Courses
Study and Practice Narrative Across Media and Genres
Every year, the Stanford Storytelling Project offers courses that help us understand how we can use stories to create personal growth and social change. All of our courses explore both story craft and process and help students develop creative confidence. Most of our courses fulfill undergraduate requirements, such as WAY-CE (Creative Expression), WAY-AII (Aesthetic and Interpretative Inquiry), or WAY-WR2 (Writing 2). Use our menu on the left to explore previous courses and check out this year's offering below.
Autumn 2024
Holistic College Student Development: Theory and Practices
This course explores and develops practices to support holistic, college student development. We will examine classic cognitive theories of intellectual and ethical development, moral development and reasoning, psychosocial development, and racial, ethnic, and religious identity development.
Fall 2024, Weds 1:30 - 4:20pm, 3 units
Instructors: anthony antonio, Jonah Willihnganz
Oral Documentary Workshop
This workshop will lead students through the process of turning interviews, archival tape, and other recorded material into an accomplished audio documentary suited for public radio and major podcasts.
Fall 2025, Friday 9:30-10:50am, 1 unit.
Instructor: Laura Joyce Davis.
Winter 2025
Love: Art, Science, and Practice
Designed as a chance to take a deep dive into the nature of love, the course looks at its history, how science and art help us understand it, and how wisdom traditions help us practice it.
Winter 2025, Weds 10:30am - 1:20pm, 3 units
Instructor: Jonah Willihnganz, Fulfills: WR2, WAYS-CE
Sound Stories
This seminar is designed for students interested in creating audio stories for radio, podcast, and other forms of sonic narrative. This is a hybrid class, equal parts classic seminar and creative workshop.
Winter 2025, Tues/Thurs 9:30 - 11:20am, 4 units
Instructor: Laura Joyce Davis, Fulfills: WR2, WAYS-CE
Spring 2025
Stories to Save Our Planet
The United Nations have called climate change the challenge of our generation. In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to that conversation by creating a podcast episode about a specific climate change solution.
Spring 2025, Tues/Thurs 11:30am - 1:20pm, 4 units
Instructor: Laura Joyce Davis. Fulfills WR2, WAYS-CE.