Bridging Divided Disciplines through Interdisciplinary Teaching Collaborations

This panel answers the question: how might we bridge technical and humanistic disciplines? Further, how might we use the emergent properties of these combined disciplines to cultivate humanistic impulses in our students? The panelists all teach in an Engineering Design program, where students take two years of studio classes co-taught by engineering, computer science, and English faculty. We share examples from our co-teaching experiences over the last few years that illustrate how we’ve bridged disciplines traditionally viewed as divided.