Teaching

Pedagogy

Teaching about Hindu traditions

“Imaginative Outsiders: Empowering Undergraduates to Analyze Religion,” in “Forum: Insiders, Outsiders, and Disclosure in the Undergraduate Classroom.” Teaching Theology & Religion. 19.3 (2016): 282-286. download

2023 Article by Professor Truschke titled “Hearing Hindu Stories” that explores why Hindu traditions continue to be marginalized in the modern academy.

Syllabi

Professor Truschke teaches a wide range of courses on South Asian history and religions at Rutgers University-Newark. Syllabi are available to potential and current students.

Teaching about COVID-19

A unique class, offered in fall 2020, that archived the pandemic in real time

Full website on this unique course.

Highlights

Interview with Professor Truschke about journaling as a way to create valuable historical records of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dec 3, 2020. here

Discussion of Professor Truschke’s Archiving COVID-19 class in Vox article on journaling during the pandemic, November 9, 2020. here.

“Pedagogy and the Pandemic: Professor Audrey Truschke Meets the Moment,” October 26, 2020. here.

Discussant on COVIDCalls, “Teaching COVID-19,” September 4, 2020. video and audio only