Susan Sanchez-Casal, associate professor of Spanish and women's studies, is among the organizers of the "Future of Minority Studies Conference" held at Cornell University from June 24-27. Future of Minority Studies (FMS) is a national research project composed of a broad group of scholars (faculty and students) and universities devoted to research, scholarship and pedagogy involving minority identity, education and social transformation. Hamilton College will co-sponsor a one-day pedagogy retreat, "Conceptualizing the Realist Classroom" during the conference.
The retreat will include presentations by scholars from Stanford University, Syracuse University and the University of Michigan. Sanchez-Casal and Hamilton rising senior Kristofer Rios will present research findings from their collaborative Emerson Grant project, "Multicultural Curriculum and Intellectual Excellence."
Sanchez-Casal's ongoing research with Hamilton alumna Amie MacDonald '87, associate professor of philosophy at John Jay College, CUNY, on realist pedagogy and racial democracy in higher education, forms the basis of inquiry for the retreat.
