Cheryl Yin, assistant professor of anthropology, has been selected as a Mellon Periclean Faculty Leader. Support from Project Pericles will allow Professor Yin to redesign the course “Southeast Asian Migration and Diasporic Communities” to center the voices of Cambodian elders through the collection and preservation of oral history interviews. The revised course will provide Carleton students with the opportunity to learn from Cambodian refugees who have resettled in Minnesota and to explore ways to address and advocate for the needs of the Cambodian American community.
Supported by the Mellon Foundation and The Eugene M. Lang Foundation, the Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) program aims to foster and support committed scholars dedicated to incorporating civic engagement into the curriculum while empowering students to use their academic knowledge to tackle real-world problems through deliberative dialogue.