Equity Mindedness in Action by Dr. Charissa Owens https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb DEEP Session 4: English Department en-us 2021-03-12 20:02:43 UTC 2021-04-21 10:32:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/619671349/b749ad048eebbb025f2bc86f3773d151/insti_diver_ofc_w.png Intent vs. impact https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439726665 Key lesson for engaging students and one another

]]> 2021-04-20 19:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439726665 Not sure...more of the same? https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439727213 2021-04-20 19:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439727213 emphasis on daily practice and learning through observation and awareness https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439727525 2021-04-20 19:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439727525 the presence of microagressions among faculty that go unremarked upon. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439727561 2021-04-20 19:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439727561 How unintentional bias persists https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439728990 2021-04-20 19:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439728990 The challenge of attending to both structural contributors and individual contributors to ongoing areas in need of attention seamanm2 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439731172 2021-04-20 19:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439731172 People like to talk, but putting words into action is a different matter. Feeling a little defeated today :(. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439733003 2021-04-20 19:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439733003 My own past participation in a practice that is probably discriminatory https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439733859

]]> 2021-04-20 19:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439733859 Learning to pace myself! https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439733872 So many new ideas! Trying to focus on one thing at a time.]]> 2021-04-20 19:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439733872 The more we lean into our discomforts, the more we exercise the muscle to be vocal for equality. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439735668 2021-04-20 19:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439735668 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439736185 Challenge of creating sustainable and real change, versus performative change

]]> 2021-04-20 19:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439736185 difficulty of prioritizing actions https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439740536 2021-04-20 19:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439740536 All ENGL 299 students will study intersectionality by reading BIPOC scholars on intersectionality in LF, CW, EDEN, and WRP contexts, and using intersectionality to understand writing within these four contexts. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439854924 this could be assessed using the or something like that

]]> 2021-04-20 20:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439854924 20% of writing courses (110, 299, 300-level, 200-level) use anti-racist assessment practices craigjw1 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439855412 2021-04-20 20:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439855412 By fall 2022, all creative writing courses feature syllabi with at least 40% readings from alana, bipoc, lgbtq+ writers. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439855790 2021-04-20 20:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439855790 Starting in 2022, at least five (5) ALANA students will participate in English Day every year and at least two (2) ALANA students will work with department faculty on multicultural SURF grants. We can partner with AAST, WGS, and Hispanic Studies, the Center for the Study of Slavery, etc. as necessary, to identify or recruit interested students and potential majors and minors. fraziervaleriedoris https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439855981 2021-04-20 20:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439855981 In 5 years, make the ENGL program representative of the racial makeup of Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley counties by working with local BIPOC-led organizations https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439856084 2021-04-20 20:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439856084 All ENG 110 courses use anti-racism policies https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439856402 2021-04-20 20:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439856402 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439856583 Integrate scholarly articles written by BIPOC into the ENGL 110 syllabus by end of the year.]]> 2021-04-20 20:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439856583 Raise funds for 10 scholarships supporting underrepresented groups DrCMOwens https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439857742 2021-04-20 20:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439857742 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439858284 By the end of fall semester, have OAKS modules in place that gather antiracist pedagogy resources for each concentration.

]]> 2021-04-20 20:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439858284 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439858982 We will achieve HSS averages in majors who are POC

]]> 2021-04-20 20:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439858982 In the next three years, all ENGL classes will offer at least one text (or work of literary criticism) written by ALANA. We can hold workshops within our divisions (WRP, LF, Creative Writing) to help choose good authors (maybe with help from other departments). https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439859162 2021-04-20 20:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439859162 Partner with colleagues in the OID across the fall 2021 semester to develop a peer observation teaching program focusing on anti-racist pedagogy and managing class dynamics. Refine the peer observation materials and rubrics across the spring 2022 semester and plan for fall 2022 implementation. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439859573 2021-04-20 20:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439859573 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439861395 Partner next year with educators at Burke High School on developing a service-learning course, with students and faculty leading afterschool literary and creative writing activities. 

