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Inclusive syllabus and course design

Tip #1 from the Syllabus Challenge

Update your terminology and phrasing. Some of you may be...

Tip #2 from the Syllabus Challenge

Rewrite your learning goals. The Syllabus Challenge provides critically reflective questions and...

Tip #3 from the Syllabus Challenge

Show students you are a real human. The Syllabus Challenge provides critically...

Tip #4 from the Syllabus Challenge

Enhance visibility; highlight strengths. The Syllabus Challenge provides critically reflective questions and...

Tip #5 from the Syllabus Challenge

Offer public-facing projects The Syllabus Challenge provides critically reflective questions and practical...

Tip #6 from the Syllabus Challenge

Increase policy transparency The Syllabus Challenge provides critically reflective questions and practical...

Aligning values with white ally action

Ever feel like you are not doing enough as an...

3 commitments to white anti-racism

Overcoming resistance and fear Sometimes resistance pops up when you all...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Series: Learning about Privilege

Shattering Myths of Education and Embracing Growth In the next...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 1: Do we even know what anti-racist pedagogy means?

As I mentioned in previous posts and my recent workshops,...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 2: Inclusive does not equal anti-racist

We all want to be “inclusive. Nothing wrong with that....

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 3: Teaching Silence and Culture vs. Critiquing Systems

What harm are we doing? Because my life allows for...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 4: Core Elements of ARP (according to this white girl)

Full disclosure. I am white. When I get my blood...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 5: Why is anti-racist pedagogy so threatening?

Anyone who was willing to click on this post is...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 6: The Hope in ARP

For those of us who teach about systemic racism, white...

When in self-doubt, focus on facts

Real Talk on “Imposter Syndrome” or why Kim is procrastinating...

You deserve time to re-imagine

As social justice academics, we rarely feel we deserve time...

Slowing down without feeling like a failure (is it possible?)

As social justice leaders, running yourself into the ground is...

Vulnerability: not optional for social justice leadership

3 years ago this month…my world collapsed. Y’all. Not gonna...

Anti-racism questions for your institution.

Before my Twitter account got hacked yesterday, I had posted...

Educators are People, Too: Reflecting on Social Location in the Classroom

If we truly strive to be allies in the classroom,...

How NOT to be an Ally – Part 1 “Centering the Privileged”

Students, faculty, and community members often approach me seeking advice...

How NOT to be an Ally – Part 2 “He-peat, Re-white, and Amplification”

Scenario: We walk into the monthly faculty meeting expecting announcements,...

How NOT to be an Ally – Part 3 “Spoken-Language Microaggressions”

A few weeks ago, I boarded a flight from Houston...