattening the World Through Film."

Two students sitting at a library table covered in books.

A typical library research day where students are doing broad based reading. At this point in the research process, students have ideas that interest them but have not yet selected specific topics.

Student giving a lecture in one of Dr. Berg's classes.

Students are co-learners and co-teachers in my classes. After doing extensive research on their topics during the first part of the semester, much of the end of the semester is devoted to student presentations that can last anywhere from 20 minutes to more than an hour.