January 2021 FOTL Session Descriptions
Opening Panel: 9:00AM-10:30AM
Reflections on Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Moderators:
Jessica Mansbach, FCIP
Bridget Colacchio Wesley, FCIP
Student Presenters:
Clay Connor Ellmore
Katharine Flores
Moriah Johnson
Jacque Stefanic
Brandon Thomas
Anastasia Tull
Taylor Thomas
Our panelists will share their experience with online teaching and learning and Anti-Racist Pedagogy during their time at Loyola, especially during the pandemic.
Concurrent Session Block 1: 10:45AM-11:45AM
Small Steps to Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator
Faculty Presenters:
Mary Byrn
Carla Kupe
Niam McGuigan
Our panelists will talk about strategies that can be used to design an anti-racist course. They will set the stage by describing the importance of internal self-reflection in anti-racist work. Then, they will describe how they used strategies from this summer’s anti-racist pedagogy sessions to redesign pieces of one of their courses to make it more anti-racist. The session will conclude with strategies for encouraging your students to engage in critical assessment of information resources that can perpetuate systemic racism. Attendees will come away with practical strategies to center anti-racism in their pedagogical practices.
Decentering Whiteness in the Classroom
Faculty Presenters:
Sasha Adkins
Andrea Boyd
Brit Holmberg
Our panelists will facilitate an interactive exploration of the tendencies of white dominant culture, their negative impact on the learning experiences of all students, and alternative, anti-racist methods for teaching & learning.
Facilitating Discussion
Faculty Presenters:
Pam Morris
Zelda Harris
Susan McCarthy
Our panelists will discuss how to elicit a variety of student voices in discussion before, during, and after class. Then, they will describe two approaches they use to prompt their students to discuss and think deeply about diversity and social justice within their specific subject areas
Concurrent Session Block 2: 12pm-1pm
Outcomes and Assessments
Faculty Presenters:
Jeff Huntsinger
Chipo Nyambuya
In this session, we first discuss sources of biases in the delivery of educational information in the classroom and how to avoid them. We next discuss bias in educational testing and assessment and how to eliminate them.
Intellectual Humility
Faculty Presenters:
Joe Vukov
Michael Burns
Susan Haarman
Intellectual humility is an essential principle to both impart to our students and incorporate to our own teaching and approach to scholarship. It both encourages a growth mindset approach to learning and lays important foundation for anti-racist dialogues, teaching, and interventions. Join us to learn more about how to apply this in your classroom and in your teaching.
Responsiveness and Reflexivity in Everyday Pedagogy
Faculty Presenters:
Abha Rai
Joerg Zimmermann
David Castro
Our panelists will share best-practices of how they set expectations, build an inclusive community, involve students in course design, and structure the course in a way that is responsive to students’ identities
Opening Panel: 9:00AM-10:30AM
Reflections on Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Moderators:
Jessica Mansbach, FCIP
Bridget Colacchio Wesley, FCIP
Student Presenters:
Clay Connor Ellmore
Katharine Flores
Moriah Johnson
Jacque Stefanic
Brandon Thomas
Anastasia Tull
Taylor Thomas
Our panelists will share their experience with online teaching and learning and Anti-Racist Pedagogy during their time at Loyola, especially during the pandemic.
Concurrent Session Block 1: 10:45AM-11:45AM
Small Steps to Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator
Faculty Presenters:
Mary Byrn
Carla Kupe
Niam McGuigan
Our panelists will talk about strategies that can be used to design an anti-racist course. They will set the stage by describing the importance of internal self-reflection in anti-racist work. Then, they will describe how they used strategies from this summer’s anti-racist pedagogy sessions to redesign pieces of one of their courses to make it more anti-racist. The session will conclude with strategies for encouraging your students to engage in critical assessment of information resources that can perpetuate systemic racism. Attendees will come away with practical strategies to center anti-racism in their pedagogical practices.
Decentering Whiteness in the Classroom
Faculty Presenters:
Sasha Adkins
Andrea Boyd
Brit Holmberg
Our panelists will facilitate an interactive exploration of the tendencies of white dominant culture, their negative impact on the learning experiences of all students, and alternative, anti-racist methods for teaching & learning.
Facilitating Discussion
Faculty Presenters:
Pam Morris
Zelda Harris
Susan McCarthy
Our panelists will discuss how to elicit a variety of student voices in discussion before, during, and after class. Then, they will describe two approaches they use to prompt their students to discuss and think deeply about diversity and social justice within their specific subject areas
Concurrent Session Block 2: 12pm-1pm
Outcomes and Assessments
Faculty Presenters:
Jeff Huntsinger
Chipo Nyambuya
In this session, we first discuss sources of biases in the delivery of educational information in the classroom and how to avoid them. We next discuss bias in educational testing and assessment and how to eliminate them.
Intellectual Humility
Faculty Presenters:
Joe Vukov
Michael Burns
Susan Haarman
Intellectual humility is an essential principle to both impart to our students and incorporate to our own teaching and approach to scholarship. It both encourages a growth mindset approach to learning and lays important foundation for anti-racist dialogues, teaching, and interventions. Join us to learn more about how to apply this in your classroom and in your teaching.
Responsiveness and Reflexivity in Everyday Pedagogy
Faculty Presenters:
Abha Rai
Joerg Zimmermann
David Castro
Our panelists will share best-practices of how they set expectations, build an inclusive community, involve students in course design, and structure the course in a way that is responsive to students’ identities