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Study Away: Montana
Decolonizing Pedagogy: Centering Indigenous Voices

Location: Lame Deer, Montana and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming/Montana

Dates: July 7-15, 2025

Course Information

• Course: CI 47095 (graduate level: 67095): Decolonizing Pedagogy: Centering Indigenous Voices
• No. of Credits: 1 to 3 credits
• Instructor: Dr. Scott Durham (bdurham4@kent.edu)
• Cost: $3,710.00 (scholarships available to reduce this to about $2,000.00 for Kent State students).
  Cost includes airfare, all ground transportation, all accommodations, conference registration, and National Park admittance.
  Cost does NOT include meals, souvenirs, or tuition. (Tuition is separate from the cost of the trip.)

Program Overview

• Explore how indigenous peoples (Northern Cheyenne) build, teach, and learn in communities characterized by familial ties and support that are both connected to the natural world and still burdened by historical trauma
• Gain a more thorough understanding of the history and culture of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, and how lessons learned from them can be applied in other pedagogical contexts
• The journey will begin as we fly into Billings, Montana and spend three days with the Northern Cheyenne in and around Lame Deer, Montana. We will then apply what we learn through the Northern Cheyenne as we spend the next four days at Yellowstone National Park. Our last day will be exploring Grand Teton National Park and relaxing in the beautiful city of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Read about the 2024 trip to Montana here

To Apply

Deadline: $500.00 deposit due March 15, 2025 

For more information, please contact Scott Durham (bdurham4@kent.edu) or Rose Onders (ronders@kent.edu, 330-672-0564), or visit the Gerald H. Read Center for International & Intercultural Education at 215 White Hall.