The Needs of Others: Human Rights, International Organizations, and Intervention in Rwanda, 1994

Reacting to the Past is an award-winning series of immersive role-playing games that actively engage students in their own learning.

Students assume the roles of historical characters to practice critical thinking, primary source analysis, and both written and spoken argument. Reacting games are flexible enough to be used across the curriculum, from first-year general education classes and discussion sections of lecture classes to capstone experiences and honors programs.

Kelly McFall is professor of history and chair of the humanities division at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Since 2013, he has run a popular podcast focusing on new books in genocide studies. In 2014, he won the inaugural Faculty of Distinction award from the Kansas Independent Colleges Association, recognizing his teaching excellence. He is a member of the Reacting to the Past editorial board and author of a forthcoming Reacting to the Past game with Abby Perkiss on Title IX, gender, and athletics.