2024 Civic Learning Symposium
The Center for Economic and Civic Learning at Ball State hosts an annual Civic Learning Symposium. This event serves as a focal point for faculty, educators, and community members to come together, share insights, and explore innovative approaches to civic education and engagement.
EDUCATION, DIALOGUE, & DELIBERATION IN OUR DEMOCRACY
—Friday, September 27—
4:00- 5:00 Registration & Reception – Ball State – Student Center Ballroom
5:00-5:15 Welcome – Opening Remarks, Provost Anand Marri
5:15-5:30: Opening Remarks – Chuck Reynolds. Director of Public Education/CEO, Muncie Community Schools
5:30-6:00: Dinner
6:00-6:15: Keynote Introduction: Dean of Teachers College, Katrina Bulkley
6:15-7:30. Keynote Address – Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III
7:30-8:00. Civic Education Awards – Ball State – Student Center Ballroom
8:00– 9:00. Book Signing – Closing Reception
—Saturday, September 28—
9:00-10:20 Concurrent Sessions, Choose Among
Session Details: Civil Rights and Historical Perspectives
Student Center: 301
Voices United: Navigating the Struggle for Equality and Civil Rights through Civil Dialogue and Deliberation
John Snoad, Sphere Education Initiative
Rising Up For Our Communities: Building Solidarity Across Difference
Brooks Kirchgassner, DePauw University
Session Details: Civic Education and Democratic Practices
Student Center: 302
Practicing a Repertoire of Egalitarian Deliberation
Dr. Nathanael Snow, Institute for the Study of Political Economy, Ball State
Educating for Democracy: Inquiry-Based Learning
Robert McElroy, Educational Studies, Ball State
Session Details: Growing and Developing Youth Civic Engagement
Student Center: 303
Growing and developing Youth Civic Engagement Councils (YCEC)
Jim Dittoe, Sagamore Institute
How do we Engage Citizens in the Civic and Election Processes?
Linda Hanson, Indiana League of Women Voters
Session Details: Grassroots Civics
Student Center: 305
How Small Town Anderson is Stepping Up
Annie Wood Bell, Heart of Indiana United Way and Cherilyn Horning, Community Lens of Anderson
10:30-12:00 Concurrent Sessions, Choose Among
Session Details: Civic Engagement and Participation
Student Center: 301
Building Civic Capacity at the Neighborhood Scale
John West, Brad King, Nate Howard, Urban Planning, Ball State and Muncie Land Bank
Session Details: Dialogue, Deliberation and Agency in Civic Learning
From Representation to Agency: A Framework for Student-Centered Civic Pedagogy
Trygve Throntveit, Minnesota Humanities Center
Student Center: 302
Cultivating Dialogue: Strategies for Fostering Constructive Discourse in the Classroom
Emilee McHorney, Jack Miller Center
Session Details: Deliberative Ethics Pedagogy for Educating Across the Lifespan
Student Center: 303
Deliberative Ethics Pedagogy for Educating Across the Lifespan
Alex Richardson and Emily Knuth Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University
Session Details: Innovations in Information and Civic Dialog
Student Center: 304
Fostering Civil Discourse Through a Polarizing Election Season and Beyond
John Snoad, Sphere Education Initiative
Civic AI: How Artificial Intelligence Supports Civic Engagement
Dr. Luis Orozco, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State
Session Details: Solving The News Desert Crisis
Student Center: 305
Citizen One, A Model for a Scalable National Civic Information Network
Taulbee Jackson and the Citizen One Team, Journalism and Strategic Communication, Ball State
12:00-1:30 Lunch & Keynote Address
Keynote Introduction.
Keynote Address – Harry Boyte
1:30-3:00 Concurrent Sessions, Choose Among
Session Details: Innovative Civic Teaching and Learning
Student Center: 305
Treeing and Being: Cultivating the Civic Imagination
Jacob Goodwin, Exeter Cooperative Middle School
The Role of Socratic Seminars within History Courses Grades 9-12
Dr. Georgia Belesis, Concordia University, Chicago, Illinois
Session Details: Civic Education and Democratic Practices
Student Center: 302
We The People Curriculum
Tim Kalgreen, Indiana Bar Foundation
Project Citizen: Policy Deliberation in the Classroom
Anne Murphy-Kline, Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship at Purdue
Session Details: Civic Literacy and Community Engagement
Student Center: 304
Civic Literacy in Parks and Tourist Destinations of Our Shared American Heritage
Amy Gregg, Environment, Geology, and Natural Resources, Ball State
Reflective Practice: Fostering Civic Engagement in STEM Courses
Julia Miller, Girl Coalition of Indiana
Session Details: Storytelling & Community-Based Learning
Student Center: 301
MASTS of Whitely: A Community-Based Mapping and Story-Telling System
Dr. Jorn Seemann, Geography, Ball State and the Whitely Community Council, Muncie, IN
Bridging Racial Divides through Community-Engaged Learning
Dr. Beth A. Messner, Communication Studies, Ball State
Dr. Kiesha Warren-Gordon, Criminal Justice & Criminology, Ball State
WaTasha Barnes-Griffin, CEO, YWCA Central Indiana
Session Details:Challenging Conversations, Mythologies, and Critical Examinations
Student Center: 302
Hard Conversations: Civil Discourse Through the Historical Lens of Immigration Policy
John Snoad, Sphere Education Initiative
Critical Thinking is Critical: Examining and Overcoming Civic and Community Blind Spots in Middletown, USA
Aimee West, Women4Change Indiana and J.R. Jamison, Facing Project.
Session Details: Expanding Civic Engagement
Student Center: 306
Leveraging Partnerships and the Citizen’s Handbook for Non-Partisan Outreach in Indiana
Linda Hanson, Indiana League of Women Voters
Transforming the civic education curriculum for preservice and in-service teachers in Ghana
Dr. Michael T. Ndemanu, Global Institute for Transformative Education (GITE), Ball State.
3:00-4:00 We The People – Middle School Demonstration
Student Center: Ball Room