DEM’s Annual Go Big Read Book Club
The DEM Wellness Team will be hosting a Go Big Read Book Club this fall. Go Big Read is a shared reading experience designed to engage the campus community and beyond in an academically focused reading experience and generate vigorous discussions and exchanges of diverse ideas.
This year’s selection is How Minds Change by David McRaney.
Bridging emergent research in psychology and neuroscience with conversations among political activists, cult members, and conspiracy theorists, How Minds Change interrogates the mechanisms that determine personal and collective opinion and belief. Crafted by international bestseller and expert in the psychology of reasoning, David McRaney, How Minds Change is both an exploration into the art of persuasion and a practical guide for navigating polarization and enacting social change.
Approachable and empathetic, How Minds Change is a thoughtful and pressing text for the current age. McRaney condenses dense scientific research into useful, ethical techniques for anyone interested in not just how we come to form beliefs, but why we come to identify ourselves with particular schools of thought. How Minds Change suggests that transformation is not just possible, but necessary as we strive towards meaningful connection in divisive times.
DEM has coupons redeemable for copies of the book for folx who want a physical copy of the book. The book is also available on Audible. A suggested reading schedule has been provided below. We plan to host in-person and virtual book club sessions. Please find more information below.
Book club sessions will include time to discuss topics what stood out in the book, structured questions that delve into specific themes, and connections between what we’ve read and our work in DEM and higher education in general.
Due to the topics addressed in this book, participating in this book club counts towards the training hours requirement of DEM’s DEI Curriculum.
Suggested Reading Schedule (34 to 67 Pages/Week):
Week One
Bridging emergent research in psychology and neuroscience with conversations among political activists, cult members, and conspiracy theorists, How Minds Change interrogates the mechanisms that determine personal and collective opinion and belief. Crafted by international bestseller and expert in the psychology of reasoning, David McRaney, How Minds Change is both an exploration into the art of persuasion and a practical guide for navigating polarization and enacting social change.
Approachable and empathetic, How Minds Change is a thoughtful and pressing text for the current age. McRaney condenses dense scientific research into useful, ethical techniques for anyone interested in not just how we come to form beliefs, but why we come to identify ourselves with particular schools of thought. How Minds Change suggests that transformation is not just possible, but necessary as we strive towards meaningful connection in divisive times.
DEM has coupons redeemable for copies of the book for folx who want a physical copy of the book. The book is also available on Audible. A suggested reading schedule has been provided below. We plan to host in-person and virtual book club sessions. Please find more information below.
Book club sessions will include time to discuss topics what stood out in the book, structured questions that delve into specific themes, and connections between what we’ve read and our work in DEM and higher education in general.
Due to the topics addressed in this book, participating in this book club counts towards the training hours requirement of DEM’s DEI Curriculum.
Suggested Reading Schedule (34 to 67 Pages/Week):
Week One
- Post-Truth
- Deep Canvassing
- Socks and Crocs
- Disequilibrium
- Westboro
- The Truth is Tribal
- Arguing
- Persuasion
- Street Epistemology
- Social Change
- Coda
- October 18th (Discussion of reading for Week One)
- November 1st (Discussion of reading for Weeks Two and Three)
- November 15th (Discussion of reading for Weeks Four and Five)
- November 29th (Discussion of entire book)
- October 11th (Discussion of reading for Week One)
- October 25th (Discussion of reading for Weeks Two and Three)
- November 8th (Discussion of reading for Weeks Four and Five)
- November 29th (Discussion of entire book)