Naomi Andrews: How and Why to Have Difficult Conversations

Naomi Andrews is a history professor at Santa Clara where she teaches classes on the history of gender, race and human rights. Dr. Andrews got her Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D from UC Santa Cruz in history, and wrote a book, “Socialism’s Muse: Gender in the Intellectual Landscape of French Romantic Socialism” in 2006.

I took my Cultures and Ideas course for two quarters with her last year and it was one of my favorite classes because of the in-depth discussions we had about the philosophical, political and literary works that we were reading. More broadly, we had fascinating conversations about how these historical works related to current issues like politics, women’s rights, government surveillance and more generally how societal forces shape human behavior.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of engaging in discussions about difficult topics like race, religion and politics with people we disagree with.

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