ReBUILDetroit announces three learning communities

ReBUILDetroit announces three learning communities

ReBUILDetroit is excited to announce that three learning communities have been formed to engage faculty and staff in exploring ideas about the following topics:

  • Inclusive Teaching
  • Identity and Identity Formation of Minoritized Groups (in Higher Education)
  • Science, Technology and Race

If you want to learn more about these topics in relation to building community, curriculum implementation, enhancing your pedagogical practice, book story or rich discussion and examination, then consider joining a learning community group. Groups are open to all disciplines and departments!

Convener Contact Information

Inclusive Teaching — Marwa Abdul Latin (abdellmk@udmercy.edu) or Liz Roberts-Kirchhoff (robkires@udmercy.edu)

  • Description: Review inclusive and effective teaching practices established in STEM disciplines and provide workshops focused on introducing faculty members and other community members to these practices and training them on the use and implementation in their classrooms.

Identity & Identity Formation of Minoritized Groups (in Higher Education) — Hiba Assi (assihi@udmercy.edu)

  • Description: It is of paramount importance in higher education to understand the identity of students to create inclusive spaces for more equitable learning experiences. This learning community is intended to engage in readings, discussions and training sessions from scholars who studied and published books, blogs, movies and journals focusing on the factors that influence identity formation for students from various underrepresented minorities.

Science, Technology & Race — Prasad Venugopal (venugoep@udmercy.edu) or Jahzara Mayes (otoojm@udmercy.edu)

  • This learning community looks at the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies, with specific emphasis on the topic of race. We examine the ways in which science and technology constantly recreate and reconstruct the concept of race, and conversely, how race and racial categories influence research, teaching and practice in science and technology. We also discuss thought provoking literature.