I’ve taught graduate and undergraduate theater, writing, and communication courses at public and private colleges for a decade. My favorite part of teaching is guiding students toward discovering specific and interesting analytical questions that they genuinely want to pursue. My second favorite part is when students share their research and writing with each other and make new knowledge connections.
A Raisin in the Classroom
Why is Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark play, A Raisin in the Sun, not found in the major drama anthologies many universities use for survey classes? Its absence is problematic, given its important place in drama history and literature, which is why we must make an extra effort to get the play into our students’ hands and into classroom learning…
Catherine M. Young 