Elizabeth Landesberg

My work as an educator has been deeply influenced by my experiences with the Literacy Through Photography (LTP) methodology as well as the LTP program at the Center for Documentary Studies—specifically, its emphasis on reading, watching, understanding, and producing visual media as a way to encourage critical thinking, self-expression and participation. Through LTP, I have worked with high school students in Durham Public Schools (in Durham, NC) as well as in Arusha, Tanzania. In the summer of 2014, I spent eight weeks in Tanzania as the Site Coordinator eight-week immersive civic engagement program for Duke undergraduates in Arusha, Tanzania. Through a partnership between teachers in Durham and Arusha, we conducted workshops and led educational programming in classrooms and extracurricular settings for primary and secondary school students and teachers.