Uncovering the Hidden College Curriculum— How to navigate and make the most of your time in college

In this conversation, Dr. Ghaffar-Kucher (known to her students as “DrGK”) will provide her perspective as a University professor and mom of a first-year college student on what students get right and wrong about their time in college. Dr. Ghaffar-Kucher is the Director of the International Educational Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. She has extensive research on the socialization, academic engagement, and civic commitments of migrant children and youth. Much of this research has informed her practitioner work in the areas of curriculum development and school climate issues (particularly related to bias-based bullying and structural Islamophobia) in the United States and abroad through local and international NGOs, USAID, and UNESCO. Her latest project (with Thea Abu el-Haj) is a national study that examines the civic engagement of youth from Muslim immigrant communities in the US. She is the team lead and curriculum director of the Teaching Beyond September 11^th Curriculum Project. Dr. Ghaffar-Kucher joins us on the 16th of November as she shares with us what she shared with her son after dropping him off at college and more from her work.

To join us for dinner in McClelland South Lounge at 5:30 pm on Wednesday 11/16, please RSVP here.