Pedagogy
Teaching about Hindu traditions
Professor Truschke regularly teaches about Indian history, Hinduism, and more to a diverse student body. Below are her public comments and published articles about best pedagogy and challenges when teaching about minoritized communities in the American context.
2026 Article by Professor Truschke titled “Dangerous Classrooms: Practical Suggestions for Defending the Humanities” that explores teaching during the freefall of academic freedom in the United States post-2020.
2023 Article by Professor Truschke titled “Hearing Hindu Stories” that explores why Hindu traditions continue to be marginalized in the modern academy.
“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
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.
Basement — (no longer updated) Teaching about COVID-19
A unique class, offered in fall 2020, that archived the pandemic in real time and captured the attention of many outside of the class.
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
