Carroll, an assistant professor of anthropology, will work with other members of her cohort in the program to develop new courses focused around civil engagement and social responsibility.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jennifer Carroll has been selected for the newest cohort in the Periclean Faculty Leadership Program, which seeks to develop new courses along with community-based projects and research focused on civil engagement and social responsibility.
Periclean Faculty Leaders will create new courses across the curriculum that incorporate civic engagement and will also collaborate with the local community to address its needs. These leaders will engage in peer mentoring to promote conversation and feedback and will promote civic engagement through lectures, town hall meetings and public events. They will encourage community-based work among their colleagues and will advance public scholarship.
Through Carroll’s new course, anthropology students will study the opioid crisis by engaging with government officials, first responders and social service providers. Carroll has previously received multiple grants to study the opioid epidemic, most recently receiving an award from the private foundation RIZE Massachusetts to evaluate novel harm-reduction efforts to reduce overdose and other opioid-related harms across Massachusetts.
Ulrike Krotscheck, a faculty member from The Evergreen State College who was previously selected to be a Periclean Faculty Leader, said the program “has changed the way that I think about citizenship, civic engagement and community through firsthand experiences and thought-provoking course material.”
Other schools represented by members of this cohort include Berea College, Carleton College, Goucher College, Hampshire College, Hendrix College, New England College, Occidental College, Pace University, Rhodes College and Widener University. The leaders come from disciplines including cinema and media studies, religion, theater, Native American studies and environmental justice, kinesiology and educational studies.
Support for this Periclean Faculty Leadership Program is provided by the Eugene M. Lang Foundation. Prior support was provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and The Teagle Foundation.