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Sara Baxley

Lecturer

RIT Kosovo

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RIT Kosovo-

Sara Baxley

Lecturer

RIT Kosovo

Bio

Ms. Baxley is originally from Southern Louisiana where she grew up dancing and practicing yoga.  Her fascination with Eastern and Western Philosophy began while studying at Loyola University New Orleans, after which, she moved to New York City to further explore modern dance. 
While living in New York City, she completed her advanced yoga studies while serving diverse communities as a wellness professional. During this time, she also completed an MA in Philosophy from the New School of Social Research and an MA in International Affairs, with a concentration in Conflict Studies from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at the New School in New York City.
Sara first came to Kosovo as a graduate student then later returned as a Fulbright Scholar. She has worked with international and Kosovo nonprofits furthering the rights of marginalized communities, people with disability, and women. Before joining RIT Kosovo (AUK), she taught in New York City colleges, and High School and Middle School in Kosovo.  Since joining RIT Kosovo, she has been actively involved with the university community and Erasmus+ projects.
Sara is interested in furthering interdisciplinary connections related to well-being more generally.  She seeks ways to practically apply these ideologies for a better understanding of our natural and interpersonal experience at the individual, communal, and global levels.  Currently, she is exploring and developing simulation-based methods of teaching and learning about these fields with an emphasis on understanding more precisely our obligation to protect and promote the well-being of all humans and natural organisms.

Currently Teaching

PHIL-102
3 Credits
This course examines ethical questions that arise in the course of day-to-day individual and social life. Some consideration will be given to ethical theory and its application to such questions, but emphasis will be on basic moral questions and practical issues. Examples of typical issues to be examined are: What are the grounds for moral obligations like keeping promises or obeying the law? How do we reason about what to do? Examples of typical moral issues that may be introduced are capital punishment, euthanasia, abortion, corporate responsibility, the treatment of animals, and so forth.
UWRT-150
3 Credits
Writing Seminar is a three-credit course limited to 19 students per section. The course is designed to develop first-year students’ proficiency in analytical and rhetorical reading and writing, and critical thinking. Students will read, understand, and interpret a variety of non-fiction texts representing different cultural perspectives and/or academic disciplines. These texts are designed to challenge students intellectually and to stimulate their writing for a variety of contexts and purposes. Through inquiry-based assignment sequences, students will develop academic research and literacy practices that will be further strengthened throughout their academic careers. Particular attention will be given to the writing process, including an emphasis on teacher-student conferencing, critical self-assessment, class discussion, peer review, formal and informal writing, research, and revision. Small class size promotes frequent student-instructor and student-student interaction. The course also emphasizes the principles of intellectual property and academic integrity for both current academic and future professional writing.

In the News

  • May 17, 2021

    RIT Kosovo Honors Society Students & RIT Kosovo Honors Committee.

    RIT Kosovo Honors Society Students 2021

    By the end of each academic year, RIT Kosovo (RIT-K) organizes the Honors Students’ Presentation Day.
    During this academic year, a total of eight Honors students successfully passed all requirements to become members of RIT-K Honors Society and presented their Senior Capstone Research Projects on April 29, 2021.