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National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education- NYC |
contact |
Mona Scott (Mesa Community College) mona.scott@mcmail.maricopa.edu |
college(s) |
Mesa Community College |
discipline(s) |
Sociology |
summary |
I spent 5 days in New York City at the Annual Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education. I attended workshops and lectures on issues of race, privilege, inequality and faculty recruitment. |
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I spent 5 days in New York City at the Annual Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education. I attended workshops and lectures on issues of race, privilege, inequality and faculty recruitment. Race and ethnicity are my passion in socoiology and as a result of attending this conference I had an opportunity to interact with some of the greatest minds on race and privilege: Peggy McIntosh, Victor Lee Lewis and Hugh Vasquez. Victor Lewis and Hugh Vasquez are participants in the video, The Color of Fear, a powerful documentary about race, fear and privilege in the United States. Peggy McIntosh writes about white privilege using the famous knapsack analogy. This trio led a powerful and exciting workshop on white privilege and institutinalized racism- by far the best workshop I have attended in my career. ------------------------------------------------------------ Outcomes: In a paragraph or two describe what worked well. Did you accomplish your objective(s)? Were you able to complete your summer project as written? If not, what did you modify and why? What did not go as well as expected, if anything? Were there any surprises? Note: Use the questions as guides for your outcomes. Do not include detailed list of workshops attended, speakers who presented, or a list of items you have seen, heard, or read. ------------------------------------------------------------ I had several goals outlined for the conference. I accomplished my main goals: 1) I attended Peggy McIntosh’s workshop on privilege, 2) I networked with people interested in diversity issues, equity and dismantling privilege, 3) I came away from the conference re-energized and motivated to continue working on issues of race and inequality, and 4) I attended various workshops on faculty recruitment. By far Peggy McIntosh’s workshop was the most dynamic and powerful workshop that I attended. I learned a better way to teach the concepts of institutionalized racism; gender and class privilege. I also learned of an activity I can use in any class that allocates time equally and allows student voices to be heard and not contested. ------------------------------------------------------------ Professional Growth: Your own professional growth is a large part of your project. Your professional growth is important to you, your students, your college, and possibly other colleagues. How did project affect you professionally? What skills did you learn? What environments were you working in and how might your summer project influence your teaching or other responsibilities? Did you gain a different perspective? Was it professionally valuable for you? ------------------------------------------------------------ Anytime I attend conferences I am impacted personally and professionally. NCORE is the most important conference for me as I teach the difficult topic of race. Race is an emotionally charged topic and a daily challenge as I teach students to develop a sociological imagination when examining race. I gain renewed strength from NCORE and through this renewal and rejuvination I become a better teacher and human. This year I brought back a “serial testimony” activity developed by Peggy McIntosh which will benefit my students. I will share this activity and other information with my colleagues, especially fellow sociologists. We all look for ways to make our content more exciting, powerful, and easy for students to learn. Attending the NCORE conference keeps me connected to my field and to people who share my passion and concern in the field of race. This project, as always, was extremely valuable. ------------------------------------------------------------ Dissemination: How will you share this information with your colleagues, department, students, or college? ------------------------------------------------------------ My students will obtain information from the conference in the classroom, my colleagues will be exposed to the information I gleaned through interaction on campus committees and directly by dissemination of handouts- all are impacted by my knowledge and skills at each interaction. Specifically, I will use knowledge from workshops in a report I am writing about recruiting racially diverse faculty and I will share my knowledge with members on the FEC committee “Faculty of Color Recruitment and Retention.” Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below. |
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Last modified: Sep-27-2005 Date created: Sep-27-2005 Visitor count: 3913 Dublin Core Metadata record  This package is included in the Faculty Professional Growth Summer Project Reports special collection. |
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