The value of process in racial equity work: Reflections from a faculty learning community

This article explores how one higher education faculty learning community engaged in reflective practices in pursuit of their commitment to the inclusion of anti-racist content and pedagogy across their multidisciplinary curriculums. As a key initial step in engaging in this collaborative, cross-dis...

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Main Authors: Alyson M Martin, Emily R Shamash, Emily Smith, Jocelyn Novella, Julie Berrett-Abebe, LaTasha Smith, Laurie L. McCarty, Michael Regan, Stephanie Storms
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Michigan Publishing Services 2023-05-01
Series:To Improve the Academy
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Online Access:https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/tia/article/id/2490/
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Summary:This article explores how one higher education faculty learning community engaged in reflective practices in pursuit of their commitment to the inclusion of anti-racist content and pedagogy across their multidisciplinary curriculums. As a key initial step in engaging in this collaborative, cross-disciplinary work, they set out to consider collective definitions of key terms that are deemed critical to anti-racist pedagogy. This group engaged in a collaborative exploratory process to explore definitions and understanding of the following terms: whiteness, racism, race, racial equity, racial injustice/inequity, white supremacy, and anti-racism and document the reflective process by which the determination took place. Themes among the definitions and dynamics within the group process are identified and analyzed. The discussion focuses on the challenges and learning within the reflective process and the implications for faculty learning communities and for the anti-racist preparation of professionals in education and mental health contexts.
ISSN:2334-4822