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Critical (Race) Media Literacy In The Curriculum Of Faculty Development: The Retreat To Teachable Moments, Vonzell Agosto, Zorka Karanxha, Deirdre Cobb-Roberts Jan 2014

Critical (Race) Media Literacy In The Curriculum Of Faculty Development: The Retreat To Teachable Moments, Vonzell Agosto, Zorka Karanxha, Deirdre Cobb-Roberts

Vonzell Agosto

This chapter illustrates a case study of a diversity committee and its co-chairs’ attempt to infuse critical theories of race and media literacy into the curriculum of professional development for faculty and graduate students. An aim of the co-chairs was to provide faculty and graduate assistants opportunities to engage in dialogue around critical incidents involving Blackface in connection to racial oppression in the development of critical media literacy as a theoretical and pedagogical tool.