Janet Davis

Professor

Initiative Focus
Experiential Learning

Department
American Studies
College
College of Liberal Arts
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Animals, Sustainability, and the Environment: A Service Learning Model for the Humanities

Cohort: 2015
Fellow: Janet Davis

This project has provided my students with an experience in hands-on service learning, thus fostering a synergistic understanding of historical analysis and community engagement. “Animals and American Culture: Select Historical Perspectives” is an interdisciplinary upper-division undergraduate seminar that attracts a diverse student body in the liberal arts and natural sciences. During the first week of class, students are  required to contact one of two local organizations--or, with my permission, an organization of their own choosing.