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LINC Courses


LINC courses pair faculty from different disciplines, each teaching their own independent course, to create points of intersection, or links, between the two courses. Faculty and students in both classes collaborate on a few common readings, presentations, projects, etc. 

The 2026-2027 LINC application is due on November 3rd at 5pm. To learn more, join us at an information session on October 21, 2025 at 1:00pm in S420 Callaway.

Why LINC?

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The LINC initiative seeks to unlock the powerful synergy of intellectual and social inclusivity in the classroom to drive innovation at Emory University. We see interdisciplinary work as a fundamental form of intellectual inclusivity. Working across and between disciplines offers a multiplicity of points of entry, maximizing participants’ ability to find and express their perspectives and interests.

We see broad participation and engagement, by both students and faculty, as a key measure of social inclusivity. We propose that intellectual inclusivity, expressed through path breaking interdisciplinary practice, promotes social inclusivity by facilitating and attracting the participation of people from a wide range of identities, perspectives, and approaches. Through LINC courses that leverage existing courses to create points of intersection, we will assess whether intellectual inclusivity promotes social inclusivity and fosters innovation.

The LINC Workshop

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As a key component of achieving this vision, we are offering a workshop that will lead directly to faculty teaching a paired LINC course in the 2026-27 AY. The LINC Initiative Faculty Workshop will run over the course of three days: April 28th, April 29th, and August 24th, 2026. Participants will receive a $1,000 stipend.

The workshop will leverage existing course offerings by preparing faculty pairs from different disciplines to create points of intersection, or links, between the two courses that encourage a diverse range of perspectives and thus lead to a more inclusive classroom. Each course will remain independently taught through the home department, but each faculty member will revise their syllabus to be more interdisciplinary and inclusive, and to include several points of convergence with their partner LINC course, such as common readings, presentations, projects, etc., on which faculty and students in both classes will cooperate/coordinate.

Previous LINC Courses

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View our previous LINC courses to see the connections made between various topics and disciplines.

  • Ecology & Environmental Policy
    • Instructors: Miguel Reyes & Stacy-Ann Robinson
  • Psychology of Prejudice & Language Prejudice
    • Instructors: Jessica Barber & Susan Tamasi
  • Literacy: Cultural Rhetorics & Africana Methods
    • Instructors: Vani Kannan & Toivo Asheeke (GSU)
  • Psychology of Self-Care & Religion, Self-Care and Consumerism
    • Instructors: Elaine Johnson & Rose Deighton-Mohammed
  • Bioethics, Equity and Justice & Documentary Filmmaking I
    • Andrea Fitzroy & David Barba
  • Concepts in Indigenous Sovereignty & Food and Forests
    • Malinda Lowery & Megan Mucioki

  • Muslim Women's Storytelling & Intro to Islam
    • Instructors: Rose Deighton-Mohammed & Roshan Iqbal
  • Making the International City, Altanta & Atlanta Architecture in the Modern Era
    • Instructors: Heidi Senungetuk & Christina Crawford
  • Sociology and Creativity & Ballet Culture: Pain and Pleasure
    • Instructors: Sonal Nalkur & Mara Mandradjieff
  • Spanish Translation & Power of Storytelling
    • Instructors: Lisa Dillman & Kim Loudermilk
  • Epigenetics and Human Diseases & History of Hunger
    • Instructors: Arri Eisen & Tom Rogers
  • Visual Culture & Environmental Justice
    • Instructors: Julia Tulke & Jola Ajibade

A LINC example

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Professor Chris Eagle in the Center for the Study of Human Health plans to teach an upper level seminar entitled: War & Trauma. The course covers cultural and clinical ideas about war and trauma from WWI to the present, and reflects on how different forms of evidence (i.e., fiction, poetry, testimonials, theoretical essays, and clinical case-studies) can reveal different facets of the traumatic experience.

Professor Andy Kazama in the Psychology Department plans to teach an upper level seminar entitled: The Neurobiology of PTSD. The course covers various neurobiological aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder using peer-reviewed articles drawn from a wide variety of biomedical fields (i.e.., genetics, hormones, brain structures, and current treatment approaches to the disorder).

Drawing from their respective backgrounds in Literature and Neuroscience, Professors Eagle and Kazama have LINC-ed their courses with three points of intersection distributed at the beginning, middle and end of the semester. They will assign the same readings and host combined class discussion sessions highlighting the importance of interdisciplinarity and the advantages of drawing on diverse ideas to spark innovation and gain a fuller understanding of traumatic experiences.