Living & Learning Community Program
Connect, Explore, and Learn - Together
Living & Learning Communities
Parliament
The Parliament Living & Learning Community will give students powerful tools of social science for understanding how and why we live together now. The courses in Parliament combine historical and present-day approaches as well as normative — “how should we live?” — and empirical — “how do we live?” – questions. The Thrive course will also hold space for pursuing these questions with a special focus on Bryn Mawr. Your entry into Parliament, if you choose to do so, will empower you to speak, listen, disagree, inquire, and imagine better — and to do so with confidence and courage. Parliament is a great option for any potential social science major as well as those interested in Classics, History, Philosophy, and The Growth and Structure of Cities.
Journey Hub
The Journey Hub Living & Learning Community is a great option for students interested in fields including Education Studies, Psychology, Neuroscience, Sociology, The Growth Cities, Museum Studies, and more. Beyond specific potential majors, our Living & Learning Community will bridge academic and community-based contexts, theories, and practices. We're passionate about creating ways for you to build your own pathways as co-authors of your educational journeys. The Journey Hub Living & Learning Community includes courses in Education Studies, THRIVE, and ESem and will allow you to engage in an interdisciplinary experience, aligned with college-wide requirements.
Living & Learning Community Teams
Joel Alden Schlosser
Professor of Political Science and Fairbank Professorship in the Humanities
Parliament Living & Learning Community
Learn more about Professor Schlosser
Amanda Barrett Cox
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Parliament Living & Learning Community
Akirah Fenimore
Assistant Dean of the Senior Experience
Parliament Living & Learning Community
Alice Lesnick
Term Professor in the Dept. of Education, Director of the Layim Tehi Tuma/Thinking Together (LTT) Program in Ghana
Journey Hub Living & Learning Community
Baru Roberson-Hornsby
Assistant Dean of the Junior Experience
Journey Hub Living & Learning Community
Fall 2026 Courses
- Living Justly in an Unkind World with Professor Schlosser
- Society, Culture, and the Individual with Professor Cox
- THRIVE with Dean Fenimore
- Emily Balch Seminar, Section 28: Loving Language with Professor Lesnick
- Education Studies: Theories, Practices, and Possibilities with Professor Lesnick
- THRIVE with Dean Roberson-Hornsby
Spring 2027 Courses
In the spring, students from both LLCs will take a half unit ( 0.5) course co-taught by their LLC Team. LLC faculty and students will co-create both the syllabi and readings for this course during the fall and the course will meet once a week through the spring ‘27 semester.
Frequently Asked Questions
Living and Learning Communities (LLCs) are student cohorts that live together in residence and engage in integrated academic content through an integrative curriculum offered through coursework supported by co-curricular.
Living and Learning Communities (LLCs) offer students the opportunity to build meaningful connections, explore shared interests, and learn alongside peers with similar interests. LLC members live together in the same dorm, participate in engaging on- and off-campus experiences, and enroll in courses together during their first year. These shared experiences foster a strong sense of belonging, support academic success, and help students create lasting friendships from the moment they arrive on campus.
No. Participating in an LLC does not mean that you are committing to a major or future career. The LLC is designed to help you explore that particular area of interest.
Your roommate must apply and be accepted into the LLC in order for you to live together.
The LLCs will be housed in Rhoads North.
Your CP is an upper-class student who lives in the dorm and serves as a mentor for the community. They will introduce you to co-curricular programming, which extends learning beyond the classroom.