EDIJ is located in the 1st floor of Car Barn: Suite 171, Room 182. Please email EDIJ@georgetown.edu to make an appointment.
Senior Proposes Legal Clinic for DC Youth at George Washington Law Through EDIJ Program
May 20th, 2021
Caroline Jaipaul (C’21) is submitting a proposal to start a legal clinic at George Washington Law that will serve DC youth who are currently court-involved through oral and written advocacy and will strive to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline in Washington. Jaipaul is completing this as part of her capstone project for her Education, Inquiry and Justice (EDIJ) minor.
Professor Discusses Importance of Equitable Education in of Wake Pandemic
February 16th, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has made apparent many inequities of our society, not the least of which being education. Sabrina Wesley-Nero, Ph.D., (SFS ‘95), director of the undergraduate program in Education, Inquiry, and Justice (EDIJ) and co-creator and faculty lead of the graduate program Educational Transformation (EDTR), describes the importance of learning from this moment to create a more just society through equal educational opportunities.
Two College Alumni Elected to Hometown School Boards Hope to Make Education More Equitable
December 16th, 2020
Nicolo Orozco (C’19) and Luisa Santos (C’14) were recently elected to the school boards in their hometowns. The alumni are now working to help their communities by applying the skills they learned at Georgetown.
Education, Inquiry and Justice’s focus on the intersection of education and social justice is nourished deeply by Georgetown’s Jesuit tradition, which from its very beginnings has looked to education as a critical means to promote justice and individual well-being. In keeping with this tradition, the minor embodies the notion that all service and action should flow from contemplation and inquiry, and adds to the lifelong development of men and women for others.
There is great student interest in education at Georgetown, as a vocation, as an academic pursuit, and as a means to justice.
The minor requires 6 courses in a diverse set of classes. The courses listed below are not offered every semester, but they are representative of the courses that will generally be available.
Applications for the EDIJ minor are open to all sophomores and transfers students typically in February of each year. However, many of the courses are open to all students. Students are encouraged to take at least one EDIJ course prior to applying to the minor.
All students with a minor in EDIJ take the Gateway course (EDIJ 241 CBL Seminar in Urban Education) and the Capstone course (EDIJ 401 Education, Inquiry and Justice Capstone). Students select 1 course from each of the remaining 4 categories.
Seniors who are enrolled in EDIJ 241 for fall 2020 because they were studying abroad during fall 2019 and, therefore, were unable to take the course at that time, will have two options. Completing either of these options in addition to the revised EDIJ 241 in Fall 2020 will satisfy the Gateway Course requirement for EDIJ for the Class of 2022.
If you are a senior and took EDIJ 241 in fall 2019, you have satisfied the EDIJ gateway/Praxis I requirement.
Juniors will complete EDIJ 241 in fall 2020 and a 1-credit course along with 20 hours of community-based learning in a local school in fall 2021 or spring 2022. Juniors can decide which semester they choose to complete this 1-credit course and in-school service. Completing the 1-credit course and 20 hours of community-based learning in a local school in addition to the revised EDIJ 241 will satisfy the Gateway Course requirement for EDIJ for the Class of 2022.
The courses listed under each section below represent the current courses available for that section for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester.
The minor in Education, Inquiry, and Justice is a six-course program. However, some courses that are essential for the minor (or are simply options within it) have prerequisites that must be completed in advance.
Students interested in the minor should consider taking these courses in their first or second year.
Sign up for an office hours appointment with Professor Wesley-Nero or email EDIJ at edij@georgetown.edu.
