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Faculty Resources on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Striving for Inclusive Excellence in the Classroom and Beyond

The Center for Teaching, Research & Learning (CTRL) is committed to fostering an inclusive community of faculty at American University and is continuously working on helping faculty develop skills that serve the goals outlined in AU’s Plan for Inclusive Excellence.

We host panel discussions and workshops on various topics related to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and you can request a meeting with one of our Instructional Designers or with our Inclusive Pedagogy Faculty Fellows to discuss topics that are relevant to your own teaching.

TRENDING RESOURCES

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Foundations of Data Equity

Presented by Heather Krausse, Data Assist

We often want to see data as objective, but it is affected by individual and systemic bias. Click the title above to watch the webinar, Foundations of Data Equity.

10 Habits to Humanize Online Classrooms

“Antiracist pedagogy recognizes students as deeply complex individuals and disrupts the marginalization of those of color and others left behind,” writes Amaarah DeCuir (CTRL, IP Fellow).

Click to read the full article.

Look for Helpers: Creating and Maintaining a Culture of Allyship/Advocacy in Computing+Tech

A lecture by Dr. Nicki Washington, hosted virtually on October 28, 2 – 3 p.m. Dr. Washington’s joined us as part of this year’s virtual Bishop C.C. McCabe Lecture 2020-2021 Series, and we are so grateful for her time and scholarship!

REVIEW the session recording: https://www.american.edu/cas/bishopmccabe/

For feedback and comments contact: chelseya@american.edu

Ready to Be an Ally for Black Academics? Here’s a Start

Twelve ways that white faculty members can better support Black academics in their department and across the campus.

ESL (English as a Second Language) Learners in Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

This resource invites faculty to see diversity, equity, and inclusion in a new light: to see how the integration of tech tools including assistive technology in education can lead to greater engagement and the inclusion of our diverse learners. Learn more about ESL Learners in Undergraduate and Graduate Courses.

Inclusive Classrooms: AU Students Share their Experiences

American University Students share their stories and advice on how to create inclusive classrooms for all students.

Interrogating Your Discipline, and Other Ways Into Anti-Racist Teaching

When students return to college this fall, they’ll have lived through months of protests and debate about racial injustice and inequality and many professors will want to address this moment with their students. But if equity, inclusion, and systemic racism are not topics they typically cover in their courses, what should they do?

‘We Can’t Ignore This Issue’: How to Talk With Students About Racism

As protests over the police killing of George Floyd and other Black people, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, and debates about policing put the spotlight on the country’s struggles with racism, many professors are wondering how to address those events in their classrooms this fall.

Marketing Inclusion: A Social Justice Project for Diversity Education

We discuss the context of diversity issues in business schools and identify key issues affecting marketing educators.

Mapping Margins

Over the last two decades, women have organized against the almost routine violence that shapes their lives. Drawing from the strength of shared experience, women have recognized that the political demands of millions speak more powerfully than the pleas of a few isolated voices.

Whiteness as Property

Issues regarding race and racial identity as well as questions pertaining to property rights and ownership have been prominent in much public discourse in the United States. In this article, Professor Harris contributes to this discussion by positing that racial identity and property are deeply interrelated concepts.

Race in the Marketplace and COVID-19

In the United States alone, COVID-19 has claimed tens of thousands of lives. And though it is no respecter of wealth, social status, or national boundary, initial claims that “We are all in this together!” have fallen flat.

Our New Normal Cannot Be Our Old Normal

Click the title above to watch the recording of this workshop.
This session will challenge you to consider ideas to shape the “new normal” for your pedagogy and practice. We’ll do this by examining what we and our students have experienced in “College during Covid,” and confronting the inequities and disparities these experiences have revealed. In doing so, we’ll consider what a “new normal” based upon radical welcoming, inclusion and belonging, and an explicitly antiracist praxis might look like in our own teaching and learning practices.

Trending Topics Due to COVID-19

  • COVID-19: 10 steps for transferring your course online
  • Coping with Coronavirus: How Faculty Members Can Support Students in Traumatic Times
  • Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19
  • 8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching
  • Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely
  • COVID-19 and Its Impact on Academia (Blog)
  • Why You Shouldn’t Try to Replicate Your Classroom Teaching Online
  • Why Is Zoom So Exhausting?
  • After Coronavirus Subsides, We Must Protect Students and Teachers (AU-SOE Webinar, Length: 56 mins, 18 secs)
  • Our New Normal Cannot Be Our Old Normal (recording of workshop)

Request a One-on-One Consultation

  • Request a One-on-One Consultation with an Instructional Designer
  • Request a meeting with one of CTRL’s Inclusive Pedagogy Faculty Fellows by sending an email to CTRL@american.edu

Anti-Racism Resources

  • Anti-Racism Resources for White People
  • Resources on Racism and Ethnicity
  • 10 Habits to Humanize Online Classrooms
  • How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism
  • A Reading List to Understand Anti-Asian Racism in America

Upcoming Events on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Topics

Stay tuned for more upcoming workshops!

Recommended Readings

  • Ready to Be an Ally for Black Academics? Here’s a Start (Chronicle of Higher Education)
  • How to Develop Culturally Responsive Teaching for Online Learning (KQED Inc.)
  • Teaching for Racial Justice (Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning)
  • ‘I Was Fed Up’: How #BlackInTheIvory Got Started, and What Its Founders Want to See Next (Chronicle of Higher Education)
  • How Higher Ed Can Fight Racism: ‘Speak Up When It’s Hard’ (Chronicle of Higher Education)
  • Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here’s How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive (Chronicle of Higher Education)
  • Start Talking: A Handbook for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education
    (A resource provided by the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center)

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