How does one teach U.S. foreign policy in America in the midst of political, institutional, social, economic, and personal challenges? Instructors are confronting the consequences of macro-level challenges in their classrooms. These challenges include the increasingly unkind political climate that enables disinformation and daily assaults on academic freedom, the disconnect between university administration officials and the core mission of our institutions, the lingering impact of COVID-19 on students' college preparedness and the ease with which to use artificial intelligence, and instructors' (particularly non-native instructors) perceptions about the security of their livelihood and their personal safety. This session opens with the speaker's attempt to leverage their positionality, teaching philosophy, and passion for creativity in order to teach a course in U.S. foreign policy that builds students' data literacy, knowledge, professional skills, and confidence. The speaker also shares resources and examples used throughout the course with the caveat that these examples are just some of many options available to us. The discussion hopes to go beyond the "nuts and bolts" of teaching, to a broader discussion about the substance and values embedded in the teaching of U.S. foreign policy in American universities. PRESENTER: Maria Ortuoste (Professor of Political Science, California State University East Bay). Interested in being notified of upcoming webinars? Sign up for ISA Connected, a monthly newsletter with information on all of ISA's upcoming virtual programming, here: https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Virtual-Programs/ISA-Connected (https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Virtual-Programs/ISA-Connected)

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