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Hannah Parton’s visit made me think a lot about the purpose and issues associated with study abroad. Personally, I thought that study abroad was something out of reach for me as a first generation, low-income student and it wasn’t until I came to Wesleyan that I begin to think that it was more within hands …

I attended the International Festival of Games last Friday hosted by the Foreign Language Teaching Assistants. I had the opportunity to play games and eat snacks from different regions of the world including Taiwan, France, South Korea, Japan, and Spain. When I entered the classroom and saw the variety of snacks and games stationed throughout …

Professor Dolan made me think a lot about the challenges, which are often overlooked, that are associated with political institutions. Initially, it is quick to assume that political institutions are actually helpful in reducing inequalities across countries. I myself thought this was the case until I took International Politics with Professor Dolan my freshman year …

Professor Lipton mentioned that there are two important programmes: Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus. Erasmus’ programme is to support education, training, youth, and sport in Europe while Erasmus Mundus aims to support education, training, youth, and sport in Europe and the rest of the world. In mentioning this, I thought about what the best approach to …

In class, Professor Hepford defined linguistic profiling as the idea that because a person speaks a certain way, it determines certain decisions regarding that persons’ characterization. The Disney study from the article looked at 38 movies, classifying each character by gender, location, archetype, accent, and vocabulary. The author concluded that Disney does convey stereotypes through …

From the Critical Incident Activity in class, I observed that there are many sides and opinions regarding what the best solution in any critical incident would be. It was interesting to see how everyone in my group viewed the main person’s behavior differently in our case study and proposed different solutions. Regarding my personal behavior, …

The Story Circle’s activity taught me that culture is everywhere. We are constantly interacting with people of similar cultures in random places all the time. Through sharing my experience with a person of another cultural background, and hearing about others’ experiences in my group, I was shocked to realize the similarities we shared despite our …

From the Gorski reading ‘Rethinking the Role of “Culture” in Educational Equity: From Cultural Competence to Equity Literacy, ‘ I learned that the use of culture in addressing issues related to inequality must be used in the right way. Gorski believes that “too tight a focus on “culture,” the meaning of which remains intensely contested, …

Initially, prior to reading Chapter 4 of the ‘Language and Culture’ reading and discussing it in class, I had a much stricter view of what language was. That is, I thought of language in a general way: a system of communication used by a particular country or community. Now, I recognize that it is much …

Dialogue: I engage in dialogue with my friends, family, classmates, co-workers, and students on Wesleyan’s campus. To expand the circle of people with whom I engage in dialogue with, I often try to participate in conversations both within and outside of the classroom. In doing so, I am able to discuss a wide range of …