Julian Barr (He/Him)
- Dept:
- Libraries, Lrn Supp, & Emp Dev
- Title:
- Instructional Designer
- Address:
- 6000 16th Ave SW
- Campus:
- South Seattle College
- Mailstop:
- Phone:
- 206/934-6405
- Hours:
- https://elearning-seattle-colleges.youcanbook.me/
Courses
- Course Title: Introduction To Geography
- Subject: GEOG&
- Catalog #: 100
- Credits: 5
- Class Day: ARR
- Start Time: ARR
- End Time: ARR
- Building: SS - Online (SSONL)
- Room:
- Section: 75
- Class#: 25122
- Course Title: Introduction To Geography
- Subject: GEOG&
- Catalog #: 100
- Credits: 5
- Class Day: ARR
- Start Time: ARR
- End Time: ARR
- Building: SS - Online (SSONL)
- Room:
- Section: 75
- Class#: 33662
Personal Statement
Get to Know Me
Hey, I am Julian Barr (He/Him/His), instructional designer for South Seattle College and a Ph.D. candidate in Geography at the University of Washington Seattle. Through my doctoral research I have become a local queer historian and have given walking tour of the queer history of Pioneer Square and had made digital maps showing various local histories looking at sexuality and race in the Seattle area. My teaching has been split between Human Geography courses including research design, cultural geography, and globalization and on English course with advanced writing at UW and Shoreline Community College.
What to Expect in our Class
My Teaching Style
How I teach can be summed up by Paulo Freire, who said “There’s no such thing as neutral education. Education either functions as an instrument to bring about conformity or freedom.” Education should bring out the creativity and best in all students and instructors can do that through flexibility, dialogue, and seeing education as an exchange rather then top-down. My teaching philosophy is informed by an anti-racist critical pedagogy approach that highlights the struggles, and includes the voices, of the oppressed. Critical pedagogy acknowledges that language and knowledge production is diverse and that we cannot privilege Eurocentric perspectives, which can be oppressive to students, especially those students learning English, students with disabilities, students of color, and students whose prior education was limited. I aim to be a co-learner with all students, and we are here to listen to your uncertainties around learning and help you establish realistic goals for individual success.
My Expectations
Following my teaching philosophy, my expectations are to provide students content and direction, with the expectation that flexibility is essential to meet individual students. Courses are structured with die dates and certain goals to be met, but whenever die dates cannot be met, they can be adjusted. I also use an ungrading policy that evaluates students based on the labor and effort put into the course rather then the quality of the work like traditional grading. Course projects most likely will involve the use of some digital technology, either mapping or podcasting.
My Work in the Community
Public Scholarship
Pioneer Square and the Making of Queer Seattle: Digital Map and Walking Tour
A Peoples’ Landscape: Racism and Resistance at UW: Digital Map
Publications
Barr, Julian, David J. Roberts, and Edgar Sandoval. 2019. “There are different ways of being strong: Steven Universe and Developing a Caring Superhero Masculinity.” In Superheroes and Masculinity Unmasking the Gender Performance of Heroism. Lanham, MD: Lexington Press
Barr, Julian and Lydia Hou. 2016. “’Nobody Calls Me Chicken:’ The Multiple Masculinities of Back to the Future.” Journal of Popular Film and Television 44.4: 184-194.
Barr, Julian. 2012. “To Love and To Cherish: Marital Violence and Divorce in Nineteenth-century America.” The Confluence 4.1 (Fall/Winter): 48-59.
My Credentials
Education
PhD (ABD-All But Dissertation), Geography, University of Washington Seattle
Master of Science, Geography, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Bachelor of Arts, History, Lindenwood University