Teaching with Taylor Swift can be a great way to create lessons and help build connections to material that students won’t ever want to, you know, shake off, says Misty L. Heggeness, an economics professor and scientist at the University of Kansas.
Heggeness recently created Swiftynomics 101, a free online course. The short course is designed to be used by teachers with their students in various subjects and examines Swift’s success and her relationship with recent Super Bowl champion NFL star Travis Kelce through an economic lens that seemingly does the impossible — makes economic theory relatable to everyone. Heggeness is also writing a book called SWIFTYNOMICS, which will explore similar topics.
