LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 10, 2021) It’s 3 p.m. in Lexington, and class is in session for the 19 students enrolled in the ANT 536: Global Appalachia course taught by Professor Ann Kingsolver.
Meanwhile, it’s 8:30 p.m. across the Atlantic in County Kildare, Ireland, where Chandana Mathur, a professor at Maynooth University, began her own course. A few moments and a few clicks later students in Lexington and in Ireland are connected.
Through the innovation of Zoom, a rich exchange ensued around the politics of water.
Kingsolver, a professor in the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, regularly intertwines her own courses with various classrooms across different countries, and she is convinced of the tremendous value for students.
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