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CAS 83 – First-Year Seminar

Students Teaching Students

In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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CAS 83 – First-Year Seminar

Public Discourse about LGBTQIA Lives

Seemingly everywhere we turn, questions about gender and sexuality are under public discussion. Laverne Cox graces the cover of Time magazine, which declares 2014 the year of the “Transgender Tipping Point,” and the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage in 2015. But just five years later, politicians, pop stars, and the public at large are still debating the basic freedoms of everyday LGBTQIA individuals to use public restrooms, serve in the military, and adopt children. This course introduces students to critical theories and vocabularies for understanding, historicizing, and analyzing this public discourse as it unfolds.

Course Objectives

  • Introduce students to rhetorical theories and conceptual vocabularies for understanding, historicizing, and analyzing public discourse about LGBTQIA lives.