Staff

IHON classes are democratic spaces, where everyone--students and faculty--can bring their whole selves to conversations about enduring human questions, guided by our reading of transformative texts from a variety of cultures around the globe. It is a privilege to teach IHON courses.

What I love about teaching in the IHON program is the curiosity and enthusiasm that students bring to our open-ended explorations of topics that impact our lives, such as questions of human justice and the environment, and how these get captured in different texts by different cultures across time.

I love the open horizons of first-year IHON courses – reading all kinds of books from the past and the present, and trying to understand, alongside my students, what they might be saying to us. Teaching these first-year courses has made me a much better reader and thinker.

"Teaching in IHON has afforded a wonderful opportunity to revisit the formative experience of my intellectual journey: the free ranging discussion and inquiry prompted by profound texts with students prior to their formation by disciplines."

"I enjoy teaching IHON courses because of the collaborative learning environment. I love reading alongside my students, deciphering texts, and engaging in conversations together. Through this shared exchange of ideas, I learn something new every time I teach the course."