Teaching Curve 16 Patrick James on the Joys of Pedagogical Experimentation and Failure

Patrick James is Dean’s Professor of International Relations at the Dornsife College of Letters Arts And Science at the University of Southern California. He has served as president of ISA Midwest and president of the International Studies Association. He is the recipient of numerous distinguished scholar awards including, in 2022, the distinguished scholar award from ISA’s Active Learning in International Affairs Section (ALIAS).

Our conversation covers 

·      Productivity at the intersections between research and teaching 

·      How fiction can be used to make abstract IR concepts more accessible

·      And the value for students and faculty of both pedagogical experimentation honesty when those experiments fail