[Uosenate] Fwd: Register for Teaching Workshops on Antiracism, Extreme Partisanship and Elevating Student Voices.

[Senate President]

Hi Senate colleagues,

I want to highlight the resources listed in the message below from our Division of Equity and Inclusion and the Center on Diversity and Community. Each of the workshops and tools linked below is consistent with our anti-racism resolution and the work we are doing this year as individuals and a collective to identify and eliminate racism on campus. I found the new Teaching and the Election<https://blogs.uoregon.edu/keepteaching/2020/10/20/teaching-and-the-election/> post to be particularly helpful. There is also a workshop<https://blogs.uoregon.edu/keepteaching/upcoming-workshops/> on this topic happening right now.

Much more to come,

- Ell

Elliot Berkman
Senate President
Professor, Department of Psychology & Center for Translational Neuroscience
he/him/his
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From: VP for Equity and Inclusion
Date: Oct 22, 2020, 9:47 AM -0700
Cc: VP for Equity and Inclusion
Subject: Register for Teaching Workshops on Antiracism, Extreme Partisanship and Elevating Student Voices.


Dear Colleague:

Take a deep breath, and give yourself a hug– you have made it to Week 4 of Fall Term. We at the Division of Equity and Inclusion<https://inclusion.uoregon.edu/> know how hard you’ve been working to adapt your courses to the remote teaching environment while managing your home life through all the exigencies 2020 has wrought – a global pandemic, the latest cycle of displays of discrimination, anti-black racism, wildfires, a contentious election.

To support your pedagogical toolbox, we have invited Dr. Joan Middendorf<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://education.indiana.edu/about/directory/profiles/middendorf-joan.html__;!!C5qS4YX3!Qi_NOf2QKPD1kscPvKwlww7xGu0hVK1OOxyWltYbfdIxZBcDRwEbPC1ryLDDrzvt16I$>, Lead Instructional Consultant with Indiana University’s Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning, to lead three virtual workshops for UO faculty to help you better engage your students with love, authenticity, courage, and empathy<https://inclusion.uoregon.edu/lace>during this difficult moment in history. Dr. Yvette Alex-Assensoh will co-facilitate the sessions.

The first of these virtual workshops, Teaching for Democracy During Extreme Partisanship, will be held Friday, October 30, from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. A second workshop on Bringing Anti-Racist Practices into the Classroom will be held on November 20, and the final session, Giving Students Voice in Your Classroom, will be held on January 15, 2021. Full descriptions of the workshops, with links to register, are below.

Relatedly, if you’re not already well acquainted with the resources available through our incredible Teaching Engagement Program (TEP), we encourage you to take a few moments to review their latest blog post, Teaching and the Election<https://blogs.uoregon.edu/keepteaching/2020/10/20/teaching-and-the-election/>, which includes a link to their Teaching in Turbulent Times Toolkit<https://blogs.uoregon.edu/keepteaching/teaching-in-turbulent-times-toolkit/>. While on their site, you can check out their upcoming workshops<https://blogs.uoregon.edu/keepteaching/upcoming-workshops/>, including one this Thursday, October 22, 4-5pm, Faculty Forum: Addressing the Election.

We hope that you are able to take advantage of one or all of these workshops. And if there are ways we at the Center on Diversity and Community<https://inclusion.uoregon.edu/center-diversity-and-community-codac> or DEI can be helpful to you, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

With all best wishes for a successful end of term,

Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Professor of Political Science
Charlotte Moats-Gallagher, Director, Center on Diversity and Community



Workshop Descriptions and Registration Links:

Teaching for Democracy During Extreme Partisanship (October 30, 12 -1:30pm)
Register Here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6WjlWgMWdNuYTsN__;!!C5qS4YX3!Qi_NOf2QKPD1kscPvKwlww7xGu0hVK1OOxyWltYbfdIxZBcDRwEbPC1ryLDDCHSYoYY$>
Take this heightened moment of blatant racism and pandemic; add on the uncertainty of the upcoming election. What can teachers do to help students who may be in pain from these dual crises—who may also struggle with the developmental challenges of maturing political and religious beliefs, sexual identities, gendered histories, and more? This workshop we will explore three frameworks. As a starting point for students feeling self-conscious in classroom interactions, we can pay closer attention to classroom dynamics, considering several ways to intentionally structure lessons. Next, we will explore the dualism that makes a black and white/right and wrong viewpoint so prevalent, and how it impacts students of all racial backgrounds. Where does dualism originate and what does dualism look like in our classrooms? How can we challenge students to take a more nuanced view of our discipline and the country? Finally, we will choose from the Institute for Democracy in Higher Education’s Election Imperatives 2.0 to find simple or transformative activities for encouraging student participation in the election. With thoughtful preparations, we can both reassure and challenge students for their role as citizens in a contested country.

Bringing Anti-Racist Practices into the Classroom (November 20, 12-1:30pm)
Register Here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9HbS4at5OZl6ml7__;!!C5qS4YX3!Qi_NOf2QKPD1kscPvKwlww7xGu0hVK1OOxyWltYbfdIxZBcDRwEbPC1ryLDD3HuOcxQ$>
Some fields have long been engaging with race, gender, and justice as explicit components of their curricula. To name a few, ethnic studies and women and gender studies, sociology (structural racism), and anthropology (culture) explore class, race, and gender through disciplinary concepts. But for many fields, silence on these issues reinforces existing racism, sexism, and the perceived superiority of certain groups.

150 years after the Civil War, the impact of slavery still affects American society. Structural and institutional racism are undermining access, success and health. In the light of the most recent cycles of murders of black women and men by the police, alongside historical and ongoing oppression of Native, Latinx, ADPI communities, instructors realize that the things we didn’t think we had to teach are crucial. Now, every instructor from anthropology to zoology is expected to address the white supremacy hidden in plain sight. Many instructors do not yet feel prepared to address this in the classroom. But what we have learned from this moment is, we can all begin to do the work and can increase our preparedness, our comfort with the vulnerability required. Using a workshop format, small groups will discuss racism in our disciplines (Easton, et. al, 2019), we will brainstorm about the explicit and implicit curriculum of our fields, and compare some anti-racist practices to bring into our classrooms.

Giving Students Voice in Your Classroom (January 15, 12-1:30pm)
Register Here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9LeTWlDr8GddFYx__;!!C5qS4YX3!Qi_NOf2QKPD1kscPvKwlww7xGu0hVK1OOxyWltYbfdIxZBcDRwEbPC1ryLDDxqiPfCM$>
In this time of uprising, students no longer want to be passive recipients of teaching, but actively involved in the issues covered, the methods used, and leading the learning process. This workshop will compare a wide range of approaches for giving students a voice in the classroom.
•       Trusting students on tests in remote teaching (open book, open notes, open friend)
•       Labor-based grading (to encourage students to keep up and avoid classic standards, which can keep some groups down)
•       Building community in the classroom (setting norms as a class for discussions, plus other techniques to build community)
•       Loving our students and creating a sense of love in the classroom
•       Students as partners (students as peers in teaching, research, and SOTL)
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