Poetry across the Curriculum

Frank Jacob, Ph.D. (2012), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, is Assistant Professor of History at Queensborough Community College. He has published more than 40 books and numerous articles, including The Russo-Japanese War and Its Shaping of the 20th Century (Routledge, 2018). Shannon Kincaid, Ph.D. (1999), SUNY Buffalo, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Queensborough Community College. His areas of specialization include Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and American Pragmatism. Amy E. Traver, Ph.D. (2008), SUNY Stony Brook, is Associate Professor of Sociology at Queensborough Community College. She has published numerous works on Community College education, including Service Learning at the American Community College (Palgrave, 2014, co-edited with Zivah Perel Katz).

Introduction: Pedagogy and Poetry across the Disciplines

 Frank Jacob and Shannon Kincaid



Part 1: Arts

1 “Object Poetry” as a Source of Inspiration for Design Studies

 Ravid Rovner

2 Arts Integrated Learning through Poetry: Implementing Awareness, Metaphor, and Play across Curriculums

 Alison Cimino



Part 2: Biology

3 Poetry in a Biology Classroom

 Urszula Golebiewska



Part 3: English

4 An Initiation into Academic Discourse with Poetry

 Susan Lago

5 Poetry and Student Learning

 Angela Hooks

6 “Thirsty Women and Fuckboys”: Teaching Shakespeare with Memes

 Kathleen Alves

7 In Deference to Dreams Deferred: Langston Hughes’ Poem, “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” and Its Application across the Curriculum

 Alice Rosenblitt-Lacey



Part 4: History

8 Expressive Content Writing: The Inclusion of Poetry in Undergraduate History Courses

 Frank Jacob



Part 5: Philosophy

9 Pedagogy in Verse: A Philosophical Approach to Poetry across the Curriculum

 Shannon Kincaid

10 Empowering Poetic Defiance: Baudelaire, Kant and Poetic Agency in the Classroom

 Joshua M. Hall



Part 6: Sociology

11 Contextualizing Math and Poetry in Community College Courses: Impacts and Implications in Introduction to Sociology

 Amy E. Traver



Index