Beyond Equity at Community Colleges: Bringing Theory into Practice for Justice and Liberation

ISBN-13: 9781032016979 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 288 str.

Sobia Azhar Khan; Kendra Unruh

Opis

This volume proposes that the work of community colleges has expanded beyond equity into providing a true barrier-free learning environment for students, one that is attuned to justice.

Spis treści

Introduction: Journey Towards Justice: A Call to Action for Community Colleges Sobia Khan and Kendra Unruh Chapter 1: The Myth of ‘Diversity Training’ at the Community College: 10 Practical Strategies for Antiracist Instruction and Making Whiteness Visible Allison Parker Chapter 2: Laying Bare the Foundations: Examining and Confronting Language Expectations in a College Syllabus James M. Dyer, Emily K. Suh, Britt Posey, and Sam Owens Chapter 3: Toward An Equitable Pedagogy: Invitational Education in the Community College Classroom Jodi Van Der Horn-Gibson and Moronke Oshin-Martin Chapter 4: Relational Poverty Theory in Praxis at San Antonio College Lisa Black and Tiffany Hernandez Chapter 5: Integrating Racial Justice Theory into Writing Center Practice Meghan Facciuto, Susan Griffin, and Katie Pinkston Chapter 6: Centering From The Margins: The Standpoint of Women of Color STEM Majors in The Community College Melo-Jean Yap Chapter 7: Beyond the Language Barrier: Just Approaches to Teaching Literacy in Community Colleges Sean Ferrier-Watson Chapter 8: ‘Those Particular Pleasant Hours’: How Community College Choirs Can Transform Equity into Liberation William Keith Heimann Chapter 9: Collaboration, Sustained Inquiry, and Epistemic Justice: Worldbuilding in the Community College Research Writing Classroom Helen Doss Chapter 10: Moving the Classroom to the Field: Creating Opportunities of Equity and Justice for New York City Community College Students Shirley Leyro, Crystal C. Rodriguez, Marjaline Vizcarrondo Chapter 11: One Step Closer to Freedom: How a Trauma-informed Writing Center Staff Supports Students Upon Reentry Kirsten A. Moffler-Daykin Chapter 12: Justice through History, Writing, and Art: The Poorhouse Rag Project Alicia Matheny Beeson, Traci Dolan-Priestley, Danielle Kelly, Sandra Kolankiewicz, and Joyce Stover Chapter 13: ‘We went from listening to authority to becoming the authority’: Privileging the Voices of Students through Participatory Action Research Tara Gully-Hightower Chapter 14: Beyond the Talk: Lived Experience as a Catalyst to Taking Action Rusa Jeremic List of Contributors Acknowledgements