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Mar 18 2022

Understanding the Teaching Experiences of Diverse Faculty

March 18, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location

Zoom

Dr. Chavella T. Pittman smiling toward the camera. Behind her is a UIC faculty member teaching a classroom full of students, with a teal-colored overlay. The title, date/time, and RSVP link are written in white and yellow block text. At the bottom are the WLRC and Office of Diversity logos.

The Women’s Leadership and Resource Center and the Underrepresented Minority Faculty Mentoring Program of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Engagement are excited to host a teaching workshop for UIC women and gender non-conforming faculty and postdoctoral scholars who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color.

Supporting the retention and success of diverse faculty begins with knowing more about their teaching experiences.  At the end of the workshop, participants will know the highlights of research on the teaching experiences of women and gender non-conforming faculty of color. They will also have ideas on how to begin addressing these experiences in their teaching.

Make sure you have a laptop/pen & paper/tablet/etc. and your teaching materials (e.g., evaluations, teaching philosophy/statement, annual or P&T review of teaching, etc.) available to examine during the workshop.

Facilitator: Dr. Chavella T. Pittman is the owner of Effective & Efficient Faculty, a faculty development company that works extensively with faculty and campuses across the country to help them develop strategies for inclusive learning environments and the retention of diverse students and faculty.

CART live captioning will be provided. Please send any questions or access requests to wlrc@uic.edu.

Space is limited to 30 participants. Email wlrc@uic.edu to be placed on a waiting list if registration is full.

Register

Contact

WLRC

Date posted

Feb 16, 2022

Date updated

Mar 10, 2022

Speakers

Dr. Chavella T. Pittman | Owner, Effective & Efficient Faculty

Dr. Chavella T. Pittman is the owner of Effective & Efficient Faculty, a faculty development company that works extensively with faculty and campuses across the country to help them develop strategies for inclusive learning environments and the retention of diverse students and faculty. Pittman received her PhD in Sociology and a MA in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. She is currently Professor of Sociology at Dominican University. Her research interests and expertise include higher education, interpersonal interactions & marginalized statuses, research methods & statistics. She has a love/hate relationship with running, is a beer aficionado, recently cured her black thumb via growing cherry tomatoes, loves to learn, and believes black joy is resistance. Some of her teaching publications include “Evaluating the Teaching Effectiveness of Black Women Faculty” (The Journal of Negro Education, accepted November 2019, forthcoming Winter 2021), “Incivility in the Classroom: Effective Strategies for Faculty at the Margins” (in Difficult Subjects: Insights and Strategies for Teaching Race, Sexuality and Gender 2018), and “Race and Gender Oppression in the Classroom: The Experiences of Women Faculty of Color with White Male Students” (Teaching Sociology 2010).