Jay Chugh, B.A. History, B.S. Biology, M.S. Cell Biology and Genetics.
Jay has been teaching for Saint Mary's College for 22 years and this is his 4th year with LEAP. This Spring, he is teaching Seminar 104. In addition to his work as a LEAP teacher, Jay was a mentor to the winners of the 2011 International Science Fair and is a certified Yoga instructor.
Seminar 104: The Global Conversation of the 20th and 21st Century:
Building on the Western tradition explored in the second and third seminars, readings focus on the Great Conversation of the modern world, which includes the West but also includes important intercultural and global voices. The course focuses on issues of signi cant relevance for a 21st century student, as well as texts that allow for integrative thinking across the entire Collegiate Seminar sequence. The last portion of the course will include student reflections on what they have learned and how they have grown, revisiting the steps of their intellectual development in a capstone experience.
Jay's favorite part of teaching this course:
"I fondly refer to this as book club for college credit. With compassion, humility, and joy, we discuss some of the great works of modern literature, from a diverse group of authors (Achebe, Gandhi, Mandela, Angelou, to name a few). Our conversations leverage student experience and shared inquiry in order to decipher textual meaning but also to unearth the roots of modern injustice so that we can work together to create a more equitable and positive human condition."
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss
