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Georgina EmersonAreas of ExpertiseWomen and Gender in History, Curriculum Design, Teacher Coaching
Intersectional Feminist Curriculum & student programming, LGBTQ+ Inclusion initiatives, Student-facing programs around women's history and gender equity |
About Georgina Emerson
Georgina Emerson is a teacher and the founder of Teach About Women, a nonprofit dedicated to closing the gender leadership gap by changing how we teach. Since 2018 she has been giving workshops and presenting at schools across the United States to showcase ways to integrate women into history programs. She holds a BA in History and an MA in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth College and a Master’s Degrees in History from L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Currently, she is an ambassador for the New-York Historical Society’s Women in the American Story program and a teacher at a New York independent school. She lives in Brooklyn with her wife, the scientist Shana Caro, and two dogs, who both identify as feminists.Follow her on social media @TeachAboutWomen or read her blog.
Signature Workshops |
Programs with a track record of success that can be adapted for your school community
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Innovative Content
- Four Pernicious Untruths We Teach K-12 Students About the Past–And How to Set the Record Straight
- Six Themes+Questions for Infusing Antibias Work into your Curriculum in Any Subject
- Women, Gender & Power: 12 Questions for Revising your History Programs
- Women, Gender & Power: Revamping curriculum, grades 7-12, to include rich and intersectional material on women and gender
- The Lavender Menace: How did the women's movement and the LGBTQ+ movement join forces?
- Collaborative Rubrics: A culturally-responsive method for individualized goal-setting
- Crafting Critical Feminist Curriculum in the Humanities (grades 5-12)
- Critical/Intersectional/Feminist: How can I use these words to cultivate belonging in my classroom?
- Crossing the DEI Chasm: How can we engage our whole community in this vital work? (Adaptable for faculty and parents)
- Igniting Curiosities: How can we, as teachers, help students define and solve problems that shape the future?
- Institutional/Interpersonal/Internalized: Storytelling to build knowledge and awareness (Adaptable for students, faculty and parents)
Recent Offerings |
New workshops as of February 2022. These fresh offerings can enrich your community's efforts to build environments of belonging.
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Expanding the feminist circle of concern: How can we transform conflicts into partnerships?
This workshop traces four of the major points of contention within American feminist movements to explore how organizers and activists actively sought collaboration in order to expand the scope of feminism to be ever-more inclusive. As we look at historical decisions and approaches, students will be asked to draw lessons from the past and imagine ways to build more inclusive movements for social justice.
- solidarity with the LGBTQ+ movement (1970's)
- centering women of color (1980's)
- intersectional feminism (1990's)
- trans-inclusion (2020's)
Connecting with Previous Generations: Merle Woo's "Letter to Ma"
Using the Asian American poet, Merle Woo's, 1980 piece entitled "Letter to Ma" students will explore the challenges and opportunities inherent in fighting for a better future while honoring the struggles and successes of previous generations. We will pay particular attention to how gender, sexuality, country of origin, race, class and native language shape our relationships with older generations.
Self-Paced, Online Courses
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Courses educators can take on their own time
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Rethink the Power Template (coming March 1, 2022)
Talent/Progress/Achievement/Expertise/Inclusion
In what ways are these concepts coded male? How can we change how we teach about them in order to change how we and our students conceptualize of these hallmarks of power? In this workshop, we look to history to help us redefine our cultural template for what a powerful person does and is–not only in terms of gender, but in terms of race, class, sexuality and any other facets of identity. We’ll begin by unpacking the ways how these phenomena look and feel in today’s world. We then explore some historical antecedents that seem gender neutral but really support a male-centered understanding of how, say talent works, or what inclusion looks like. We end collaboratively by talking about ways that we can shift both our collective understanding of how these forces have shaped individual lives. Our ultimate goal is for teachers and students to begin to imagine new templates for how power can work in our society.
Talent/Progress/Achievement/Expertise/Inclusion
In what ways are these concepts coded male? How can we change how we teach about them in order to change how we and our students conceptualize of these hallmarks of power? In this workshop, we look to history to help us redefine our cultural template for what a powerful person does and is–not only in terms of gender, but in terms of race, class, sexuality and any other facets of identity. We’ll begin by unpacking the ways how these phenomena look and feel in today’s world. We then explore some historical antecedents that seem gender neutral but really support a male-centered understanding of how, say talent works, or what inclusion looks like. We end collaboratively by talking about ways that we can shift both our collective understanding of how these forces have shaped individual lives. Our ultimate goal is for teachers and students to begin to imagine new templates for how power can work in our society.
Design the right Intersectional Feminist Elective for your school (coming March 1, 2022)
In our world of difference, no single feminism suffices. Similarly, no single "feminist elective" can work in every school. In this workshop, participants design and plan a feminist elective that fits with their school schedule and, more importantly, addresses the needs of their school community. Participants explore through several sample syllabi and organizational methodologies including ones that emphasize more history, more literature, more current events or more global perspectives. We go over effective ways to apply intersectional lenses and ensure liberatory and culturally-responsive teaching of complex and weighty material.
In our world of difference, no single feminism suffices. Similarly, no single "feminist elective" can work in every school. In this workshop, participants design and plan a feminist elective that fits with their school schedule and, more importantly, addresses the needs of their school community. Participants explore through several sample syllabi and organizational methodologies including ones that emphasize more history, more literature, more current events or more global perspectives. We go over effective ways to apply intersectional lenses and ensure liberatory and culturally-responsive teaching of complex and weighty material.
Testimonials
“Georgina helped us develop a curriculum map for our Honors US Literature and Composition and we were blown away by her level of expertise, passion and depth of understanding surrounding the resources she compiled for us. Our ask was fairly broad: support us in creating a curriculum that will represent a spectrum of voices, critical themes and regionally-relevant content. Georgina took our ideas and ran with them beautifully. She extended our own knowledge of how storytelling and power intersect and provided profound themes to guide our units. Because of Georgina, we are confident our teachers and students will learn deeply, think critically and move through their semester with empowered perspectives. Thank you for all you've done for us, Georgina! We appreciate your flexibility, passion and intimate approach to understanding who we are and what we do!” – Maddie Johnson from The Traveling School (Montana)