September 22, 2025 at 3 p.m. in Powers Auditorium
Presentation by Dr. Kelvin Spragley

Title: Using Spider Web Discussion Methodology to Address Hot Button Topics In the IHE Classroom

Synopsis: What happens when the chaos of American and/or international society makes its way into your classroom?  Sometimes, we, as instructors, are prepared to address the weighty issues that often impact the attitudes of students in the classroom. Sometimes, we are not.  To aid faculty who face the continuous residual runoff of contentious cultural issues that find their way into the classroom,  this presentation will address how Spider Web discussion methodology has been, and  can be,  juxtaposed with student learning objectives to give students a structured way to engage  with controversial issues. The session will also share qualitative and quantitative results gathered from previous individuals who have used the methodology.

Join me in this discussion and for refreshments afterwards.

The School of Humanities is proud to host Dr. Nancy MacLean (Duke University) as she presenst on “Why is the Right Laying Siege to Our Institutions? The History that Solves the Mystery” Powers Auditorium on Wednesday, November 5, at 3:00 P.M. We hope to see everyone there! Please join us for this campus event.

ABOUT DR. NANCY MACLEAN

Dr. MacLean is the William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy Emeritus at Duke University. A historian of the modern U.S., she is the author of several award-winning books, most recently, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, finalist for the National Book Award. Her other publications include Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan and Freedom is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace. Her scholarship has received more than a dozen major prizes and awards.