Granger, Sumayya KR | Public & Applied Humanities

sracy@arizona.edu

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CESL 100

Granger, Sumayya KR

Assistant Professor of Practice

I am a native Tucsonan and I have always enjoyed learning and investigating languages and learning about different cultures. I love teaching, program administration, and exploring the humanities in the world around us. It is always exciting to find new ways to connect with our campus and our local community. I am currently interested in intercultural competence, leadership, and memes.

Currently Teaching

PAH 160D2 – Living the Good Life: Humanities Perspectives on Culture and Community

This interdisciplinary course analyzes myths and cosmologies that reflect various societal approaches to the grand mysteries of life as represented in language, culture, and narratives. Beginning with an overview of myth as a moving force in life, students generate a list of grand mysteries to pursue answers that explore the past, present, and future. Select texts analyzing myth as well as works of fiction and contemporary film and television will round out the course as students work toward analyzing their own cosmology, a chosen mythology, or develop their own unique mythology for the digital age. Particular emphasis will be paid to myths and cosmologies of groups in conflict and an analysis of the clash resulting from competing perspectives.

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