Summer Readings

2022

2021

2020
Exploring the theme of globalization, students selected a book to read. Suggested books were: The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer, The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power, Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram by Isha Sesay, or the book of their choice.

2019
Global Studies students read The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down to explore the intersection between culture, global public health, and immigration.
This story of Lia Lee, a Hmong immigrant child with epilepsy, and her family, doctors, and social workers were the center of our work studying cultural competency.
We also explored the history of the Hmong people, their role fighting with the US in the Vietnam War, and their immigration to the US as refugees. Check out some of our resources.

2018
To explore sustainability and development, we read A Path Appears. Using the examples and recommendations, we funded Kiva projects around the world to help people continue their efforts towards economic, environmental, and social sustainability.
Watkinson students before 2018 and since have continued to fund Kiva projects.