Episode 1
Michelle Liu Carriger
How Can Universal Design And Specs Grading Create More Inclusive Ways To Teach And Assess Student Work?
Michelle and Jasmine met in January 2025 to talk about how Michelle developed strategies for her “Drama of Diversity” course, a large undergraduate lecture class in the Department of Theater. You can watch their interview below, or scroll down for the audio version and transcript.
“I really tried to separate out [that] this is not a class in having the right opinion. You can't get an A by having the ‘right’ opinion about diversity. You get an A by being able to analyze and articulate what's going on in these different situations.”
— Michelle Liu Carriger on how she approaches teaching her “Drama of Diversity” undergraduate course
Dr. Carriger’s 2023 book from Northwestern University Press, Theatricality of the Closet, won The Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre.
🔗 Michelle Liu Carriger TFT bio
Select courses taught:
THEATER 98TB — Performing Past: Embodying Queer Temporality
THEATER 106 — History of American Theater & Drama
THEATER 107 — Drama of Diversity
THEATER 111 — Creating Theatrical Season
THEATER 216B — History & Historiography