[Start next year to develop service-learning courses that take faculty and students into the community (writing tutors, book clubs, creative writing camps in schools, such as Burke HS).]

]]> 2021-04-20 20:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439861395 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439861529 Every new job search will include candidates who are POC in the short list

]]> 2021-04-20 20:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439861529 By Spring 2022, all ENG 110 courses should include at least 4 texts written by ALANA authors https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439861757 2021-04-20 20:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439861757 All LF classes include at least some works by ALANA authors and/or scholars by 2021-22. Offer assistance with this task to professors who would like it. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439862002 2021-04-20 20:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439862002 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439862942 By academic year 2022-2023, consult with WGS to revise the department's bylaws to create more room for collaboration and alternative viewpoints.

]]> 2021-04-20 20:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439862942 By Spring 2022, implement the work of anti-racist educators into at least one major project in ENGL 110... students then create their own artifacts doing anti-racist work https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439864816 2021-04-20 20:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439864816 In the next 5 years, work together with WGS, African-American Studies, and Special Education to offer co-taught cultural studies courses that address intersectionality specifically. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439865316 2021-04-20 20:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439865316 Writing Lab begins holding hours for the general public in the capacity of a community literacy center craigjw1 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439868800 2021-04-20 20:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439868800 increase the number of BIPOC minors by 10% by Fall 2022 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439891856 by seeking out and supporting work, art and businesses f BIPOC]]> 2021-04-20 20:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439891856 20% of writing courses craigjw1 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439892002 To support the work of BIPOC, by Fall 2022, 20% of writing courses will utilize responsive, anti-racism assessment practices]]> 2021-04-20 20:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439892002 consider collaboration with local HBCUs -- SC State, Claflin, Morris, Coker, etc. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439913440 2021-04-20 20:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439913440 I'd also like to see some sort of way we can talk to each other when we feel uncomfortable with a meeting or department function. Maybe we can continue doing this work on our own, like once or twice a semester? Just getting together, using padlet, and allowing ourselves to put our reactions/ideas out into the open. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439919395 2021-04-20 20:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439919395 collecting identity based data https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965246 2021-04-20 20:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965246 Gather BIPOC student feedback https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965422 2021-04-20 20:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965422 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965556 Making sure our classrooms are welcome places for students in underrepresented groups

]]> 2021-04-20 20:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965556 holding listening sessions with students and sponsoring anonymous message boards https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965884 2021-04-20 20:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965884 Trying to identify where less obvious inequities might lie in within courses / classroom practices https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965995 2021-04-20 20:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439965995 Exercise humility about a humiliating past https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439966298 2021-04-20 20:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439966298 comparing student make up of 110 and makeup in the major. survey BIPOC students who chose not to take more ENGL courses craigjw1 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439966411 2021-04-20 20:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439966411 exercise humility -- https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439966731 2021-04-20 20:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439966731 anonymous surveys to students and faculty https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439966772 2021-04-20 20:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439966772 #6 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439967135 Make sure that hiring search committees are inclusive and diverse (in terms of rank, field/specialty, identity/gender). Also consider having an outside member, as we do with T&P review.]]> 2021-04-20 20:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439967135 continuing to work together and support each other's efforts the way we have this year https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439968061 2021-04-20 20:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439968061 Charissa and Lynda, I’m not sure if you guys know this, but the department has been discussing this strategic plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Tt_VoSY1zyAaP4j85_3HnHBhi4Wn_KcMY9nHNVtP4c/edit?usp=sharing https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439991835 YES!]]> 2021-04-20 20:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439991835 Work with OID and Insitutional Research to gather data about student demographics and to learn strategies for continually conducting this research ourselves. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439993679 2021-04-20 20:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439993679 create an anonymous forum for faculty and students to provide identity based data to help us assess our effectiveness in putting equity into action https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439997261 2021-04-20 21:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/yaq943jh78i8rbvb/wish/1439997261