At the annual Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Symposium, community college faculty and administrators from across the U.S. will gather in person to discuss ways to prepare students for a world that is increasingly interconnected. Join us for our ninth annual symposium about the challenges and opportunities of developing global studies at community colleges. 

The day will include presentations from Stanford faculty as well as community college professors who have collaborated with Stanford University partners to integrate international topics into their curricula. Presentations will feature adapted lesson plans and course material as well as strategies for reaching diverse student populations. This event is free and open to all community college faculty, administrators, librarians, and counselors. 

Participants are invited to attend the in-person event on the Stanford campus. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for attendees. Registration is free but required for attendance.

Register for the 2024 EPIC Symposium

There will be professional photography and videography at this event.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please contact us at stanfordglobalstudies@stanford.edu. Kindly note that requests should be made by May 3, 2024.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Opening Remarks & Keynote
Address Keynote Speaker: Grant Parker, Interim Sakurako and William Fisher Family Director, Stanford Global Studies; Associate Professor, Classics; Associate Professor (by courtesy), Comparative Literature

10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | EPIC Faculty Fellows Panel on Digital Learning Resources
Presentations on EPIC projects developed in collaboration with the Stanford Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA)

• Daniella Graves (Ventura County Community College): Culinary Crossroads: The Evolution of Mexican Food and Its Role in Cultural Identity
• Lauren Movius (Santa Monica College): Globalizing Media Studies
• Kevin Sherman (City College of San Francisco): The Cinematic History of Underrepresented People Database
• Kelly Metz-Matthews (San Diego College of Continuing Education): World Englishes in the Classroom: An Internationalized Space for Speaking, Listening & Language Acquisition
• Denise Maduli-Williams (San Diego Miramar College): Where Accessibility Meets Global Education: Making Learning Matter for All

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch with Global Educators Network (GEN) Executive Board Members

• Marina Broeder (Mission College)
• Dayamudra Dennehy (City College of San Francisco)
• Danni Redding Lapuz (Skyline College)
• Don Uy-Barreta (Skyline College)
• Nancy Willet (College of Marin)
• Tomasz Stanek (Victor Valley College)
• Angela Yang (Saddleback College)

1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | EPIC Faculty Fellows Panel on Curriculum Development
Presentations on EPIC projects developed in collaboration with the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)

• Ted Preston (Rio Hondo College): Introduction to Philosophy: Global Perspectives
• Julie Jenkins (Foothill College): Globally Connected: Building a Cross-Campus Community
• Jane Skaife (Sierra College): Globalizing Asian American Studies
• Sab Matsumoto (College of the Canyons): Mathematics with a Global Perspective
• Yunteng He (Central Community College): Implementing Cultural Elements into Chemistry Curriculum for Enhanced Diversity and Inclusion

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | EPIC Leadership Fellows Panel

• Jia-Yi Cheng-Levine (College of the Canyons): Global Connections Through Faculty Engagement: Strategic Implementation of CI
• Lou Ascione (San Diego Miramar College)
• Aaron Korngiebel (Foothill College): (Re)Building a Global Community: Invigorating Global Studies at Foothill College
• Michael Miller (Bronx Community College)
• Takami Nieda (Seattle Central College)

4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Presentation of Certificates and Closing Remarks