Marlene Howell likes teaching because she learns so much from the students! Considering the classroom a place where new ways of engaging with content should be explored, she takes pedagogical risks that she feels only fail if nothing is learned. A lover of animals, bicycling, good wine, poetry, two-stepping, jazz, contemporary classical music, theatre and outdoor sun. She is firmly committed to peace activism in all its forms as a way of life. Marlene did her graduate work in Nicaragua, interviewing women who were on the front lines of the Sandinista revolution. Finding a reason to smile or dance everyday is one her most consistent forms of resistance to patriarchy.
Courses Taught:
- WS 101 Intro to Women's Studies
- WS 306U Ain't Gonna Study War No More
- WS 307 Gender, Activism & Social Change
- WS 308U Gender, Violence & Human Rights
- WS 308U Gender, Class, Culture