
Sociological Imagination Drawing By Tanya Fisher
Student Projects
As an advocate of engaged pedagogy, I design assignments that encourage students to explore social issues through the personalized and creative mediums of art, technology, and storytelling. This page features some of the assignment submissions that I have received from students over the years.


As a PhD student at York University, I thrice assigned a "student choice" project in my role as Teacher's Assistant for Introduction to Sociology. For this project, I asked students to select a creative or personalized medium to explore at least one key course concept. These are some of the assignment submissions that I received. Featured painting: "Bifurcated Consciousness", by Leandrea Sanchez.

I was a course instructor at Sheridan College, Brampton, Ontario from Fall 2022 - April 2025, during which time I taught Introduction to Sociology a total of 8 times. Each semester, I assigned a "Creative Sociological Imagination" project, in which students were asked to select a creative medium to represent C. Wright Mills' concept of the sociological imagination, and to reflect on the experience. These are some of the creative pieces that I received. Featured drawing: "Global Warming!!!" by By Prabhleen Kaur.

As a PhD student at York University, I twice assigned a "student choice" project in my role as a TA for the third year course, Families and Social Change, where I asked students to choose a creative or personalized medium to explore at least one key course concept. These are some of the submissions that I have received. Featured image: Cover Page for Meme Essay on Bangladesh Families by Adri Ananya.

As a course instructor at Sheridan College, I taught the Cultural Studies course, Diverse Genders and Sexualities Around the World, in Fall 2023. For their final assignment, I asked students to use a creative medium to critically represent and personally explore course material. Featured Image: A painting of a photograph from Ka-Man Tse' photography series, Narrow Distances, by Brinda Jayesh Brahmbhatt.