Fall 2025 Book Club Faculty Learning Community
Join us for the Fall 2025 book club where we’ll read On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder and Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. This faculty book club will provide a space for participants to reflect on what these books teach us about the dangers of authoritarianism and lessons for survival, resistance, and solidarity. We’ll also discuss how these themes connect to our work at CSUF in the classroom, with colleagues, and in the larger community.
This Faculty Learning Community (FLC) consists of six, 90-minute virtual meetings with each meeting worth 1.5 credits towards the FDC INCLUSIVE certificate on diversity and inclusion in teaching. The FDC will provide the books.
Facilitated by: Dr. Sapna Chopra, Associate Professor, Department of Human Services
Meetings are on the following Fridays from 1:00-2:30 PM on Zoom
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Sept 26
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Oct 10
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Oct 24
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Nov 7
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Nov 21
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Dec 5
Book Descriptions:
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In
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
, historian Timothy Snyder offers a guide for resisting authoritarianism.
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Parable of the Sower
is a post-apocalyptic novel by award-winning
Octavia E Butler
that follows 15 year old Lauren as she navigates climate crises and social chaos and envisions a different world.
Registration
Register using the Fall 2025 Book Club FLC registration form.
