Innovating the Teach-In to Transform the Faculty: Findings from a #BlackLivesMatter Teach-In
Item- Title
- Innovating the Teach-In to Transform the Faculty: Findings from a #BlackLivesMatter Teach-In
- Creator
- Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz
- Lina Rincon
- Virginia Rutter
- Format
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Humboldt State University
- Subject
- Black Lives Matter
- Racial Justice
- teaching
- faculty
- higher education
- Abstract
- College students across the U.S. have been mobilizing their campuses in exposing institutional racism, biases, and curriculum structures that have historically marginalized students of color. As a response to ongoing racial justice movements such as #BlackLivesMatter, we developed a new teach-in model with the aim of creating a transformative experience for faculty and students. Our teach-in challenged faculty to incorporate topics related to #BlackLivesMatter to the discipline-specific content of their course during the same one-week period; this was followed by a campus-wide town hall event. Framed by critical race theory with the goal of creating transformative learning for faculty, we sought to assess the impact of the teach-in from the perspective of teachers. Our findings indicated that our teach-in successfully created an opportunity for faculty to interrogate their curriculum, engage students in race discussions, and develop the knowledge and professional skills needed to tackle a more inclusive social justice curriculum.
