Teaching
Dr. Gaddis teaches courses in the Community and Nonprofit Leadership undergraduate major and the Civil Society and Community Research PhD program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her teaching has been recognized by multiple school- and campus-level awards for excellence and inclusivity.
Dr. Gaddis trains students of all levels and backgrounds to address complex issues through community collaborations, interdisciplinary analyses, and scholarly activism. Whenever possible, she embeds opportunities for students to work on applied projects into her courses. In Spring 2020, for example, students in CSCS 375 Human Ecology of Food and Sustainability collaborated with Hunger Task Force to analyze policy language and demographic data from nearly 400 Wisconsin school districts in order to support the Milwaukee-based nonprofit’s campaign to end lunch shaming.
Dr. Gaddis trains students of all levels and backgrounds to address complex issues through community collaborations, interdisciplinary analyses, and scholarly activism. Whenever possible, she embeds opportunities for students to work on applied projects into her courses. In Spring 2020, for example, students in CSCS 375 Human Ecology of Food and Sustainability collaborated with Hunger Task Force to analyze policy language and demographic data from nearly 400 Wisconsin school districts in order to support the Milwaukee-based nonprofit’s campaign to end lunch shaming.
Field trip visit to Just Coffee.
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Courses Taught -Community and Social Change -Evaluation and Planning -Human Ecology of Food and Sustainability -Community Innovations Lecture Topics -Critical food studies -School lunch politics -History of school lunch -Feminist food politics -Public sociology/emancipatory social science -Care work/reproductive labor -Community organizing -Participatory action research -Food justice/food sovereignty -Food chain workers Teaching Materials The Labor of Lunch: Classroom Curriculum Guide The Labor of Lunch: Community Reading Guide Student Work Food Chain Chronicles: Stories of the People Behind our Food |