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My teaching philosophy owes much to a change in my life that occurred in 1985 at Pratt Institute in New York City. As Project Coordinator for the Pratt chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group it was my privilege to develop student leaders and to teach them the skills needed to work on issues ranging from higher education funding to environmental protection, from social justice to consumer rights. In the process of helping them transform their reality I had an epiphany that led me to transform mine: I decided to become a university teacher. So today I work at UMass as a professor, but I also often give lectures at schools and community events. Click the link entitled “Service,” to see some of the many places where I have shared my expertise. Also, see the link below for a lecture I gave on the craft of teaching: Undergraduate-level Fall 2012 Schedule: Sep 4, 2012-Dec 7, 2012 FFYS 197AFA1-01 (61433) https://blogs.umass.edu/ffys197afa1-shabazz/syllabus/ London Tatum, Senior Thesis, AFROAM 496Y-01 (70521) AFROAM 494DI-01 (61001) https://blogs.umass.edu/afroam494di-shabazz/syllabus/ Mondays 9:30AM - 12:00PM, New Africa House room 302 Spring and Summer 2012 Faculty mentor for Commonwealth Honors College student London Tatum's ten-week summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Community Engaged Research entitled "Using African Heritage-Informed Education (AHIE) to Enhance Literacy Development in Underserved Students in Springfield, MA" in collaboration with the Pan-African Historical Museum (PAHMUSA) AFROAM 597A -01 "Afro-Caribbean Studies" https://blogs.umass.edu/afroam597a-shabazz/about/ AFROAM 264 "Foundations of Black Education in the U.S." https://blogs.umass.edu/afroam264-shabazz/about/ Fall 2011 STPEC 491H: "Senior Seminar: Heritage of the Oppressed" https://blogs.umass.edu/stpec491h-shabazz/about/ Spring 2009 Senior theses directed at UMass Amherst: AfroAm 196-496H/Y: Senior thesis in Afro-American Studies; independent research and directed readings classes; etc. Sonia M. Gloss, “Long-Distance Truck Drivers in East Africa: Gender, Vulnerability, and Prevention.” Senior Thesis, Afro-American Studies major. Fall 2009. Michelle E. Christian, “Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: Consumerism and Autonomy.” Senior Thesis, Afro-American Studies major, Spring 2009. Graduate-level Spring 2011
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