Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Adapting Our Teaching Habits with Felicia Rose Chavez

Transformative Learning in the Humanities

A Virtual Anti-Racist Pedagogy Workshop Series on Tues, Feb 8  &  Wed, Feb 16, 2022 @ 4-5:15PM EST

Join us for a Two-Part Virtual Workshop Series by Felicia Rose Chavez, author of <a href="https://www.antiracistworkshop.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop</a> on February 8, 2022 and February 16, 2022 @ 4-5:15PM EST.So much of teaching is about inheritance, about reinforcing the way it’s always been done. Many of us can’t even articulate why we teach the way that we do, beyond tradition serving as a rite of passage. But if “the way it’s always been done” hurts and marginalizes a subset of our students, how might we adapt our teaching habits to actively achieve plurality? How can we ensure anti-racism in our classrooms? How can we create better ways of teaching alert to implicit and explicit bias of all kinds? Imagine if we empowered students to take charge of their writing by teaching them professional managerial practices, those real-life skills that best serve long-term, collaborative projects. Critique is an intricate skill that necessitates attention, from one-on-one mentorship to peer review exercises, small group work, and large group workshop. By training students in how to summarize their projects, articulate constructive questions, and moderate their own feedback sessions, we acknowledge their accountability. Students go on to claim ownership of not only their work, but their working relationships with instructors and peers. This interactive workshop draws on storytelling, freewriting exercises, and discussion to prompt us to interrogate our academic and cultural inheritance with the goal of discovering possibilities beyond traditional teaching models. Participants will leave with 20+ specific, practical take-aways for everyday anti-racist action, helping us shift from authority over our students to allies to our students.Felicia Rose Chavez is an award-winning educator with an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Iowa. She is author of <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bookshop.org_books_the-2Danti-2Dracist-2Dwriting-2Dworkshop-2Dhow-2Dto-2Ddecolonize-2Dthe-2Dcreative-2Dclassroom_9781642592672&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&amp;r=kSMOTl3627Pz7Q3GQsE6Yxh9YAcUJahBaJtlmRvvfkg&amp;m=ACDNzbuaV-4ta9btNQMwFddlmt5gcSatelUhKXJCGkE&amp;s=RrOJKbCPp0GuvNeuUhVUAoslB2lDZMkqT_dUH8Jc4Lk&amp;e=" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom</a> and co-editor of <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bookshop.org_books_the-2Dbreakbeat-2Dpoets-2Dvol-2D4-2Dlatinext_9781642591293&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&amp;r=kSMOTl3627Pz7Q3GQsE6Yxh9YAcUJahBaJtlmRvvfkg&amp;m=ACDNzbuaV-4ta9btNQMwFddlmt5gcSatelUhKXJCGkE&amp;s=YPiA8cPpLA2TSNYPHhCCPqFZxdu36J_47qUv9ykMSng&amp;e=" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The BreakBeat Poets Volume 4: LatiNEXT</a> with Willie Perdomo and Jose Olivarez. Felicia’s teaching career began in Chicago, where she served as Program Director to Young Chicago Authors and founded GirlSpeak, a feminist webzine for high school students. She went on to teach writing at the University of New Mexico, where she was distinguished as the Most Innovative Instructor of the Year, the University of Iowa, where she was distinguished as the Outstanding Instructor of the Year, and Colorado College, where she received the Theodore Roosevelt Collins Outstanding Faculty Award. Her creative scholarship earned her a Ronald E. McNair Fellowship, a University of Iowa Graduate Dean’s Fellowship, a Riley Scholar Fellowship, and a Hadley Creatives Fellowship. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, she currently serves as the Bronfman Creativity and Innovation Scholar-in-Residence at Colorado College. For more information about The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop, and to access (and add to!) a multi-genre compilation of contemporary writers of color, visit <a href="http://www.antiracistworkshop.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.antiracistworkshop.com</a>.

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}

Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Adapting Our Teaching Habits with Felicia Rose Chavez

More events from Transformative Learning in the Humanities

Discover more events from Transformative Learning in the Humanities, from Business to other experiences you might love.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all online events to browse and filter by date, category, and more.

Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Adapting Our Teaching Habits with Felicia Rose Chavez

More events from Transformative Learning in the Humanities

Discover more events from Transformative Learning in the Humanities, from Business to other experiences you might love.

You might also like...

Browse more events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all online events to browse and filter by date, category, and more.