Stephanie Misko, English, William Amos Hough High School
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2024 CTI FellowsDocumenting the Modern Black Freedom Struggle in Charlotte, NCTeaching Beyond the Text: Incorporating Artists into the Humanities ClassroomUsing Popular Culture to Teach Critical ThinkingAmerican Blindspot: Revealing the Tangled Roots of Race, Religion, and Politics in US National CultureThinking Through Artificial Intelligence Using LiteratureIntegrating Aging Education in the PK-12 Curriculum: Combating Ageism through the ClassroomNeedless Suffering: Critical Theory and the Classroom2023 Seminars
2023 CTI FellowsThe Graphic NovelRace, History, Change, and Social Activism: Baseball’s Impact on AmericaAll Roads of Thought Run Through Oz: Teaching Any Topic using The Wizard of OzA Freshwater Splash: Urban Stream Ecology and BiodiversityThe Importance of Repetition: Dance and CultureReflection and Its Role in our Cycle of Continuous ImprovementCreating a Balanced and Equitable Learning CultureIt Takes a Candidate2022 Seminars
2022 CTI FellowsExploring Memory and Race in AmericaLife Narratives in the Classroom and BeyondUnderstanding the Science of Light: A Hands-on Approach to Learning with Implications for STEM Around the WorldWhat is Identity?Charlotte as Teaching Canvas: Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms and Equity-Mindsets by Engaging in Local African, Latinx, and Southeast Asian Diasporic SpacesCarolina Cuisine: Understanding the History and Science Behind the Evolution of our Crops and FoodMoving to Learn: Experience, Embodiment, and Transformative Teaching2021 Seminars
2021 CTI FellowsSouthern Children’s Literature in the ClassroomUsing Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and GentrificationAddressing Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health in the ClassroomEmbodied Teaching and LearningClimate Refugee StoriesThe Philosophical Foundations of Education“Oh My, Aren’t You Wearing Some Nice Plastic!”: The Chemistry and Culture of Black Women’s HairThe Essential Peace: Innovating and Integrating Action Peacebuilding in the Classroom2020 Seminars
2020 CTI FellowsAfrican American Poetry & the Idea of Citizenship“You were IN the Water?” Urban Waterways: Problems and OpportunitiesNarratives of Muslim Life in AmericaWWI and the Shaping of the Twentieth CenturyIlluminate Yourself! The Science of GlowAnti-Racism and Pedagogy: What Does it Mean to be an Anti-racist Teacher?Mindfulness & Education: Transforming Learning Through AwarenessBlack Girl Magic (Mis)Understood: Representations and Perceptions of Black Women and Girls in the Education System2019 Seminars
2019 CTI FellowsFrankly Speaking: White PrivilegeHow to Build a HumanChildhood and the City Space in LiteratureChildren in War and ConflictClimate Science and Solution StrategiesAfrica: Beneath the HeadlinesWriting in MathematicsTime Travel: Using Music to Explore Past, Present, and Future Messages2018 Seminars
2018 CTI Fellows ListThe Art and Chemistry of LightIt’s About TimeNurturing Nature: Epigenetics as a Way to Explore Social JusticeWriting about Our Lives: A Genre Study of MemoirExploring American Sacred Values“A Person’s a Person No Matter How Small”: Teaching Human RightsInsights into Latino Communities in Charlotte TodayAnimals, Culture, and Society2017 Seminars
2017 CTI Fellows ListUsing Mathematics to Understand Social IssuesMedia and Minorities: Unpacking StereotypesChemical Interactions in the BodyMemorials, Memories, and American IdentityDoing Science: Hands-On Learning in the LaboratoryCultivating Visual LiteracyThe Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the WorldFrom Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity2016 Seminars
2016 CTI Fellows ListLiteracy and Literacies in the 21st CenturyHow Science is Done: A Behind the Scenes Look at Scientific ResearchThe Many Faces of Capitalism around the Globe — Past and PresentWriting with Power: No Fear HereFUNdamental Ideas in Math for Grades PreK-12It’s a Small World! Exploring Science at the Tiniest ScaleTracing the Legacy of Hispanic Cultures — 1492 to TodayExploring Memoir — From Picture Book to Digital Story2015 Seminars
2015 CTI Fellows ListExercise and the BrainWhat Makes a Nation?The Origins of Human LanguageFundamentals of Mathematics: Problem Solving and Process StandardsPeace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse WarIntegrating Concepts in Life SciencesAfrica: Moving Beyond Popular CultureSupernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain2014 Seminars
2014 CTI Fellows ListArtificial IntelligenceThe Global Energy ChallengeMetamorphosis: Transformative ExperiencesIntersections of Science, Technology and CultureHuman AgencyThe Art of Fiction: Close Analysis, Style and the NovelVisual Storytelling in Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + CultureHeroes, Rebels and Rock Stars: Cultural Icons in Modern Europe2013 Seminars
Charlotte as a New South City: Using the Collections at the Levine Museum of the New SouthThe Nature of Energy: How We Use and Store It to Power Our Everyday LivesMath and SportsImagining Modern Bodies: Disability and Art at the Bechtler Museum of Modern ArtGrammar for the Real WorldHuman Social GroupsChemical MagicUrban Encounters: Hispanic and African American Literature2012 Seminars
African American Literature of the Civil Rights MovementAll Immigration is Local: Exploring the New Geography of ImmigrationAmerican Political Parties: Their Failures and Their FuturesEntertaining with MathEnvironmental Science and Climate ChangeReading African American LivesReading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and LiteracyThe Science of NASCAR2011 Seminars2010 Seminars2009 SeminarsApplications
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