Spring Teaching Conference 2024 Schedule
Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning
Thursday, April 4 th
Virtual (via Zoom)
Morning Sessions
10-11 AM Concurrent Sessions
Option 1
Panel: Community-Engaged and Experiential Learning in Design and Planning (REC)
Panelists: Michaele Pride, UNM Design and Planning Assistance Center (DPAC); Catherine Harris, UNM DPAC; Mark Childs, UNM Emeritus Professor; Ceara O’Leary, Co-Executive Director, Detroit Collaborative Design Center at University of Detroit Mercy; Ann Yoachim, Director, and Emilie Taylor, Assistant Director, Albert and Tina Small Center at Tulane University.
Description: In this session, panelists will propose and discuss metrics and indicators for measuring impact of community-engaged learning, based on their experience in studio-based teaching and learning. They will share pedagogy and examples of actual tools, activities, assignments, and outcomes that demonstrate these impacts. Participants will walk away with at least three metrics and three strategies proven to advance and bolster community-engaged learning while addressing community needs and aspirations.
Option 2
Workshop: Building a Structural Competency Curriculum as a Means to Reduce Health Inequities by Challenging Systems that Sustain Systemic Oppression (REC)
Facilitator: Lauri Andress, Associate Dean, Associate Professor, College of Population Health, UNM Health Sciences.
Description: This workshop invites participants to reimagine two structural competency pilots implemented in medical schools for the purpose of creating a learning experience that builds the proficiency of all health providers in addressing inequities through a community-engaged structural and systems focused learning opportunity and curricula that results in changes to policies systems and practices of oppression that make it hard for underrepresented groups to gain access to opportunities and resources that provide a life of quality and wellbeing.
11:15-12:15 AM Concurrent Sessions
Option 1
Panel: Implementing Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning in STEAM Education (REC)
Panelists: Seyi Bowale Adekoya, Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Blessing Akinlabi, Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Joseph Conteh, Public Administration; Okeke Onyedikachi Joshua, Mathematics & Statistics; Ganiyu Azeez, Mechanical Engineering; Cristian David Rodriguez Reyes, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Description: Explore the dynamic fusion of community engagement with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) education in this illuminating session. Discover how this innovative approach revolutionizes teaching methods, amplifies student involvement, and cultivates real-world connections. Through concrete examples and actionable insights, learn how to seamlessly integrate community engagement into scientific instruction, expanding students' horizons and fostering meaningful learning experiences. Join us for an enlightening exploration of the transformative potential of community-engaged STEAM education, empowering students to effect positive change in their communities and beyond.
Option 2
Panel: Antiracist Leadership Development for a Just and Kind World
Panelists: Joe Garcia, UNM Community Engagement Center, UNM Service Corps Alumni;
Gabriel Hudson, UNM Community Engagement Center, Public Ally; Ismael Hernandez, Partnership for Community Action; Sierra Charlie, Native Inspired Schools Network; Sidney Kabotie, UNM Community Engagement Center, Staff (moderator).
Description: This session will focus on the reflections of panelists who will share their experiences of what it means to apprentice in some of the poorest neighborhoods in New Mexico. Panelists will highlight how the apprenticeships have given them a better understanding of why people are in their current situations and will share ways in which the curriculum across programs of study at the University of New Mexico can be enhanced by paid internships and apprenticeships.
12:30 to 1:30 PM: Lunch Break
Afternoon Sessions
1:45-2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions
Option 1
Workshop: Heart-Based Land Stories: Teaching Media Production from a HeART-Based Model
Facilitators: Jaelyn DeMaria, Assistant Professor, Communication & Journalism; Kee Straits (TLC Transformations); and Native HeARTs Artists
Description: Together, we developed an intervention that targets underlying root causes of health disparities by transforming the very structures upon which they hinge. The realm of communication is one of these structures. This digital storytelling model emphasizes positive images of Indigenous people effectively addressing community issues by building community-based narrative power. This workshop focuses on digital production skills and theories of art and culture to uplift community stories and community action. The objective is in shifting narrative power from coloniality to indigenous relational voice and bringing together traditional aspects of oral storytelling with virtual and visual spaces. The workshop will offer opportunities for participants to imagine and storyboard strength-based narratives for digital story production. Hands-on guidance in technology and multimedia production will also be provided.
Option 2
Panel on Care and Social Justice
Individual Panel Presentation Details:
- Title: Care, Disability, and Education (REC)
Presenter: Daniel Smith, Doctoral Student, Department of Philosophy
Description: In this session, questions will be raised concerning the role of care in pedagogical practice. Likewise, the notion that the cultivation of abilities ought to be education's primary goal will be interrogated. In addition to this conceptual work, concrete suggestions concerning the application of insights surrounding care and disability in the classroom (especially in higher education) will be put forward. - Title: Teaching Social Justice Curriculum with Open Education Resources (OER) (REC)
Presenter: Cailyn Green, Assistant Professor, School of Human Services, SUNY Empire
Description: Open Educational Resources (OER’s) are grounded in the principle of justice through equitable educational access. This presentation will review the process of developing an OER focused on social justice and diversity concepts. Curriculum and pedagogical approaches will be shared. The presenter will review the stages of development of the OER, including accessing funding for development and working with students from underrepresented populations to distribute power in the OER development process. - Title: The Gift of Accountability and Connection Through Critical Friendships (REC)
Presenter : Jackie Cusimano and Aleli Colon, Doctoral Students, Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy
Description: This presentation is intended to break down into 'easy to follow' steps the importance of critical friendships. A critical friend is ‘someone who is encouraging and supportive, but who also provides honest and often candid feedback that may be uncomfortable or difficult to hear. In short, a critical friend is someone who agrees to speak truthfully, but constructively, about weaknesses, problems, and emotionally charged issues’ (Glossary of Education Reform, 2023). By having a critical friend as part of your practice, you can trust that you have a person who will challenge and support your academic, professional, and personal pursuits.
Zoom Connection
3-4 PM Concurrent Sessions
Option 1
Panel: Promoting Refugee and Immigrant Well-being Through Transformative Learning: A Community-Engaged Social Change Course (REC)
Panelists: Jessica Goodkind, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Sociology & Criminology (moderator), Ryeora Choe (Director of Programs & Evaluation, United Voices for Newcomer Rights), Susana Echeverri Herrera (Graduate Student, Department of Sociology), Danielle Parker (Director of Operations, United Voices for Newcomer Rights), Janet Ramirez (Research Coordinator, Department of Sociology).
Description: This interactive panel will share processes and outcomes from the Refugee & Immigrant Wellbeing Project (RIWP), which involves a two-semester community-engaged course that brings together refugees and immigrants with university undergraduate and graduate students to engage in social justice efforts through mutual learning and advocacy to mobilize resources and change inequitable policies and practices. Panelists include the faculty course developer, graduate student co-instructors, and students who completed the course. The panel will begin with an explanation of the course and how it is structured and implemented, share panelists’ experiences with and perspectives on the course, and end with audience questions/discussion.
Option 2
Panel: Presenting Mathematics at Open Chalk (REC)
Panelists: Daniel Kowalczyk, Alex Fritschi, Austin Bell, Daniel Havens (Graduate Students, Department of Mathematics & Statistics)
Description: “Open Chalk” is a monthly event in the Mathematics and Statistics department that invites undergraduate and graduate students to share mathematics they care about in front of the chalkboard to an audience of their peers. We discuss this inclusive practice and the way this venue develops belonging and connection in the department and with our community.
