INCLUSIVE ILLINOIS: Dr. Tim Engles: “Confronting White Privilege in the Classroom”
Speaker:Dr. Tim Engles, Eastern Illinois University
Date:Nov 9, 2012
Time:12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location:Room 192 Education Building
Contact:Michael Parrish
E-Mail:parrish4@illinois.edu
Phone:217-333-2800
Description:Dr. Tim Engles will lead a roundtable discussion on “Confronting White Privilege in the Classroom” as part of the College’s year-long Inclusive Illinois program. Join the discussion on how white privilege operates in classrooms and what can be done to make classrooms more just. A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Michael Parrish atparrish4@illinois.edu by November 6 if you will be attending.Dr. Engles teaches courses in contemporary and multicultural American literature, film studies, and a variety of writing courses. His doctoral research, a study of works by three novelists (Gloria Naylor, Don DeLillo, and Chang-rae Lee), was largely informed by his primary research area, critical whiteness studies. He is the editor of Towards a Bibliography of Critical Whiteness Studies (2006), and co-editor of Approaches to Teaching DeLillo’s White Noise, (2006) and Critical Approaches to Don DeLillo (2000). Visit the College’s Inclusive page for more events, opportunities, and information.