Readings & Discussion

Reading Responses should be posted weekly to the discussion channel on Slack, due before class. Reading responses should include:

A brief summary of each reading. Very simply, what was it about?
One takeaway per reading. This is a professional insight that you draw from the reading, and that you think will be useful to keep in mind in the near or distant future.
Connection to a real-world example. This could be something that you thought of while reading, it can be an exemplification of a concept/theory/practice (or lack there of), it could be something that is similar but maybe comes from a different field, etc. The goal is to build on what is in the text and bring in outside examples to expand what the class is exposed to.
A burning question that remains with you, based on your reading. This question can cut across all the readings, or you might have a question for each reading. It’s up to you. Your questions might be the ones that we focus on for discussion in class.

Ultimately, we’re expecting ~1-2 sentence per bullet point (e.g., 1 sentence summary, 1 sentence takeaway). But it’s OK to write more than one sentence if you find it necessary.

We are also asking that at least once during the semester you co-lead a reading discussion by signing up for a slot >> here <<.

Please refrain from using AI tools like ChatGPT for reading discussions and comprehension of literature, as they can frequently reference incorrect or misleading information.

Reading Discussion Leaders

Each week the discussion leaders will introduce what they found interesting from the readings and present a set of discussion questions to help us clarify concepts and think about the theories, concepts, or ideas in interesting ways. You will submit this assignment the day that you lead discussion uploading the notes and questions you are presenting from the readings. The upload can be in whatever form is best for you (ex. Slides, text, google doc, etc.)

NOTE: these are NOT summaries but interesting ideas, questions, or contexts to discuss surrounding the concepts in the readings.