Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas Longo, 2022 Teaching Award Recipient
Dr. Nicholas Longo is the 2022 recipient of the Innovation in Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Longo is a professor of global studies and chair of the department. He also co-directs the Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy (DID) Lab with Dr. Quincy Bevely, assistant vice president in the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Dr. Longo, who also has taught in the Department of Public and Community Service Studies, teaches interdisciplinary courses that are intended to create spaces for students to bridge differences and engage in real-world problem-solving. Among the recent courses he has taught are Community Lens, Mapping Youth Leadership, Introduction to Global Studies, and a variety of independent studies.
Dr. Longo has recently conducted publicly engaged scholarly projects on civic education and place-based community building with support from the Kettering Foundation, TIAA Institute, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is also a board member and faculty mentor for College Unbound, an innovative degree-granting college for adult learners in Providence.
Building on Dr. Longo’s innovative experiments with teaching across differences, the DID Lab will launch a civil discourse project at PC with support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations this fall. This initiative will draw upon deliberative practices for addressing “disputed questions” to create a culture of inclusive dialogue in the curriculum, in student life, and in the local community.
His nominator describes his teaching as follows: “Dr. Longo utilizes his role as a professor to empower students to bring their unique perspectives and lived experiences to the conversation. He enters each space as a learner, recognizing the expertise that students and community members bring to each conversation and classroom.”
Congratulations to Dr. Longo on this well-earned honor.
