Anne Gessler

Since 2014, UHCL has been the site of yearly discussion and events centered around a book chosen as part of the Common Reader program. This year’s Common Reader came to an end April 19 in an event filled with discussion of topical issues…

After the Common Reader Program’s April 26 screening of the movie “Owned: A Tale of Two Americas,” the program announced Amy Ellis Nutt’s “Becoming Nicole” as the book for the 2021-2022 academic year.

In an effort to tackle the issues of racism and anti-blackness of the present, educators look to the past for answers. America’s past and the way it is portrayed in textbooks can fall short.

The common reader program, directed by Anne Gessler, Lecturer of Humanities, is a UHCL course which realized a deliberative workshop for the analysis of this year current reader; “Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot,…

This year's Common Reader field day is based on the book, "Spare Parts" by Joshua Davis. Check out how Hawks worked together for the Common Reader Field Day, which took place Oct. 11.