Faculty learning communities : working towards a more equitable, just, and antiracist future in higher education

"This edited book on Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) provides and explores powerful examples of FLCs as a impactful form of professional learning for faculty in higher education. The chapters describe faculty learning community initiatives focused on diversity, equity, and belonging in high...

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Main Authors Rainville, Kristin N. (Author), Desrochers, Cynthia G. (Author), Title, David G. (Author)
Other Authors Cox, Milton D. (writer of foreword.)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2024]
SeriesTransforming teaching and learning in higher education
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806600922
DOI10.1108/9798887304496
Physical Description1 online resource (512 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword : faculty learning communities, diversity, and inclusion : past informs future / Milton D. Cox
  • Cultural communities of practice : faculty seeking equity for indigenous, Black, immigrant, and international students in a collaborative nursing program in Saskatchewan / Selinda England
  • A plea for connection : could a faculty of color learning community be that space / K. Kayon Morgan and Thomas Lee Morgan
  • Practicing togetherness as communities embodying social justice : what does it feel like and how do we know it's happening / Rebekah Chappell and Alexia Buono
  • Rippling out : faculty learning community fellows as critical change agents for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion / Kristen Helmer, Neena Thota, Paula L.S. Rees, and Jonique Childs
  • Uncovering the inequality of equity : narratives of faculty fatigue and "consciousness" in intergroup dialogue / Aireale J. Rodgers
  • Building faculty capacity for anti-oppressive teaching : instructional coaching and the inclusive pedagogies observation protocol at Colorado College / Kristina M. Valtierra and Manya C. Whitaker
  • Exploring language and advocating for linguistic justice / Joy Janzen
  • Grassroots anti-racism faculty learning community : confronting White supremacy through shared leadership / Rachel Burk, Jina Fast, Bethany A. Ford, Mary Packard, Stephanie Savick, and Jennifer Watson Wester
  • Anti-oppressive pedagogy : connecting theory to practice within faculty learning communities / Manya C. Whitaker and Peony E. Fhagen
  • Building capacity to foster racial equity : faculty learning communities for department chairs and program directors / Brian L. McGowan, Samantha Cohen, Kiho Kim, Michael Schroeder, Amanda Taylor, Ximena Varela, and Shari E. Watkins
  • The experiences of Black men in a faculty learning community devoted to Black male collegians / Michael Wood, Stephen Thorne, Julius Davis, Mark Cox, Maurice Robinson, Michael Hawkins, and David Reed
  • Equity, social justice, and anti-racism : an FLC for personal, curricular and institutional transformation / Shradha Tibrewal, Betsy Eudey, and Mary Roaf
  • Preparing critically conscious teachers for the 21st century hybrid/online classroom / James Martinez, Regina L. Suriel, Meagan C. Arrastia-Chisholm, Rosalyn Castano Leech, Sean Lennon, and Nicole D. Alemanne
  • Splash, wade, swim, dive : flexible university support for faculty-initiated equity, diversity, and inclusion learning communities / Clayton Austin, Cherstin M. Lyon, Pavlina McGrady, Margaret Perrow, and Carey Jean Sojka
  • "You can't engage in decolonizing work alone" : the value, challenges, and tensions around building a contract teaching faculty community to disrupt colonialism / Holly Gibbs, Brent Hagerman, Erin Hodson, Sobia Iqbal, Chris Klassen, Lisa Kuron, Jennifer Marshman, Bina Mehta, and Marybeth White
  • The development of a faculty learning community on inclusive mentoring / Kate Williams
  • Cultivating being and practice : integrating the "why, how, and what" in higher education / Velma L. Cobb
  • Liberating faculty learning community spaces : enacting revolutionary pedagogies by invoking the spirit of Che and Paulo / Candi Cipactli Corral, April Petillo, and Gerald Wood
  • Cross-institutional FLCs that support equity-based pedagogy and student success / Breana Bayraktar, Kim Case, Jodi Fisler, Heather Keith, and Mary-Ann Winkelmes
  • Building relationships and connecting inclusive pedagogy through higher education faculty learning communities / Micah Bruce-Davis, Maria I. Bravo-Ruiz, Marietta S. Adams, Tori K. Flint, Aimee H. Barber, Shaofei Han, Melissa A. Gallagher, and Michelle Haj-Broussard
  • Calling for collaborative faculty learning community initiatives to promote inclusive postsecondary education for students with autism / Tanyathorn Hauwadhanasuk, aura Coleman, Diana Seach, Mustafa Karnas, Min Zhuang, and Mathieu Sze
  • A social work department's efforts to confront racism via a faculty learning community / Nicole Saint-Louis, Joy Greenberg, and Jessica M. Kahn.