Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 12 of 12

Full-Text Articles in Curriculum and Social Inquiry

Responding To Diversity With More Than Simple Lip-Service, Donna L. Miller Feb 2022

Responding To Diversity With More Than Simple Lip-Service, Donna L. Miller

The Montana English Journal

Using contentious topics like those addressed in Joe Limer’s poem “White Hollywood” as catalysts for sparking conversations on complex social issues has potential to raise social consciousness and to support collaborative conversation. Miller’s GREEN APPLE acronym guides teachers and learners in honoring diversity and nurturing social justice. In critical race theory fashion, GREEN APPLE questions enable students of all races and ethnicities to have informed, productive conversations about the forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, the society in which they live.


Women Faculty Of Color, Higher Education, And Sociocultural Change, Luz Areli Medina May 2019

Women Faculty Of Color, Higher Education, And Sociocultural Change, Luz Areli Medina

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This capstone will focus on women faculty of color who are underrepresented in faculty positions in predominantly white institutions. Although not all women faculty of color experience discriminatory treatment we can not ignore the lived experiences of these women who are in a disadvantage within academia. The lack of diversification, unequal representation, and socio-cultural understanding prompts society to take a closer insight to determine the necessary steps in facilitating institutional change within higher education. In order to promote equality for women faculty of color I recommend changing the institutionalized policies, developing quality support and mentoring groups in order to hinder …


Radical Solace And Young Adult Writing: Racialized Dis/Ability, Fan Fiction, And Feel(Ing)S In Composition, Jenn Polish Feb 2019

Radical Solace And Young Adult Writing: Racialized Dis/Ability, Fan Fiction, And Feel(Ing)S In Composition, Jenn Polish

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Deficit-model pedagogies too often abound in our writing classrooms, in everything from punitive attendance policies to content selection and course design methodologies that inadvertently favor students whose bodies fit a white supremacist, ableist norm. I develop conceptions of fandom and consent-based pedagogical practices, and I argue that these can bring us closer to radical solace in our college writing classrooms, particularly when our classrooms are full of variously marginalized students. These students too often must endure deficit-model pedagogies that assume inexpert writing styles in both their written compositions and, indeed, in the very composition of their bodies. What happens, I …


It Takes A Village: (Un)Learning And (Re)Imagining Teaching Transformation Through Race-Based Equity Work And Collaborative Research Analysis, Susan Adams, Jamie Buffington-Adams Jan 2013

It Takes A Village: (Un)Learning And (Re)Imagining Teaching Transformation Through Race-Based Equity Work And Collaborative Research Analysis, Susan Adams, Jamie Buffington-Adams

Susan Adams

Poster presented at the 24th Annual Joseph Taylor Symposium, Indianapolis, IN, February 27, 2013.


Research As Collaborative Act: A Latherian Approach To Collaborative Analysis Of Race-Based Professional Development With K-12 Educators, Susan Adams Sep 2012

Research As Collaborative Act: A Latherian Approach To Collaborative Analysis Of Race-Based Professional Development With K-12 Educators, Susan Adams

Susan Adams

Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH, October 19, 2012.


Inside Job: Finding Respite, Release, (Un)Learning And (Re)Imagining Teacher Transformation Through Race-Based Equity Work, Susan Adams, Jamie Buffington-Adams Sep 2011

Inside Job: Finding Respite, Release, (Un)Learning And (Re)Imagining Teacher Transformation Through Race-Based Equity Work, Susan Adams, Jamie Buffington-Adams

Susan Adams

Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH, October 14-15, 2011.


Whiten Up! Examining The Impact Of White Esl Teachers’ Race, Privilege And Positionality On Immigrant Students In School, Susan Adams Jan 2011

Whiten Up! Examining The Impact Of White Esl Teachers’ Race, Privilege And Positionality On Immigrant Students In School, Susan Adams

Susan Adams

Paper presented at the 2011 National Association of Bilingual Educators Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 16-19, 2011.


Whiten Up! Examining Our Race, Privilege And Positionality In School, Susan Adams, Trish Mullaney Oct 2010

Whiten Up! Examining Our Race, Privilege And Positionality In School, Susan Adams, Trish Mullaney

Susan Adams

Workshop and paper presented at the Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, November 13, 2010.


Preparing White, Middle Class Teachers For Diverse Classrooms: A Case Study For Navigating Similarity And Difference Through A Lens Of Whiteness, Susan Adams May 2010

Preparing White, Middle Class Teachers For Diverse Classrooms: A Case Study For Navigating Similarity And Difference Through A Lens Of Whiteness, Susan Adams

Susan Adams

Presentation at the 22nd Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Cedarville, OH, June 2010.


Navigating Similarity And Difference: A Lens Of Whiteness In Preparing White, Middle Class Preservice Teachers For Diverse Classrooms, Susan Adams Jan 2010

Navigating Similarity And Difference: A Lens Of Whiteness In Preparing White, Middle Class Preservice Teachers For Diverse Classrooms, Susan Adams

Susan Adams

Presentation at the 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference on Leadership, Culture, and Pedagogy, Oxford, OH, February 2010.


Navigating Similarity And Difference: A Lens Of Whiteness In Preparing White, Middle Class Preservice Teachers For Diverse Classrooms, Susan Adams Nov 2009

Navigating Similarity And Difference: A Lens Of Whiteness In Preparing White, Middle Class Preservice Teachers For Diverse Classrooms, Susan Adams

Susan Adams

Presentation at the International Teacher Education and Social Justice Conference, Chicago, IL, December 2009.


Learning From Each Other: Critical Conversations To Promote Equity For Bilingual Students, Susan Adams, Kathryn Brooks, Shelly Furuness Jan 2009

Learning From Each Other: Critical Conversations To Promote Equity For Bilingual Students, Susan Adams, Kathryn Brooks, Shelly Furuness

Susan Adams

Presentation at the National Association of Bilingual Educators Conference, Austin, TX, February 2009.