Information pertinent to ALL Faculty can be found on these pages.
- PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT RESOURCES RELATED TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC INCLUDING HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES AND DEALING WITH BIAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC
- PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS AN ARCHIVE OF THE PROVOST'S UPDATES TO LEARN HOW UNC CHARLOTTE IS ADAPTING TO AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY DURING THE PANDEMIC
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- PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS REPORTS PROVIDING EVIDENCE OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF COVID - 19 ON FACULTY WELLBEING AND PRODUCTIVITY (KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN FEELING THE WAY YOU DO) AND SOME RESOURCES THAT MIGHT HELP YOU
- PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS RESOURCES & ACTIONS RELATED TO VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, AND RACISM IN ACADEMIA
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Resources to help BIPOC grad/faculty instructors manage racism in the classroom, from overt statements to subtle expressions and microaggressions from undergrad students.
Academic articles
- Esposito, J. (2014). “Students Should not be Your Friends”: Testimonio by a Latina on Mothering One's Own, Othermothering, and Mentoring Students in the Academy. Equity & Excellence in Education, 47(3), 273-288.
- Garcia, A. (2005). Counter stories of race and gender: Situating experiences of Latinas in the academy. Latino Studies, 3(2), 261-273.
- Griffin K.A. (2020) “Institutional Barriers, Strategies, and Benefits to Increasing the Representation of Women and Men of Color in the Professoriate.” In: Perna L. (eds) Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Vol 35. Springer, Cham.
- Harley, D. A. (2008). Maids of academe: African American women faculty at predominately white institutions. Journal of African American Studies, 12(1), 19-36.
- Johnson-Bailey, J., & Lee, M. Y. (2005). Women of color in the academy: Where's our authority in the classroom?. Feminist Teacher, 15(2), 111-122.
- Martinez-Cola, M., with, English, R., Min, J., Peraza, J., Tambah, J., & Yebuah, C. (2018). When pedagogy is painful: Teaching in tumultuous times. Teaching Sociology, 46(2), 97-111.
- McGowan, J. M. (2000). Multicultural teaching: African-American faculty classroom teaching experiences in predominantly White colleges and universities. Multicultural Education, 8(2), 19.
- Perry, G., Moore, H., Edwards, C., Acosta, K., & Frey, C. (2009). Maintaining credibility and authority as an instructor of color in diversity-education classrooms: A qualitative inquiry. The Journal of Higher Education, 80(1), 80-105.
- Pittman, C. (2018). Addressing incivility in the classroom: Effective strategies for faculty at the margins. Difficult Subjects: Insights and Strategies for Teaching About Race, Sexuality, and Gender. Stylus, LLC.
- Pittman, C(2010). Exploring how African American faculty cope with classroom racial stressors. The Journal of Negro Education, 66-78.
- Pittman, C (2010). Race and gender oppression in the classroom: The experiences of women faculty of color with white male students. Teaching Sociology, 38(3), 183-196.
- Stanley, C.A. (2006) Coloring the Academic Landscape: Faculty of Color Breaking the Silence in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities. American Educational Research Journal. 43(4):701-736.
- Stanley, C.A. (2006). Faculty of color: Teaching in predominantly White colleges and universities (Vol. 69). Jossey-Bass.
- Sue, D. W., Rivera, D. P., Watkins, N. L., Kim, R. H., Kim, S., & Williams, C. D. (2011). Racial dialogues: Challenges faculty of color face in the classroom. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(3), 331.
Websites/Articles/Toolkits
- https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/explore-teaching-guides/supporting-learners/setting-norms-and-commitments
- Responding to Microaggressions with Microresistance: A Framework for Consideration (Ganote, C., Cheung, F., and Souza, T.) Note: scroll down to page 3.
- ‘Teaching is activism’: Professors & TAs of colour discuss race in academia
- ASPIRE: the National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty: https://www.aspirealliance.org/aspire-home
- CIRTL: Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning https://www.cirtl.net/
- https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/responding-to-microaggressions-in-the-classroom/
Diversity Resources for Faculty and Staff
Awareness of Decisions in Evaluating Promotion and Tenure - These activities are designed for you to explore different scenarios concerning evaluation and mentoring that probe nuances of faculty decision-making
Resources for faculty and staff teaching and advising during the 2020-21 academic year are available on the Office of the Provost website. This includes the new grading exception policy, FAQs, suggested syllabus policies, how to handle student absences during COVID, a list of faculty mentors for remote instruction advice, resources from the Center of Teaching and Learning and other helpful resources.
The CTL has compiled a short resource toolkit to help you prepare your courses for the Spring '21 semester
Make Organizing Next Semester Easy with the Canvas Spring 2021 Template
The Canvas Spring 2021 Template was created to provide a quick and easy way for instructors to organize their content in Canvas according to best-practices of online course design.
Learn how to import the template into your Spring 2021 course shell(s) using the resources below:
Resources for Faculty Preparing for Spring '21 Courses
How do I Import the Spring 2021 Canvas Quick Start Template?
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Suggested Script for Welcome Video
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The Teachers Observing Peers (TOP) program provides UNC Charlotte faculty members with an opportunity to observe peers representing a variety of disciplines. See how your peers organize their course in Canvas, how they structure assignments, and use engagement strategies.