Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Liberal Arts Professor of English, designed and taught a course during the spring 2022 semester, entitled “Reading and Writing Place in Central Pennsylvania.”

Funded by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence in Penn State Undergraduate Education, the course has students read literature set in or describing life in Centre County; they then engaged with their coursework through field trips. Texts in a variety of genres spanned from the 19th century all the way to the 2006 graphic memoir “Fun Home, set in the author’s childhood home in nearby Beech Creek, which the class visited.

Read more about the experience on Penn State News. 

Funding from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence allowed students in the course ENGL 411 to visit sites in Centre County, including Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village, Bellefonte and Aaronsburg (pictured), among others. Photo credit: Julia Spicher Kasdorf. All Rights Reserved.