Linked ITW-to-ATW: Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy

Joint: In this linked ITW and ATW, we will reflect on how race, power, and privilege directly influence the learning environment for both students and teachers and how we as instructors can craft an active antiracist approach to pedagogical practice. In the introductory session, participants will define structural racism and antiracist pedagogy, and consider how racism manifests in disciplinary and academic norms. In the advanced session, participants will begin applying tenets of antiracist pedagogy to aspects of course design, policy implementation, and assessment/grading practices. These sessions will count as two workshops (one intermediate, the other advanced, toward the CCTP.

ITW: In this introductory workshop, participants will become familiar with concepts such as structural racism, anti-racism, and their influence on the learning environment and institutional power structures. After defining these terms and discussing their lived impacts, we will explore how racism manifests in each of our own disciplines and academic norms. Participants will be guided through a reflection of their own positionality as instructors which will prepare us to delve into more concrete aspects of course design, policy implementation, and assessment/grading practices in the ATW: “Advanced Antiracist Pedagogy” which will be held the following Wednesday, October 30th 5:30 - 7:00 pm. If you have questions or plan to attend the ATW without attending the ITW, please email allison.chu@yale.edu or audrey.holt@yale.edu.

ATW: This advanced workshop will build on the conceptual foundations of the ITW: Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy (October 23, 2024)—including the presence of structural racism in university settings and the core tenets of antiracist pedagogy—to discuss how these can inform concrete aspects of the course design process and day-to-day classroom decisions, from policies to assessment and grading. We will continue to reflect on how race, power, and privilege manifest in different ways in different disciplines and how we as instructors can adopt an actively antiracist approach to create an optimal learning environment for our students. Participants will leave the workshop with both a toolkit of short-term tools and techniques and a long-term framework for an iterative practice of antiracist pedagogy. Please email allison.chu@yale.edu or audrey.holt@yale.edu with any questions about this ATW or its partner ITW.

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