UO Teaching Engagement Program Resources
Inclusion & Class Climate – Tips to help with course planning, building class community, conducting class, and teaching in turbulent times.
Closing Class Amid National Rage, Sorrow – With the murder of George Floyd igniting weeks of national protests, UO’s spring 2020 term ended in a context of intensifying social unrest. How do we respond as instructors to the challenge of an immediate situation loaded with strong emotions at the end of an already challenging term? How can we bring meaningful closure to our classes?
UO Campus Resources
Center on Diversity and Community (CoDaC) Faculty Development Page – CoDaC offers numerous events to promote faculty development, including specialized workshops and structured writing circles that facilitate graduate and faculty research for publications.
Division of Equity and Inclusion Programs and Resources Page – This page features not only a list of resources available to students and faculty alike but a recommended reading list with links to articles from Inside Higher Education, Around the O, and the Eugene Register-Guard.
Multicultural Center Facebook Page – The Multicultural Center’s Facebook page regularly features posts about upcoming events relating to intersectionality, equity, and inclusion.
Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center – The Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center is the engine for Black students’ academic success at the University of Oregon. The BCC is a welcoming and supportive space that helps Black students harness the resources necessary to navigate their social, cultural, and academic experience. By investing in the success of Black students, the BCC enhances the cultural and social development of the entire University of Oregon community.
Counseling Center: Support During a Pandemic of Racism – Many of us are experiencing a range of emotions with the recent and ongoing racial injustices and violence toward Black people, and other people of color. We know this is taking a psychological toll on us as individuals and as a community. Please reach out if you need support. We stand with you.
National Resources
Smithsonian: Talking About Race – Educators have an important role in communicating our history and culture. What and how the history of race in America is presented is an opportunity to engage in thoughtful, respectful, and productive conversations. Start, continue, or expand the conversation with us.
Boston University Center for Antiracist Research – The mission of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research is to convene researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to figure out novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice. We foster exhaustive racial research, research-based policy innovation, data-driven educational and advocacy campaigns, and narrative-change initiatives. We are working toward building an antiracist society that ensures equity and justice for all.
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity – NCFDD is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community for faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students. It is dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers.
Color of Change – Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 1.7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America. Color of Change leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities. We challenge injustice, hold corporate and political leaders accountable, commission game-changing research on systems of inequality, and advance solutions for racial justice that can transform our world.
Black Mental Health Matters – This resource page from Sunshine Behavioral Health discusses mental health issues facing the Black community, how racism causes mental health problems, why more Black people don’t seek mental health help, and the importance of culturally competent care. It also provides a list of free or low-cost mental health treatment resources for the Black community.
Schomburg Center and JSTOR: To meet the need for content related to racism, anti-racism, and Black voices, JSTOR has created a complementary, extensive open library to support readers and scholars seeking to engage with BIPOC+Q-authored reading lists, starting with a unique set of resources related to the Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation Reading List.