{"id":51701,"date":"2018-06-08T08:28:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T12:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=51701"},"modified":"2018-06-08T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T19:07:00","slug":"award-winning-prof-not-shy-to-tackle-difficult-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/06\/award-winning-prof-not-shy-to-tackle-difficult-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning prof not shy to tackle difficult topics"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Professor Allison Glazebrook, teaching is about creating a dialogue with students.<\/span><\/p>\n

The recipient of this year\u2019s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Humanities believes teaching is about fostering a community of learners who support each other while learning how to disagree respectfully.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI value an inclusive classroom that engages and empowers students,\u201d says Glazebrook, a professor in the Department of Classics. \u201cI am always game to try new teaching methods and embrace the challenges teaching offers. It is as much about my own growth as the growth of my students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Glazebrook, who was honoured with the teaching award at Friday’s Spring Convocation ceremony, encourages regular discussion in her classes and offers students options in how they demonstrate research literacy and competency in their final assignments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Carol Merriam, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, awards Professor Allison Glazebrook with the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Friday, June 8 Spring Convocation ceremony.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cAs a professor of Humanities,\u201d she says, \u201cmy goal is for students to come out of my classes with greater confidence in their abilities as thinkers, public speakers and writers, as well as enthusiasm for learning in general.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Glazebrook takes teaching beyond the classroom, supporting students in their yearly scholarly symposium, mentoring students and twice leading summer study tours of Greece.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe has a reputation for excellent mentorship both in and outside of the classroom,\u201d says Department Chair and Associate Professor Angus Smith. \u201cHer teaching brings her influential research into the classroom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Glazebrook\u2019s research focuses on women, gender, sexuality and slavery in the Ancient Greek world, and particularly on how prostitution affected women\u2019s lives across ancient Athenian society. She doesn\u2019t shy away from teaching these difficult topics in her courses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSuch material provides an opportunity for thinking critically about topics that remain controversial or socially problematic today,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Incorporating her research into her teaching and involving students in her research by examining texts and images in class with students has also led her to many new projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLetters and evaluations from her students and colleagues demonstrate how well respected she is as an educator,\u201d says Associate Dean Brian Power.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear to the Office of the Dean that Professor Glazebrook embodies all the qualities we value as educators in the Humanities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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