Nov
1
A Nuanced Approach to Dismantling Biases and Misconceptions in Adam Grant’s Think Again (From the Field, Readings in Reconciliation – Think Again)
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(This post is the next in the segment Readings in Reconciliation and focuses on Adam Grant’s Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Click to learn more about the segment and the series, From the Field.) In today’s highly polarized society, it has become increasingly common to critique the “other” and simply dismiss their views as […]
Oct
25
The Importance and Pitfalls of Reevaluation (From the Field, Readings in Reconciliation-Think Again)
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(This post is the next in the segment Readings in Reconciliation and focuses on Adam Grant’s Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Click to learn more about the segment and the series, From the Field.) The main point of Grant’s book, unsurprisingly, is getting us to ‘think again’. “The goal is not to be wrong […]
Oct
18
The Search for Something Solid (From the Field – Readings in Reconciliation – Think Again)
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(This post is the next in the segment Readings in Reconciliation and focuses on Adam Grant’s Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Click to learn more about the segment and the series, From the Field.) The question posed by Adam Grant’s Think Again is knowing when to think again. Grant defines ‘thinking again’ […]
Oct
11
The Art of Thinking Again (From the Field, Readings in Reconciliation)
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(This post is the next in the segment Readings in Reconciliation and focuses on Adam Grant’s Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Click to learn more about the segment and the series, From the Field.) Admitting the need to think again can be difficult. The first time I found myself […]
Oct
6
The Christian Mandate to Think Again (From the Field)
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(What is From the Field? Read this welcome post, as well as the introduction post to this current segment, to learn more!) In Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, Adam Grant reminds readers of the need to prioritize truth over comfort. We all have different worldviews because of our different experiences. […]
Oct
6
Readings in Reconciliation from Politics and International Relations Capstone – Think Again! (From the Field)
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(What is From the Field? Read our series welcome post to learn more!) With the launch of a new academic year, this post introduces a new segment for the series. As we move to different books across the semester, I will add an editorial post to introduce each of the new pieces. One of […]
May
21
The Perceived Risk of Granting Women Their Voting Rights
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(What is From the Field? Check out the series welcome post to learn more!) The post that follows is the last of this segment on the film Iron Jawed Angels. Katja von Garnier’s 2004 film, Iron Jawed Angels illustrated the events of the 1920’s women’s suffrage movement, as well as the challenges they faced from an […]
Apr
23
The Contemporary Parallels of Iron Jawed Angels
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(What is From the Field? Check out the series welcome post to learn more!) As depicted in Iron Jawed Angels, only a hundred years ago were women arrested and carried away by police simply for peacefully protesting for their right to vote. Now, one hundred years later, white women in the United States celebrate the anniversary […]
Mar
25
Bringing the Struggle of Women’s Suffrage to Life: The Intersection of Gender and Race in Iron Jawed Angels (From the Field)
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(What is From the Field? Read our series welcome post as well as the introduction to this spring’s segment to learn more!) The Suffragist Movement in the United States served as a huge victory for American women in the early 1900s. It became a symbol of the trials and tribulations that women had to […]
Mar
25
The Road to Freedom is Fraught with Struggle: Discerning the History of Women’s Suffrage through Iron Jawed Angels. (From the Field)
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(What is From the Field? Check out the series welcome post to learn more!) Robin Lauermann, Professor of Politics This spring’s segment of From the Field features posts from students in the department’s Gender, Family and Politics course this past fall. During the course, the students analyzed the film Iron Jawed Angels in light of historical […]