Call for Faculty Collaborators for a JDEI Pedagogy Toolkit
Application Due: Friday, April 29, 2022
OAI is seeking four faculty collaborators with experience in inclusion-based learning and teaching pedagogies and dedication to equity and social justice to contribute to the research, development, design, and delivery of a JDEI Pedagogy Toolkit to support faculty efforts toward more just classrooms and educational experiences at PSU. Faculty collaborators on the JDEI Pedagogy Toolkit will serve for three academic terms during the upcoming 2022/2023 academic year at Portland State University.
Project Purpose
Under the leadership of President Stephen Percy, Portland State University (PSU) has renewed its commitment to fighting racism and advancing social justice by applying an antiracist lens to everything that employees do, measuring progress and holding each other accountable. In the context of this university-wide focus, the Office of Academic Innovation (OAI) staff and leadership have indicated a commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and racial justice within the unit and throughout its work to support teaching and learning across PSU. Further, OAI is committed to antiracist, anti-oppressive, and inclusive learning and teaching at PSU. This work begins with advancing knowledge of innovative and inclusive pedagogies through collaboration and co-creation with students and faculty to promote equity and advance social justice across campus through transformative and inclusion-based pedagogy and curriculum.
Project Description
The Office of Academic Innovation (OAI) aspires to create opportunities for collaboration with Portland State University (PSU) faculty and students to co-construct curricular and pedagogical resources that promote inclusion in learning and teaching at PSU, specifically through the co-creation of a Justice, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (JDEI) Pedagogy Toolkit. The JDEI Pedagogy Toolkit will draw on the collective differences, lived experiences, identities, and positions within higher education to make decisions, create resources, and design opportunities for learning. Our goal in forming a co-creative collective in partnership with students and faculty is to ensure that our work most accurately reflects a diverse array of perspectives. We aim to inspire others to continue and extend this work as well as take up this work for the first time, and revise and apply it within their own contexts and disciplines. In partnership, we commit to being active champions of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
How to Apply
Email a letter of interest and current vita or resume to Dr. Raiza Dottin (she/her) at dottin@pdx.edu by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 29, 2022. Letters of interest should include:
● Your personal understanding/definition of racial justice & examples of how you have prioritized it in your life and in your teaching, research, and service practices
● Other experiences, resources you plan to bring to this work (e.g. relevant scholarship, life experiences, passions)
● Your personal goals you hope to progress toward within this community (e.g. building community, exploring new pedagogical strategies) Faculty Co-Collaborator appointments will be finalized by the end of the Spring 2022 term, for start in the Fall 2022 academic term.
Position Description for Faculty Co-Collaborators
Justice, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (JDEI) Pedagogy Project Leads will collaboratively develop a compendium of tools to support faculty efforts toward more just classrooms and educational experiences at PSU.
Position Requirements
● Experience in inclusion-based learning and teaching pedagogies and/or research.
● Demonstrated experience in JDEI curricular and/or instructional design or curriculum development;
● Interest in inclusive pedagogies and dedication to equity and social justice.
● Ability to work collaboratively as part of a co-creative team with students, staff, and faculty.
● Must be employed by PSU in a teaching capacity.
Faculty Co-Collaborator Expectations
● Attend JDEI Pedagogy Toolkit planning meetings (approximately 1-2 hours in length per each meeting)
● Contribute and collaborate to the research, development, design, and delivery of the proposed toolkit (approximately 4-5 hours allotted for this area of work).
Terms
Faculty co-collaborators on the JDEI Pedagogy Toolkit will serve for three academic terms during the upcoming 2022/2023 academic year at Portland State University. Faculty expected time commitment for the project will be 5-7 hours per term, starting Fall 2022 and wrapping up at the end of Spring 2023.
Funding
Selected faculty co-collaborators on the JDEI Pedagogy Toolkit will receive a $505 wage/hourly/supplementary overload agreement for participation in the project.
Who is Eligible
All PSU faculty are encouraged to apply.
Application Review Process
Selection of faculty co-collaborators will be made by the OAI JDEI Resource Team: Dr. Raiza Dottin, Dr. Janelle Voegele, Megan McFarland, Harold McNaron, Kari Goin Kono. Additionally, selected faculty will be invited to participate in a one-on-one meeting to discuss their needs and expectations as co-collaborators on the JDEI Pedagogy Toolkit after selection.
Portland State is a predominately white institution of higher education and as a result, opportunities for professional development often are more accessible to white populations (de Bie et al, 2021). As incoming student groups are increasingly racially diverse and are part of the global majority, it is critical that
faculty of color are represented and provided opportunities in higher education. BIPOC faculty partners are especially encouraged to apply.
Citations
Bie, A. D., Marquis, E., Cook-Sather, A., Luqueño, L. P. (2021). Promoting equity and justice through pedagogical partnership. Stylus Publishing.
Additional notes
JDEI Pedagogy Collective
Collaborate with the team at OAI to co-create resources for faculty at PSU.