My Teaching
When my mentors at the University of Kansas asked me to teach a Spanish beginner's class, I was terrified! I was only a senior undergraduate student afterall. Then I got into the classroom and I felt energized. I didn't realize how creative teaching could be. Since then I've been teaching everything from Spanish language, literature, and culture, to classes on social change, storytelling, innovation, sustainability, and the importance of the arts and humanities.
a few of My most recent classes
Courses in English
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Humanity Centered Design: Ecodesign your life (with Prof. of Environmental Engineering Carolyn Rodak, and Prof. of German, Erika Nelson).
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Advocacy in Action: Communicating the Cultural Value of Spanish
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Spanish & Nonprofits: Social Impact Storytelling in the LatinX Community
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Sustainability, Tourism and Travel in the Hispanic World
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Sustainable Living
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Education Innovation: Oxford Day Academy (Experiential Course)
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Challenging Times: A Call for Global Citizenship and Creative Engagement
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Students Call for Social Change
CHRISTINE HENSELER
Courses in Spanish
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Spanish Advocacy & Communication
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Redesigning Education: Creativity & Innovation across the Hispanic World
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Nonprofits and Storytelling
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Call for Social Change
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Sustainable Travel in the Hispanic World
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Social Innovative in Spain
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Digital Storytelling
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Spanish Youth Culture and Protest
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The Movida: Spanish Youth Culture of the 1970s and '80s
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Social Media in the Hispanic World (Honors Seminar)
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Spanish Mutant Fictioneers: Literature and Media in Contemporary Spanish Fiction
Some Class pics!
One of my favorite classes is Students Call for Social Change
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Students Call for Social Change empowers young people to express what’s on their mind and call the public to action. Through a series of courses at Union College and through independent projects, participants write and publish blogs and books to inspire the change they wish to see in their world. I the process they become published authors.
The books in this series are sold on Amazon and all proceeds are donated to C.O.C.O.A House, an after-school mentoring program in Schenectady, NY. We keep the price of the books low ($9.50). Anyone who can’t afford the book, can e-mail GenerationNow@union.edu for a complimentary copy.
Article written about the class with students:
Change through Storytelling with Kathleen Sinatra, Hayden Paneth, and Kate Osterholz
4Humanities, Feb. 17th, 2020
