Developed by the Bill Lane Center for the American West, the interdisciplinary course introduced undergraduates to the unique history, literature, art, politics, and environmental challenges of the North American West.
Students from computer science and the humanities join forces to create literary websites and mobile apps, combining their strengths to launch literature into the 21st century.
This team of four instructors joined forces to present students with a multifaceted picture of human trafficking, incorporating service-learning to teach it.
Opportunities for students to be creative outside of arts classes are few. In my class, students engage with religious studies by creating their own short stories.
The flipped structure is ideal for students learning to write in the sciences: quizzes and editing exercises outside the classroom, on-the-spot writing and editing inside it.
Stanford students prefer teachers and teaching positioned at the intersection of disciplines. While I have been successful in that regard, my position as an inter-disciplinarian has come at a price.
Whether in a lecture hall or on a ship in the middle of the ocean, Professor's Dunbar goal is to help students develop as interdisciplinary problem solvers.