Though Schenker didn’t know what to expect when the course appeared in the University catalog, it immediately filled up. He was even able to offer a few extra spots to students on a waitlist.
“I was really excited about the interests and different backgrounds that people were willing to bring into the class because it’s not always the easiest topic to talk about. That is one of the most beneficial things about discussing race through the lens of music,” says Schenker. “I use it as an entryway to talk about bigger issues.”
Schenker’s course also gave students the tools to have conversations about current events, including a string of shootings in Atlanta in March 2021 that claimed the lives of eight people, six of whom were women of Chinese or Korean descent.
“We started off by talking about performances of Asian-ness in popular music in the early 1900s and making connections to how seemingly stereotypical performances from that time can actually translate and be directly connected to much more serious, violent acts that are still around today,” he says.
In every one of his classes, Schenker aims to equip students of any major or career interest with the skills they’ll need to be engaged global citizens and thoughtful communicators after they leave St. Lawrence.
“Every class that I teach focuses on how to construct an argument, how to be persuasive and clear in your writing,” he says. “I also try to make my classes fun, but use that excitement to discuss other things that are relevant to basically anything else that they're doing in their academic career or in their lives.”
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