On Wednesday, August, 21st (12:00 - 1:30pm ET) First Publics, an online community dedicated to the politics and practice of teaching sociology as public sociology, will host a conversation with Edwin Ackerman (Syracuse University), Ben Bradlow (Princeton University), Cedric De Leon (University of Massachusetts Amherst), and Johnnie Lotesta (Appalachian State) on teaching politics and making the classroom a space for political engagement.

Panelists will address how they bring a comparative and historical perspective on politics into the classroom; the issues that drive student participation and disengagement; pedagogical strategies for fostering political engagement among students; as well as the challenges and institutional constraints instructors of sociology face when teaching politics today.

The conversation will be moderated by Diana Graizbord (University of Georgia).

You can register for this virtual event at this link.