Colleen
Clemens


Colleen is the associate professor of non-Western literatures and the director of Women's and Gender Studies at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. Her academic work has been published in Feminist Formations and Journal of Postcolonial Writing. Clemens co-hosts the podcast Inside254, which focuses in depth on one current topic about labor, indigeneity, gender or world issues every other week. She can be reached via her blog.

Articles by Colleen

Ally or Accomplice? The Language of Activism

A new use of the word accomplice pushed this educator to rethink her activist approaches inside and outside the classroom.

Marching Into Women’s History Month

From now on, when we talk about women’s history, the Women’s March should be part of those lessons. Here’s why.

Modify and Adjust: Teaching During Turbulent Times

When a bias incident occurred on her campus, this educator quickly adjusted the next day’s teaching plan to address it—because she had to.

Helping Students Develop Empathy Instead of Sympathy

When this literature teacher completes a book with her class and hears a student say, “Reading this makes me happy I am an American,” she flips the script.

Disrupting Rape Culture Through Education

In the wake of a convicted rapist’s early release, now is a good time to reinforce with students that rape is a cultural problem that all of us must stand against.
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